Undergraduate Course: Design Research 4 (Jewellery & Silversmithing) (DESI10031)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 40 |
ECTS Credits | 20 |
| Summary | This course is only available to students in the School of Design.
Indicative course content
This course enables students to develop a personal, integrated, critical and reflective design approach appropriate to their chosen discipline. Students work on self-selected and generated projects within a studio environment.
Aims of course
1 develop and consolidate personal creative methods, techniques and approaches
2 explore how practitioners generate and justify personal project briefs
3 develop and consolidate personal approaches to materials and processes
Mode of delivery
Studio-Based Project Work, Group Crits, Individual and Group Mentoring, Project Review |
| Course description |
As Summary
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
Students MUST have passed: (
Design Externality 3 Major (Semester 1) - Jewellery & Silversmithing (DESI09075) OR
Design Externality 3 Minor (Semester 1) - Jewellery & Silversmithing (DESI09057) OR
Design Externality 3 Work-Based Placement (Semester 1) - Jewellery & Silversmithing (DESI09053)) AND (
Design Externality 3 Major (Semester 2) - Jewellery & Silversmithing (DESI09097) OR
Design Externality 3 Minor (Semester 2) - Jewellery & Silversmithing (DESI09039) OR
Design Externality 3 Work-Based Placement (Semester 2) - Jewellery & Silversmithing (DESI09090))
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | This Course requires additional costs to be met by the Student.
Travel and Accommodation: There are optional travel costs associated with field-trips / visits.
Student will be expected to support the cost of local travel by public transport.
Materials: Students will be expected to fund the purchase of general art and design materials, such as sketchbooks, paper and pens. Students will be expected to fund purchase of some specialist materials required by their course [e.g. base-metals, calico, toile etc]. Course Organisers will support you in meeting intended learning outcomes while keeping material costs to a minimum, but students will be expected to fund optional material costs as necessary for their own project work.
To fully participate in this course students are recommended to budget a minimum of £ 40. |
| Additional Costs | This Course requires additional costs to be met by the Student.
Travel and Accommodation: There are optional travel costs associated with field-trips / visits.
Student will be expected to support the cost of local travel by public transport.
Materials: Students will be expected to fund the purchase of general art and design materials, such as sketchbooks, paper and pens. Students will be expected to fund purchase of some specialist materials required by their course [e.g. base-metals, calico, toile etc]. Course Organisers will support you in meeting intended learning outcomes while keeping material costs to a minimum, but students will be expected to fund optional material costs as necessary for their own project work.
To fully participate in this course students are recommended to budget a minimum of £ 40. |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2026/27, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: 0 |
| Course Start |
Full Year |
| Course Start Date |
21/09/2026 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
400
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 22,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 50,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
320 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
SUMMATIVE Assessment(s)
Portfolio submission (100%) submitted at the end of the course and evidencing all Learning Outcomes.
Learning Outcomes are weighted as LO1: 34%, LO2: 33%, LO3: 33%
All Learning Outcomes must be passed to pass the course.
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| Feedback |
Feedback
FORMATIVE
Formative feedback will be offered throughout the course and in a variety of formats, including written and/or orally at formative submission point(s), tutorials, and other activities.
SUMMATIVE
Final course grades and written feedback will be provided at the end of the course. |
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- INVESTIGATE: use a variety of practical and theoretical methods to demonstrate a sustained and rigorous investigation of personal research themes
- CHALLENGE: analyse issues arising from the research and challenge established precepts and assumptions
- PLAN: demonstrate a sense of purpose in the development of lines of research inquiry
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Reading List
DESI10031 Design Research 4- Jewellery & Silversmithing
- Skinner, D. Contemporary Jewelry in Perspective. Lark (2013)
- den Besten, L. On Jewellery: A Compendium of International
Art Jewellery. Arnoldshe (2011)
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Ms Heather Woof
Tel: (0131 6)51 5807
Email: hwoof@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Abbie Summers
Tel: (01316) 502306
Email: ahumphr2@ed.ac.uk |
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