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Undergraduate Course: Design Research 2 - Textiles (DESI08031)

Course Outline
SchoolEdinburgh College of Art CollegeCollege of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits40 ECTS Credits20
SummaryThis course introduces students to basic research methods appropriate to their specific discipline. Students will apply these methods to creatively inform and underpin their studio practice.
The specific aims of the Course are to introduce basic research methods, techniques and approaches; to enable students to develop a body of research informed by an introduction to historical and contemporary creative practice and user/audience needs; to develop students critical analysis and reflective appraisal of set research themes.
Course description As Summary
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements This course is only available to ECA students on degree programmes belonging to Design.
Additional Costs Range of design materials and field trips pertaining to programme specialism - often an advance payment is required.
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. INVESTIGATE: Use a variety of practical and theoretical methods to demonstrate an investigation of research themes.
  2. CONSIDER: Demonstrate the consideration of a range of issues influencing the research.
  3. SELECT: Demonstrate the ability to select research themes and directions appropriate to specific projects and lines of enquiry.
Reading List
Textiles - Design Research 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)
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Explore various forms of researching, creative problem solving and decision making, editing, communicating.
KeywordsResearch,investigate,consider,select,explore,communicate
Contacts
Course organiserMs Shirley McLauchlan
Tel:
Email: s.mclauchlan@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Gill Lowther
Tel: (0131 6)50 2328
Email: glowther@ed.ac.uk
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