Undergraduate Course: Art and Design (ARCH07001)
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 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Architecture and Landscape Architecture |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course offers a grounding in the skills and techniques of representation necessary for architectural design, including analogue and digital drawing and three-dimensional modelling. It also serves to introduce students to a wider range of representational media and practices in the fields of art and design. It offers the insights into the expressive and communicative possibilities of disciplines related to architecture and encourages interdisciplinary collaboration.
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Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2014/15 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Class Delivery Information |
Core activities scheduled between Semester 1, Mondays, 9.00-15.30. Lectures each week 9.00-11.00, Main Lecture Theatre, ECA main building, Lauriston Place. Studio activities 11.00-3.30. A mixture of methods used: supervised learning, directed learning and independent learning. |
| Course Start Date |
15/09/2014 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 11,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 11,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 33,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
141 )
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| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Awareness of a range of representational techniques and how these may be activated within art and design practice and support the wider communication of ideas;
2. Awareness of a variety of media and methods of production in contemporary art and design practice, and a capacity to appropriately evaluate them with a reflective, critical and integrated approach.
3. Ability to work to deadlines and explicitly convey ideas in a well structured and coherent way. |
Assessment Information
Assessment through coursework, portfolio and sketch books.
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Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Study Pattern |
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| Keywords | Art, Design, Drawing, Representation |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Harvey Dingwall
Tel: (0131 6)51 5726
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Course secretary | Mrs Rosie Hall
Tel: 0131 651 5802
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