Undergraduate Course: Professional Portfolio (ARCH10010)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art | 
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) | 
Availability | Not available to visiting students | 
 
| SCQF Credits | 40 | 
ECTS Credits | 20 | 
 
 
| Summary | Indicative course content 
A design project selected, & developed in an academic context, by students from their own experience during their professional placement period. 
 
Aims of course 
1 To develop students' abilities to resolve complex, contemporary design problems arising from individual experiences from practice. 
 
Mode of delivery 
A studio based course with design critiques. | 
 
| Course description | 
    
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites | 
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Co-requisites |  | 
 
| Prohibited Combinations |  | 
Other requirements |  Co-requisites  
ARCH10008 Professional Placement, ARCH10011 Research & Site Brief, ARCH10009 Contemporary Practice 
 
Prohibited combinations  
none | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |   
Learning Outcomes 
    On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
    
        - fulfil the requirements of a design brief arising from professional experience.
 - respond creatively to the brief beyond the satisfaction of functional & technical requirements.
 - relate design development & intentions to relevant principles & theories of landscape architecture.
 
     
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Reading List 
Indicative Bibliography  
Students will be required to underpin their individual project with a self-directed selection of texts which inform their design. However reference can also be made to texts used in stage 1 & 2 History & theory modules. |   
 
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills | 
Not entered | 
 
| Keywords | BRIEF,PROJECT DEVELOPMENT,FEASIBILITY,SCOPING. | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Mr Chris Rankin 
Tel:  
Email: c.rankin@ed.ac.uk | 
Course secretary | Mrs Karen Biggar 
Tel: (0131 6)51 5803 
Email: Karen.Biggar@ed.ac.uk | 
   
 
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