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DRPS : Course Catalogue : Edinburgh College of Art : Design

Undergraduate Course: Design Symposium 2 (DESI08005)

Course Outline
SchoolEdinburgh College of Art CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThis 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 issues-based approach to creative and intellectual endeavor
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
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  None
Course Start Full Year
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 4, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 52, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 140 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Portfolio of work - semester 1 and 2
Feedback Not entered
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 viewpoints 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.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
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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