Undergraduate Course: Graphic Design 3c: Externality (DESI10089)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 2 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course provides students with an outward-facing live brief with criteria that facilitate their exploration of the professional context of Graphic Design. Its brief will be set and run in collaboration with a live client and will involve professional practice and its core elements such as creative parameters, audiences, budgets and time frames, amongst others. |
| Course description |
Students will be assigned a live outward-facing brief, in collaboration with a real client. The course will enable students to develop and critically appraise a body of work that communicates a progression of ideas and an awareness of contemporary creative practice and user/audience needs.
Students will develop creative methods, techniques, approaches, materials and processes in response to the brief. They will begin to position their personal professional practice within the discipline, exploring a range of appropriate design methodologies and strategies for the professional presentation and documentation of work.
The work produced on this course will lead to a final, summatively assessed body of work.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | This course is only available to students on a Degree Programme in the School of Design |
| Additional Costs | Approx £50. Minimal costs related to visits plus materials students may wish to purchase to facilitate their practice such as printing, paper, props etc. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Only available to visiting students in the Design School
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| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2021/22, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 0 |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 2,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 24,
External Visit Hours 4,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 4,
Formative Assessment Hours 1,
Summative Assessment Hours 1,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
160 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Formative:
A PechaKucha 10x20 presentation of the work produced from weeks 2¿6, delivered verbally to your tutors.
Summative Assessment
At the end of the Course students will submit a multi-page digital portfolio (pdf format). This portfolio will comprise 100% of the final course summative grade and will contain:
Evidence of research and development in digital formats such as blogs or digital journals.
Resolved body of work resulting from research and development process.
Summative portfolio is assessed against all three course Learning Outcomes. Each Learning Outcome is equally weighted, and therefore comprises 33.33% of overall final course grade. |
| Feedback |
Formative Feedback
Mid-way through the Course in Week 5 you will be given verbal feedback plus indicative grades.
Summative Feedback
Following summative assessment (in Exam Week) you will be given written feedback plus summative grades.
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Respond within set parameters to professional graphic design briefs.
- Recognise the professional context of graphic design and apply appropriate practices in response.
- Communicate proposals, concepts and responses, using a variety of appropriate methods.
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Reading List
Hollis, R. About Graphic Design
Heller, S. Paul Rand
Hollis, R. Swiss Graphic Design
Hall, P. Tibor Kalman, Perverse Optimist
Hort, E. G. Hort.
Walsh Macario, J. Graphic Design Essentials
Shaughnessy, A. How to be a Graphic Designer Without Losing your Soul.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Knowledge and understanding of the ways in which Graphic Design is developed, including a range of established techniques of inquiry and research methods.
Use of a wide range of the principal professional skills, techniques, practices and materials associated with the subject.
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| Keywords | Graphic Design,Commercial,External,Practice,Studio,Live,Professional,Projects |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Ms Zoe Patterson
Tel: (0131 6)51 5720
Email: z.patterson@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Rhiordan Langan-Fortune
Tel: (0131 6)51 5926
Email: rhiordan.langanfortune@ed.ac.uk |
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