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Undergraduate Course: Design Collaboration 2 (DESI08008)

Course Outline
SchoolEdinburgh College of Art CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) Credits20
Home subject areaDesign Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThis course encourages students to engage with different approaches to knowledge and enquiry as they look at issues affecting the world in which we live. It is designed to help students further a deeper critical understanding of their chosen area of study by setting the subject in a wider context. The aims of the course are:
1. Consolidate an issue-based approach to creative and intellectual endeavour.
2. To provide the students with the opportunity for rigorous reflection on their discipline within a wider context.
3. To refine interdisciplinary collaborative activity and debate.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs class materials
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2014/15 Full Year, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Learn enabled:  No Quota:  None
Web Timetable Web Timetable
Course Start Date 15/09/2014
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 2, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 5, Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 30, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 15, Formative Assessment Hours 2, Summative Assessment Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 140 )
Additional Notes
Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. ANALYSE: Demonstrate the ability to examine increasingly complex issues from a number of view points in a collaborative context
2. REFLECT: Demonstrate ability to reflect on their discipline with a complex wider context
3. COMMUNICATE: Refine communication of proposals, concepts and responses orally, visually and in writing, using a variety of appropriate methods and forums
Assessment Information
portfolio of work semester 1 and 2
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
Academic description Not entered
Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Lecture Hours 2
Seminar/Tutorial hours 5
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio hours 30
Feedback/Feedforward hours 15
Formative Assessment hours 2
Summative Assessment hours 2
Programme Level Learning and Teaching hours 4
Directed Learning and Independent Learning hours 140
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserMs Zoe Patterson
Tel: (0131 6)51 5720
Email: z.patterson@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Jane Thomson
Tel: (0131 6)51 5713
Email: jane.thomson@ed.ac.uk
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