Undergraduate Course: Design Research 2 (DESI08002)

Course Outline
School	Edinburgh College of Art	College	College of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 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 In this course students will be introduced to basic research methods appropriate to their specific discipline. Students will apply these methods to creatively inform and underpin their studio practice. Aims of course 1 introduce basic research methods, techniques and approaches 2 enable students to develop a body of research informed by an introduction to historical and contemporary creative practice, and user/audience needs 3 develop students critical analysis and reflective appraisal of set research themes Mode of delivery Projects, Lectures, Seminars, Tutorials, Visits, Field Work
Course description	Not entered

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites	Students MUST have passed: Design Context 1 (DESI07001) AND Design Studio 1 (DESI07002) AND Design Research 1 (DESI07003) AND Professional Design Practice 1 (DESI07004) OR (APPROPRIATE SCQ)	Co-requisites	Students MUST also take: Design Studio 2 (DESI08001) AND Professional Design Practice 2 (DESI08003) AND Design Context 2 (DESI08004)
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	This course is only available to ECA students on degree programmes belonging to Design.
Additional Costs	course materials and study trips

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: 180
Course Start	Full Year
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 400 ( Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 170, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 60, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 162 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Portfolio of work
Feedback	Not entered
No Exam Information

Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: INVESTIGATE: use a variety of practical and theoretical methods to demonstrate an investigation of research themes CONSIDER: demonstrate the consideration of a range of issues influencing the research SELECT: demonstrate the ability to select research themes and directions appropriate to specific projects and lines of enquiry