Undergraduate Course: Design Studio 2 - Textiles (DESI08041)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art | 
College | College of Humanities and Social Science | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) | 
Availability | Not available to visiting students | 
 
| SCQF Credits | 40 | 
ECTS Credits | 20 | 
 
 
| Summary | This course introduces students to the fundamental knowledge and skills appropriate to their chosen discipline. Students work on a series of exercises and projects of differing time-frames and increasing complexity within a studio environment. Students are encouraged to develop an iterative creative process that incorporates making, evaluating, presenting and reflecting. 
 
 The aims of the course are:  
 1. To introduce appropriate creative methods, techniques and approaches 
 2. To explore how practitioners personally respond to briefs 
 3. To introduce appropriate materials and processes | 
 
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites | 
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Co-requisites |  | 
 
| Prohibited Combinations |  | 
Other requirements |  This course is only available to ECA students on degree programmes belonging to Design. | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2017/18, Not available to visiting students (SS1) 
  
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Quota:  None | 
 
| Course Start | 
Full Year | 
 
| Course Start Date | 
18/09/2017 | 
 
Timetable  | 
	
Timetable | 
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) | 
 
 Total Hours:
400
(
 Lecture Hours 3,
 Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20,
 Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 48,
 External Visit Hours 8,
 Feedback/Feedforward Hours 27,
 Formative Assessment Hours 3,
 Summative Assessment Hours 3,
 Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
280 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) | 
 
  Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) | 
Portfolio of project work 
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| Feedback | 
Feedback will be given within 15 working days from the hand-in date via Learn. | 
 
| No Exam Information | 
 
Learning Outcomes 
    On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
    
        - EVALUATE: evaluate and respond to project briefs and formulate appropriate approaches.
 - DEVELOP: apply fundamental material and conceptual development through a transparent iterative process.
 - REALISE: evaluate a body of research work, and select and realise suitable project solutions through structured and transparent methodologies.
 
     
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Reading List 
Textiles - Design Studio 2 
-	Woolf, C. The Art of Manipulating Fabric, Krause  
        Publications (2003) 
-	Bowles, M. & Isaac, C. Digital Textile Design, Laurence  
        King (2012) 
-	Casey, A. Lucienne Day: In the Spirit of the Age  
        [Paperback] ACC Editions (2014) 
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills | 
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| Keywords | Not entered | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Ms Shirley Mclauchlan 
Tel:  
Email: s.mclauchlan@ed.ac.uk | 
Course secretary | Miss Karolina Mazur 
Tel: (0131 6)51 5712 
Email: Karolina.Mazur@ed.ac.uk | 
   
 
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