Postgraduate Course: MLA Landscape Portfolio 4 (ARCH11188)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 60 |
| Home subject area | Architecture and Landscape Architecture |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | MLA Landscape portfolio 4 enables the student to develop a self-selected landscape design project. A proposal made by the student is approved by the design tutor team. The selected project can address a range of project types appropriate to the practice of landscape architecture. Within the project the student will demonstrate the knowledge, understanding and skills of the profession gained in the previous months of study in the MLA programme and through lectures and seminars running through the course. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. demonstrate critical, clear and coherent analysis and an ability to establish key issues that will drive the design process
2. demonstrate ability to deal with abstract ideas and theoretical foundations, conceptual thinking at different scales & contexts.
3. demonstrate an understanding of interactions between process, programme and structure
4. demonstration of appropriate judgement and design sensitivity
5. communicate the design process in a concise & precise manner by means of workbooks,models, presentation drawings & complex argument
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Assessment Information
| Portfolio of design work and workbooks 100% |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
The course consists of the development of a major landscape design project within the professional and practice context for landscape architecture. Along with studio and crit tuition the students will have lectures and seminars that introduces and promotes discussion of the professional context for the realization of the project. |
| Syllabus |
Not entered |
| Transferable skills |
Critical analysis, organization and setting aims
independent and creative problem solving
communication and presentation skills: graphical and verbal |
| Reading list |
As appropriate to the landscape design project undertaken |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
The course is 60 credits. The student will be expected to work for 600 hours on the course. The development of the project will be supported by 'consultant' tutors. |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Ms Sally Butler
Tel: (0131 6)51 5795
Email: |
Course secretary | Mrs Margaret Dingsdale
Tel: 0131 651 5803
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