Undergraduate Course: Design Studio Practice (Outgoing Exchange) (DESI09011)
Course Outline
School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
SCQF Credits | 50 |
ECTS Credits | 25 |
Summary | Indicative 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 |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites |
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Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | This course is only available to ECA students on degree programmes belonging to Design. |
Course Delivery Information
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Academic year 2014/15, Part-year visiting students only (VV1)
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Quota: None |
Course Start |
Full Year |
Timetable |
Timetable |
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
500
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Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 185,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 65,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 10,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
240 )
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Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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Additional Information (Assessment) |
Assessment plan
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Feedback |
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No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- demonstrate analysis, questioning and selection skills in the formulation and exploration of personal research themes
- 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.
- 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
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Reading List
Indicative Bibliography
Discipline Specific and Personal Bibliographies to be determined by discussion with Studio Tutors |
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
Course organiser | Dr Jonathan Murray
Tel: (0131 6)51 5722
Email: jonny.murray@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Jane Thomson
Tel: (0131 6)51 5713
Email: jane.thomson@ed.ac.uk |
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