Postgraduate Course: Design Exposition (Illustration) (DESI11122)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
| Course type | Dissertation |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 60 |
ECTS Credits | 30 |
| Summary | The culmination of your programme specialism, this course enables you to refine and reflect on your creative process and demonstrate your ability to prepare and present your work in a variety of contexts and formats. You will explore the wider dissemination and promotion of your practice to peers, public and professional audiences. |
| Course description |
The content of this course is specific to your programme specialism. Teaching is based in your specialist studios and workshops. The ECA virtual learning environment supports teaching and is used for delivery of projects that make up the content and structure of the course. The focus this semester is on the specific research methods of your programme specialism.
This course aims to:
1 Exercise autonomy, initiative and innovation in organisation, presentation and exposition strategies
2 Develop ability to critically examine, apply and disseminate the evidence of your creative work
3 Professionally document, archive and determine the means of individually promoting creative work to others
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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 requires some additional costs to be met by the Student.
Travel: There are required travel costs associated with visits we may run as part of the course. Students will be expected to support the cost of local travel by public transport.
Equipment and software: The can be a low-tech course, although it is recommended that students have their own laptop or use of a laptop for their independent studies and coursework for the course. Any equipment and software required by the course itself will be provided by the School, but students will be expected to provide some specialist equipment including e.g. their own laptop headphones, SD cards.
Materials: Students will be expected to supply their own (or fund the purchase of) general art and design materials, such as sketchbooks, paper and pens and are requested to bring these to studio sessions. The nature of this studio course is that materials will also be consumed and used in the development of coursework (e.g. the development of drawings, models and visualisations). Whilst Course Organisers will support students in meeting the course¿s intended learning outcomes while keeping material costs to a minimum, students will be expected to fund optional material costs as necessary for their own project work.
These costs may fluctuate depending upon individual projects. At ECA we promote the reuse and recycling of materials though, so across all projects this is encouraged. We also would like to note that success in the course is not linked to expenditure; novel or sustainable approaches to material use will be commended.
Printing: Students are expected to fund occasional printing of e.g. A2 posters, other presentation materials for crits, or workshop outputs.
To fully participate in this course students are recommended to budget a minimum of £50. |
| Additional Costs | This course requires some additional costs to be met by the Student.
Travel: There are required travel costs associated with visits we may run as part of the course. Students will be expected to support the cost of local travel by public transport.
Equipment and software: The can be a low-tech course, although it is recommended that students have their own laptop or use of a laptop for their independent studies and coursework for the course. Any equipment and software required by the course itself will be provided by the School, but students will be expected to provide some specialist equipment including e.g. their own laptop headphones, SD cards.
Materials: Students will be expected to supply their own (or fund the purchase of) general art and design materials, such as sketchbooks, paper and pens and are requested to bring these to studio sessions. The nature of this studio course is that materials will also be consumed and used in the development of coursework (e.g. the development of drawings, models and visualisations). Whilst Course Organisers will support students in meeting the course¿s intended learning outcomes while keeping material costs to a minimum, students will be expected to fund optional material costs as necessary for their own project work.
These costs may fluctuate depending upon individual projects. At ECA we promote the reuse and recycling of materials though, so across all projects this is encouraged. We also would like to note that success in the course is not linked to expenditure; novel or sustainable approaches to material use will be commended.
Printing: Students are expected to fund occasional printing of e.g. A2 posters, other presentation materials for crits, or workshop outputs.
To fully participate in this course students are recommended to budget a minimum of £50. |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2025/26, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: 0 |
| Course Start |
Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
600
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 8,
Formative Assessment Hours 1,
Summative Assessment Hours 1,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 12,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
568 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Formative and summative assessment will require students submit a portfolio of artifacts, images and text as a single PDF document which will communicate their understanding of the learning acquired through the course. The portfolio elements should evidence both the student's material and conceptual learning and map onto the Learning Outcomes. |
| Feedback |
Feedback is regularly communicated through the course. This takes a number forms, verbally through group and individual meetings where work and ideas are discussed with both peers and tutor. There is also a specific mid semester formative feedback point when indicative grades are given. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- RESOLVE: Complete work to an appropriate professional standard, demonstrating an integrated relationship between practice, theory and industry
- COMMUNICATE: Disseminate work persuasively within an appropriate professional context
- REFLECT: Evaluate their work critically, positioning themselves within and beyond their discipline
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Reading List
| All Learning Resources are specific to each Programme and communicated via Talis on LEARN. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Be independent learners who take responsibility for their own learning, and are committed to continuous reflection, self-evaluation and self-improvement
appreciate and use talents constructively
Recognise the benefits of communicating with those beyond their immediate environments
Recognise the importance of reflecting on their learning experiences and be aware of their own learning style
Recognise the benefits of communicating with those beyond their immediate environments
Personal and Intellectual Autonomy
Be able to create and harness opportunities |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Ms Amy Dover
Tel:
Email: adover3@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Linsey McEwan
Tel: (01316) 515448
Email: lmcewan2@ed.ac.uk |
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