Postgraduate Course: Professional Practice: Contextual Studies (DESI11008)
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 11 (n/a) | 
Credits | 10 | 
 
| Home subject area | Design | 
Other subject area | None | 
   
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Taught in Gaelic? | No | 
 
| Course description | Indicative course content 
In this module students will write an essay on their own location within the field of Interior design. 
 
Aims of course 
1 to raise awareness about the indeterminacy and the diversity of Interior design as a discipline. 
2 to raise awareness oif the professional structures of Interior design. 
3 to situate students in the wider professional field. 
 
Mode of delivery 
lectures  desk based research  seminars | 
 
 
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements |  Pre-requisites  
 
 
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| Additional Costs |  None | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes 
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:  
1. Be able to articulate that critcial attitude in writing  
2. be able to use research in the discipline of Interiors to justify their attitudes 
3. have a critical attitude to the discipline of Interior Design in all its diverse forms.  | 
 
 
Assessment Information 
Assessment plan 
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Special Arrangements 
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Additional Information 
| Academic description | 
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| Syllabus | 
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| Transferable skills | 
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| Reading list | 
Indicative Bibliography  
Massey, Anne 'Interior Design of the 20th century' Thames and Hudson London 1990 ISBN 0500203466    Pile, John 'Interior Design' Abrams Art History 2000 ISBN 0131832964 | 
 
| Study Abroad | 
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| Study Pattern | 
Contact hours 10 hours 
Directed study 35 hours 
Self-directed study 50 hours 
Total 95 hours | 
 
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