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Undergraduate Course: Design Studio 1 - Illustration (DESI07038)

Course Outline
SchoolEdinburgh College of Art CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits40 ECTS Credits20
SummaryThis course introduces students to a range of design practices through a series of projects enabling the development of fundamental creative and technical skills. Students are encouraged to develop a personal direction through making, evaluating, presenting and reflecting.

The aims of the course are:
1. To introduce fundamental creative methods, techniques and approaches in response to project briefs
2. To encourage curiosity and a sense of risk taking
3. To introduce the fundamental materials and associated processes
Course description As Summary
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements This course is only available to ECA students on degree programmes belonging to Design.
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2016/17, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  None
Course Start Full Year
Course Start Date 19/09/2016
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 400 ( Lecture Hours 3, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 24, Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 59, External Visit Hours 8, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 32, Formative Assessment Hours 3, Summative Assessment Hours 3, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 260 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Portfolio of project work.
Feedback Feedback will be given within 15 working days from the hand-in via Learn.
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. RESPOND: Demonstrate creative responses to project briefs.
  2. DEVELOP: Demonstrate a range of fundamental skills and knowledge of processes and materials, through creative projects.
  3. REALISE: Evaluate a body of research work and select suitable concepts for realisation in an appropriate form.
Reading List
Illustration
- Brian Grimwood (2012) Brian Grimwood: the man who changed the look of British Illustration. London: Black Dog Publishing
- Angus Hyland and Roanne Bell (2003) Hand to Eye: a survey of contemporary Illustration. Laurence King
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserMs Astrid Jaekel
Tel: (0131 6)51 5732
Email: Astrid.Jaekel@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Karolina Mazur
Tel: (0131 6)51 5712
Email: Karolina.Mazur@ed.ac.uk
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