Postgraduate Course: Precedent and Context (EMiLA visiting students) (ARCH11217)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Part-year visiting students only |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | Course aligned with Design: Individual Portfolio specifically for visitng EMILA students.
The course will allow students to pursue specific theoretical and/or organisational issues related to the project site and project brief. |
| Course description |
The course seeks to establish connections between reflection, practice and planning that support advanced learning beyond the programme, calling for the student to present an autonomous disciplinary position. The student will complete a critical review that creatively contextualises the student's own body of practice led investigations.
Students will write a refined and critical response to their own body of work identifying strands of thematic content and disciplinary priorities to be carried into early career practice. (3000-3500 words).
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2017/18, Part-year visiting students only (VV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 1,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 4,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
93 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Students are assessed on each learning outcome, with each outcome having an equal weighting. |
| Feedback |
The Course organiser will ask for a ¿plan of work¿ that sets out how learning outcomes are to be addressed. Students will receive a written response to this submission at least 4 weeks before the submission date. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Reflect: Present a cumulative, retrospective documentation of work with an evident sense of critical reflection.
- Progress: Interrelate the output to the final body of design work demonstrating levels of refinement between project led work and personal critical reflection.
- Plan: identify related challenges within the profession and suggest how these might be negotiated from a personal viewpoint or with a signature approach to the project site.
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Reading List
| This is specific to each student and their site. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Critical review and reflection, trans-disciplinary expertise, research skills. |
| Study Abroad |
Available only to visiting EMiLA students on their placement at ESALA. |
| Keywords | European Masters,Landscape Architecture |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Ms Lisa Mackenzie
Tel: (0131 6)51 5797
Email: |
Course secretary | Miss Jennifer Macdonald
Tel: (0131 6)51 5773
Email: |
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