Postgraduate Course: Product Design: Design Studio (DESI11063)

Course Outline
School	Edinburgh College of Art	College	College of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	50	ECTS Credits	25
Summary	Students work on self-selected and generated projects, which offer the opportunity to undertake a wide-ranging and in-depth practical and theoretical investigation into their chosen discipline. This course aims to: 1 Enable students to propose, justify and undertake a personal study plan with clearly defined critical aims, objectives and methods 2 Enable students to develop a sophisticated body of research material and evidence of practical exploration that communicates a progression of ideas and a critical awareness of contemporary practice and theory 3 Develop and consolidate students critical analysis and reflective appraisal of personal research themes
Course description	Not entered

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Semester 2
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 500 ( Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 160, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 40, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 10, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 290 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Learning Outcomes Assessed Portfolio and Oral Presentation Weighting 100%
Feedback	Not entered
No Exam Information

Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: 1. EXPLORE: Demonstrate independent initiative and self-critical application of original ideas 2. DEVELOP: Demonstrate a fully integrated, critical and contextualised relationship between creative practice and research 3. SYNTHESISE: Generate, evaluate and consolidate original research towards the production of realised projects