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Degree Programme Table: Design for Change (MA (ECA)) - 1 Year (Full-time) (PTMARTDECH1F)

Jump to: Year 1

Year 1 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: September

Notes:
Alternative relevant option courses to those listed below may be substituted with the written permission of the Programme Director.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Dissertation: Design for Social, Technical or Environmental Change

Must be passed at 50% and taken during Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond

DESI11108 60 credits
Designing for Change: Projects and Practices

Must be taken during Semester 2

DESI11177 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 60 credits in this group.

Compulsory Course Collection 1 (semester 1)

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 1
dLab(1): Design for Social Change
DESI11103 20 credits
dLab(3): Design for Environmental Change
DESI11107 20 credits
dLab(4): Design for Inclusive Change
DESI11200 20 credits
AND

Compulsory Course Collection 2 (semester 2)

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 2
dLab(2): Design for Technical Change
DESI11106 20 credits
dLab(5): Design for Political Change
DESI11199 20 credits
AND

Group B

Select exactly 20 credits in this group.

Elective Course Collection 1 (semester 1) - Design courses

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Course in this collection are suggestions from within the School of Design and are subject to annual availability.
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 1
Multi-Sensory Cultures (Level 11)
DESI11092 20 credits
Environmental Design: Materials, Ecologies, Futures
DESI11109 20 credits
Digital Crafting
DESI11163 20 credits
Objects of Desire
DESI11164 20 credits
Design, Play and Games
DESI11166 20 credits
OR

Level 10 and 11 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Select between 0 and 20 credits from Level 10 and 11 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W
Notes:
The named elective courses for semester 1 listed below are suggestions selected by the Programme from the wider University Schedules (i.e. Schedules A to Q, T, W and Y) and are subject to annual availability (i.e. not all will be offered every academic year). They are courses our students have taken before and have found valuable. As with all courses available via the wider University of Edinburgh course catalogue, they must fit with compulsory courses' timetables and students must seek approval from both their Student Advisor/Cohort Lead and the Course Organiser of the course in question.

GEGR10129 Geographies of Mobility
SCAN11027 People First: The Anthropology of International Development
PGSP11353 Understanding Technology
PGSP11422 Energy in the Global South
PGSP11466 Issues and Concepts in Digital Society
PGSP11569 Delivering the Circular Economy and The Bioeconomy
MUSI11053 Introduction to Community Arts
EFIE11032 Cities as Creative Sites: Urban Studio (fusion on-site) [10cr]
EFIE11092 Gamifying Historical Narratives (fusion on-site) [10cr]
PGSP11240 Politics and Theories of International Development
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 1
AND

Group C

Select exactly 20 credits in this group.

Elective Course Collection 2 (semester 2) - Design courses

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 2
Disseminating Design Practices
DESI11099 20 credits
The Business of Craft and Design
DESI11162 20 credits
Design Thinking (1): History and Theory
DESI11174 10 credits
OR

Level 10 and 11 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Select between 0 and 20 credits from Level 10 and 11 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W
Notes:
The named elective courses for semester 2 listed below are suggestions selected by the Programme from the wider University Schedules (i.e. Schedules A to Q, T, W and Y) and are subject to annual availability (i.e. not all will be offered every academic year). They are courses our students have taken before and have found valuable. As with all courses available via the wider University of Edinburgh course catalogue, they must fit with compulsory courses' timetables and students must seek approval from both their Student Advisor/Cohort Lead and the Course Organiser of the course in question.

HIAR11038 The Cultures and Politics of Display
PGSP11400 Innovation in Sustainable Food Systems
PGSP11116 Internet, Society, Economy
PGSP11467 Controversies in the Data Society
SCIL11029 Researching Global Social Change
PGSP11188 Qualitative Methods and Ethnographic Fieldwork
CMSE11558 Organising for Social Change [10cr]
PGSP11348 Key Skills in Development Practice
EFIE11054 Work Futures (fusion on-site) [10cr]
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 2
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