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Postgraduate Course: Design Research (DESI11012)

Course Outline
SchoolEdinburgh College of Art CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits40 ECTS Credits20
SummaryThis course is only available to students in the School of Design.

Indicative course content
Students will define, collect and analyse a personally selected and justified area of creative research and practice that is innovative and critically aware. Students will produce a cohesive and mature body of research work within and beyond studio practice

Aims of course
1 Enable students to propose, justify and undertake a personal study plan with clearly defined critical aims, objectives and methods
2 Enable students to develop a sophisticated body of research material and evidence of practical exploration that communicates a progression of ideas and a critical awareness of contemporary practice and theory
3 Develop and consolidate students critical analysis and reflective appraisal of personal research themes

Mode of delivery
Studio-Based Project Work, Group Crits, Individual and Group Mentoring, Lectures, Tutorials
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements Pre-requisites
Appropriate SCQF Level 10 qualification or equivalent.

Co-requisites
MA - DESI11013, DESI11015,DESI11016,DESI11018, DESI11019
MFA - DESI11013, DESI11014, DESI11015, DESI11016, DESI11017, DESI11018, DESI11019


Additional Costs course materials and study trips
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2014/15, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  150
Course Start Semester 1
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 400 ( Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 130, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 30, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 232 )
Additional Information (Learning and Teaching) Summative assessment is by portfolio submission
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. ANALYSE: select and use appropriate methods to evaluate appropriate material, precedents and sources
  2. CHALLENGE: recognise, rationalise and question thematic strands critically within personal practice-led and research investigations
  3. PLAN: demonstrate a sense of purpose in the development of lines of inquiry in both research and practice
Reading List
Indicative Bibliography
Personal Bibliography to be determined in discussion with Tutors
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Special Arrangements This course is only available to students in the School of Design.
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserDr Juliette Macdonald
Tel: (0131 6)51 5723
Email: juliette.macdonald@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Emma Binks
Tel: (0131 6)51 5740
Email: Emma.Binks@ed.ac.uk
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