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Undergraduate Course: Design Studio Practice (Outgoing Exchange) (DESI09011)

Course Outline
SchoolEdinburgh College of Art CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits50 ECTS Credits25
SummaryIndicative course content
This course is designed to encompass studies undertaken either before or after eca students participate in an exchange. Students work on a series of projects and are encouraged to: collect and analyse research that is creatively informed and critically aware; develop creative concepts through integrated iterative processes incorporating making, evaluating, presenting and reflection; demonstrate an awareness of the professional context for their discipline, and their personal direction within it.

Aims of course
1 to enable students to develop, and critically appraise, a body of clearly defined research material that communicates a progression of ideas and an awareness of contemporary creative practice and user/audience needs
2 to develop advanced creative methods, techniques, approaches, materials and processes, exploring how practitioners personally conceptualise briefs
3 to enable students to begin to position their personal practice within the discipline, exploring a range of appropriate design methodologies and strategies for the professional presentation, exhibition and documentation of work

Mode of delivery
Projects, Lectures, Seminars, Tutorials, Visits, Field Work, Group Crits, Project Review
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements This course is only available to ECA students on degree programmes belonging to Design.
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2014/15, Part-year visiting students only (VV1) Quota:  None
Course Start Full Year
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 500 ( Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 185, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 65, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 10, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 240 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Assessment plan
Not entered
Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. demonstrate analysis, questioning and selection skills in the formulation and exploration of personal research themes
  2. demonstrate the ability to explore, develop and resolve creative concepts in response to briefs, through structured and iterative methodologies and evaluations, using appropriate materials and processes.
  3. demonstrate the ability to evaluate the professional context for the discipline, reflect on their position within it and communicate proposals, concepts and responses using a variety of appropriate methods
Reading List
Indicative Bibliography
Discipline Specific and Personal Bibliographies to be determined by discussion with Studio Tutors
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserDr Jonathan Murray
Tel: (0131 6)51 5722
Email: jonny.murray@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Jane Thomson
Tel: (0131 6)51 5713
Email: jane.thomson@ed.ac.uk
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