Postgraduate Course: Design Studio (40 Credits) (DESI11081)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 40 |
ECTS Credits | 20 |
| Summary | This is your Semester 2 programme-specific course. You will work on self-selected and self-generated projects, which offer the opportunity to undertake a wide-ranging and in-depth practical and theoretical investigation into your chosen field. |
| Course description |
The content of this course is specific to your programme specialism. The teaching and course work is based in your specialist studios and workshops. The Virtual Learning Environment supports teaching and is used for the delivery of projects that make up the content and structure of the course.
This course aims to:
1 Develop professional, technical and creative skills that enhance your practice.
2 Promote a professional approach to manage, structure and resolve an innovative contribution to your discipline
3 Enable you to propose, justify and undertake an advanced research project with clearly defined critical aims, objectives and methods
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
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 |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
400
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Lecture Hours 6,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 12,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 22,
External Visit Hours 8,
Formative Assessment Hours 1,
Summative Assessment Hours 1,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
342 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Formative and summative assessment will require students submit a portfolio of artifacts, images and text as a single PDF document which will communicate their understanding of the learning acquired through the course. The portfolio elements should evidence both the student¿s material and conceptual learning and map onto the Learning Outcomes. |
| Feedback |
Feedback is regularly communicated through the course. This takes a number forms, verbally through group and individual meetings where work and ideas are discussed with both peers and tutor. There is also a specific mid semester formative feedback point when indicative grades are given. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- EXPLORE: Demonstrate independent initiative, autonomy and self-critical generation of innovative ideas
- DEVELOP: Develop a critical and contextualised relationship between creative practice and theory
- SYNTHESISE: Evaluate and consolidate research within the production of realised projects
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Learning Resources
| All Learning Resources are specific to each Programme and communicated via Talis on LEARN |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Have a personal vision and goals and be able to work towards these in a sustainable way
Be able to exercise critical judgment in creating new understanding
Be able to identify, define and analyse problems and identify or create processes to solve them
Seek and value open feedback to inform genuine self-awareness
Be able to use collaboration and debate effectively to test, modify and strengthen their own views
Understand social, cultural, global and environmental responsibilities and issues |
| Keywords | Design,MA,MFA,studio,Research,exploration,exposition |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Jessamy Kelly
Tel: (0131 6)51 5816
Email: Jessamy.Kelly@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Mathieu Donner
Tel: (0131 6)51 5740
Email: Mathieu.Donner@ed.ac.uk |
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