Undergraduate Course: Professional Design Practice 4 (DESI10003)
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 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Design |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course is only available to students in the School of Design.
Indicative course content
This course consolidates students professional awareness of working methods and practices within their disciplines current practice in order to underpin their studio work and plan their professional career
Aims of course
1 Enable students to develop personal professional practices and methods
2 Enable students to confidently position their personal practice within the discipline and a broader professional context
3 Enable students to determine the appropriate personal creative methodologies and strategies for the professional presentation, exhibition and documentation of work to clearly identified audiences/clients/users/stakeholders
Mode of delivery
Self-Generated Projects, Mentoring, Tutorials |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2013/14 Full Year, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: No |
Quota: 180 |
| Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
16/09/2013 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 11,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 25,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
160 )
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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. EVALUATE: critically evaluate the discipline, and identify where they wish to position themselves within it
2. REFLECT: reflect upon their work and evaluate it within and beyond the context of their discipline
3. COMMUNICATE: communicate their work persuasively within an appropriate professional context |
Assessment Information
- Portfolio of work
- Personal statement
- End of year viva |
Special Arrangements
| This course is only available to students in the School of Design. |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
Not entered |
| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Indicative Bibliography
Personal Bibliography to be determined and discussed with Studio Tutors |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Contact hours 15 hours
Directed study 65 hours
Self-directed study 120 hours
Total 200 hours |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Ms Zoe Patterson
Tel: (0131 6)51 5720
Email: z.patterson@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Jane Thomson
Tel: (0131 6)51 5713
Email: jane.thomson@ed.ac.uk |
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