Undergraduate Course: Design Research and Context 3b (DESI09022)

Course Outline
School	Edinburgh College of Art	College	College of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	20	ECTS Credits	10
Summary	Synopsis In this course, students will source and analyse appropriate research from the broader external context of their discipline to inform the writing of a professional record of their experience, with appropriate complementary documentation, which will enable them to justify the personal direction of their practice. Aims 1. To enable the student to gather, reflect upon and evaluate a period of personal engagement within their professional context. 2. To enable the student to produce a range of reflective material and documentation which demonstrates an emerging consolidation of personal direction. 3. To develop the students' abilities in critical analysis and reflective appraisal.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	This course is only available to ECA students on degree programmes belonging to Design.

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: 200 ( Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 196 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Portfolio and documentation of project work.
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No Exam Information

Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: EVALUATE: demonstrate the ability to record, document and critically evaluate personal experiences within the discipline in an appropriate professional form REFLECT: demonstrate the ability to reflect on their personal position and potential future direction within the wider external context of their discipline COMMUNICATE: communicate findings from reflective evaluations, analyses and responses orally, visually and in writing, using a variety of strategies.