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DRPS : Course Catalogue : Edinburgh College of Art : Architecture and Landscape Architecture

Postgraduate Course: Material Exigencies (ARCH11231)

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 Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThe course is a complimentary programme of lectures and seminar that explores contemporary discourse and practice in materials and materiality, in the context of the environment, economy and culture.
Course description The aim of the course is to develop a broad understanding of different perspective and positions that can be taken of the nature and on the practice of materials. It adopts a flexible structure that responds to skills and expertise of a range of tutors across the ECA. It may include topics such as: Innovation, Disruptive technology, Studies in Material Practice, Modes of cross-disciplinary Craft and contemporary practice, Design and the circular economy, Digital Fabrication and performance.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2017/18, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  12
Course Start Semester 2
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 30, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 10, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 156 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) The course will be examioned by:
1 a series of short (400 word) synopses 40%
2 A seminar and written submission 60%
Feedback 1. Formative feedback regular tutorials and review
2. Summative - Written feedback
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. To understand the economic, cultural and environmental drivers that influence strategies for material practice.
  2. To understand and critically appraise different forms of collaborative material practice.
  3. To understand and evaluate emerging technologies in relation to materials and material practice.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserProf Remo Pedreschi
Tel: (0131 6)50 2301
Email: R.Pedreschi@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Jennifer Watson
Tel: (0131 6)51 5743
Email: Jennifer.A.Watson@ed.ac.uk
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