Postgraduate Course: Design Informatics Project (DESI11026)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art | 
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) | 
Availability | Not available to visiting students | 
 
| SCQF Credits | 20 | 
ECTS Credits | 10 | 
 
 
| Summary | The project is student lead and negotiated through close liaison with an allocated supervisor, and developed from a student's particular interest in an aspect of the MA/MFA Design Informatics.  
 
Module Aims 
The module will: 
 
1.	Support the students ability to independently plan, carry out and articulate the development and application of specific design informatics production in the solution of a substantial practical problem to a high professional and critical standard. 
2.	Provide a significant context for individual enquiry and self directed study including developing specific skills, exploring a specific field of research and articulating a personal perspective based upon learning. 
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| Course description | 
    
    The project comprises of a significant design production that should be creative and experimental in its approach and placed within a critical theoretical context. Students will be expected to engage in technical as well as design and cultural concerns.
    
    
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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
| Not being delivered |   
Learning Outcomes 
    On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
    
        - Design and develop a significant artefact of high production values that integrates established design methods with digital technology and informatics systems..
 - Develop and articulate a theoretical framework that supports the production of a manufactured artefact through a synthesis of critical theory and practice.
 - Research a problem through the review of literature and design precedents, demonstrate the appropriate use of methods for speculative development and analysis, and the communication of meaningful findings.
 
     
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills | 
Not entered | 
 
| Keywords | Design,Production,Project,Management,Artefact | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Mrs Lynne Craig 
Tel:  
Email: Lynne.Craig@ed.ac.uk | 
Course secretary | Ms Jane Thomson 
Tel: (0131 6)51 5713 
Email: jane.thomson@ed.ac.uk | 
   
 
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