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Postgraduate Course: Design Studio (DESI11013)

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 Credits50 ECTS Credits25
SummaryThis course is only available to students in the School of Design.

Indicative course content
Students work on self-selected and generated projects, which offer the opportunity to undertake a wide-ranging and in-depth practical and theoretical investigation into their chosen discipline.

Aims of course
1 To develop individual practice and professional, technical and creative skills
2 To promote a professional approach to manage, structure and resolve an innovative contribution to their discipline
3 Enable students to propose, justify and undertake an advanced personal project with clearly defined critical aims, objectives and methods

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 - DESI11012, DESI11015, DESI11016, DESI11018, DESI11019
MFA- DESI11012, 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 2
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 500 ( Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 160, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 40, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 10, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 290 )
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. EXPLORE: Demonstrate independent initiative and self-critical application of original ideas
  2. DEVELOP: Demonstrate a fully integrated, critical and contextualised relationship between creative practice and research
  3. SYNTHESISE: Generate, evaluate and consolidate original research towards the production of realised projects
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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