Postgraduate Course: Textiles: Design Research (DESI11051)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 40 |
| Home subject area | Design |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | 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
This course aims to:
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
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2014/15 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
15/09/2014 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
400
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Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 130,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 30,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
232 )
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| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. 1. ANALYSE: select and use appropriate methods to evaluate appropriate material, precedents and sources
2. 2. CHALLENGE: recognise, rationalise and question thematic strands critically within personal practice-led and research investigations
3. 3. PLAN: demonstrate a sense of purpose in the development of lines of inquiry in both research and practice |
Assessment Information
Learning Outcomes Assessed
Portfolio and Oral Presentation Weighting
100%
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Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Not entered |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Studio-Based Project Work, Group Crits, Individual and Group Mentoring, Lectures, Tutorials.
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Ms Linda Richardson
Tel: 0131 221 6129
Email: l.richardson@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Emma Binks
Tel: (0131 6)51 5740
Email: Emma.Binks@ed.ac.uk |
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