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Undergraduate Course: Design Studio 4 (Graphic Design) (DESI10048)

Course Outline
SchoolEdinburgh College of Art CollegeCollege of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits40 ECTS Credits20
SummaryThis course is only available to students in the School of Design.

Indicative course content
This course enables students to develop a personal, integrated, critical and reflective design approach appropriate to their chosen discipline. Students work on self-selected and generated projects within a studio environment.

Aims of course
1 develop and consolidate personal creative methods, techniques and approaches
2 explore how practitioners generate and justify personal project briefs
3 develop and consolidate personal approaches to materials and processes

Mode of delivery
Studio-Based Project Work, Group Crits, Individual and Group Mentoring, Project Review
Course description As Summary
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed: ( Design Externality 3 Major (Semester 1) - Graphic Design (DESI09078) OR Design Externality 3 Minor (Semester 1) - Graphic Design (DESI09064) OR Design Externality 3 Work-Based Placement (Semester 1) - Graphic Design (DESI09058)) AND ( Design Externality 3 Major (Semester 2) - Graphic Design (DESI09082) OR Design Externality 3 Minor (Semester 2) - Graphic Design (DESI09042) OR Design Externality 3 Work-Based Placement (Semester 2) - Graphic Design (DESI09094))
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements This course is only available to students on a degree programme owned by the School of 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. 1.INITIATE: demonstrate the initiation and evaluation of original creative concepts in response to research findings through critical assessment
  2. 2.EVALUATE: demonstrate the evaluation of the development of projects through a structured, transparent and personal methodology and considered judgment
  3. 3.RESOLVE: demonstrate appropriate material development through a transparent iterative process, leading to resolved outcomes at an appropriate professional standard, demonstrating an integrated relationship between practice, theory and industry
Reading List
DESI10048 Design Studio 4- Graphic Design
- Johnson, M. Problem Solved: A Primer in Design and
Communication. Phaidon (2004)
- Baines, P & Haslam, A. Type & Typography. Laurence King
(2005)
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserMs Zoe Patterson
Tel: (0131 6)51 5720
Email: z.patterson@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Jane Thomson
Tel: (0131 6)51 5713
Email: jane.thomson@ed.ac.uk
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