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DRPS : Course Catalogue : Edinburgh College of Art : Architecture and Landscape Architecture

Postgraduate Course: Reflective Practice: Professional Planning (EMiLA Visiting Students) (ARCH11215)

Course Outline
SchoolEdinburgh College of Art CollegeCollege of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)
Course typePlacement AvailabilityPart-year visiting students only
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryStudents will write a refined and critical response to their own body of work identifying strands of thematic content and disciplinary priorities to be carried into early career practice. (2000 words).

Course leader will introduce key themes at the beginning of the semester and arrange group seminars and individual tutorials during the semester.
Course description The course will allow students to pursue specific theoretical and/or organisational issues related to the project site and project brief. The course seeks to establish connections between reflection, practice and planning that support advanced learning beyond the programme, calling for the student to present an autonomous disciplinary position. The student will complete a critical review that creatively contextualises the student¿s own body of practice led investigations.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None.
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesThis course is for visiting students on European Masters in Landscape Architecture (EMiLA).
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Reflection: Present a cumulative, retrospective documentation of work with an evident sense of critical reflection.
  2. Progression: Interrelate the output to the final body of design work demonstrating levels of refinement between project led work and personal critical reflection.
  3. Planning: identify related challenges within the profession and suggest how these might be negotiated from a personal viewpoint or with a signature approach to the project site.
Reading List
This is specific to each student.
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Critical review and reflection, trans-disciplinary expertise, research skills
Special Arrangements Students will be on placement from their home institution.
KeywordsEuropean Masters,Landscape Architecture
Contacts
Course organiserMs Lisa MacKenzie
Tel: (0131 6)51 5797
Email: l.mackenzie@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Anne Davis
Tel: (0131 6)50 6912
Email: Anne.Davis@ed.ac.uk
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