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DRPS : Course Catalogue : Edinburgh College of Art : Design

Undergraduate Course: Professional Design Practice 4 (DESI10003)

Course Outline
SchoolEdinburgh College of Art CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThis course is only available to students in the School of Design.

Indicative course content
This course consolidates students professional awareness of working methods and practices within their disciplines current practice in order to underpin their studio work and plan their professional career

Aims of course
1 Enable students to develop personal professional practices and methods
2 Enable students to confidently position their personal practice within the discipline and a broader professional context
3 Enable students to determine the appropriate personal creative methodologies and strategies for the professional presentation, exhibition and documentation of work to clearly identified audiences/clients/users/stakeholders

Mode of delivery
Self-Generated Projects, Mentoring, Tutorials
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed: ( Design Studio 3 (DESI09001) AND Design Research 3 (DESI09002) AND Design Context 3 (DESI09012) AND Professional Design Practice 3 (DESI09003)) OR (SCQF9 QUAL)
Co-requisites Students MUST also take: Design Studio 4 (DESI10001) AND Design Research 4 (DESI10002) AND Design Context 4 (DESI10006)
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements This course is only available to ECA students on degree programmes belonging to Design.
Additional Costs course materials and study trips
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. EVALUATE: critically evaluate the discipline, and identify where they wish to position themselves within it
  2. REFLECT: reflect upon their work and evaluate it within and beyond the context of their discipline
  3. COMMUNICATE: communicate their work persuasively within an appropriate professional context
Reading List
Indicative Bibliography
Personal Bibliography to be determined and discussed with Studio Tutors
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Special Arrangements This course is only available to students in the School of Design.
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserDr Jonathan Murray
Tel:
Email: jonny.murray@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Jane Thomson
Tel: (0131 6)51 5713
Email: jane.thomson@ed.ac.uk
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