Undergraduate Course: Design Studio 2 (DESI08001)
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 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 40 |
| Home subject area | Design |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course is only available to students in the School of Design.
Indicative course content
This course introduces students to the fundamental knowledge and skills appropriate to their chosen discipline. Students work on a series of exercises and projects of differing time-frames and increasing complexity within a studio environment. Students are encouraged to develop an iterative creative process that incorporates making, evaluating, presenting and reflecting.
Aims of course
1 introduce basic creative methods, techniques and approaches
2 explore how practitioners personally respond to briefs
3 introduce materials and processes
Mode of delivery
Studio-Based Project Work, Group Crits, Individual and Group Mentoring, Project Review |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | Pre-requisites
DESI07001, DESI07002, DESI07003, DESI07004 or appropriate SCQF Level 7 Qualification or equivalent.
Co-requisites
DESI08002, DESI08003, DESI08004
This course is only available to ECA students on degree programmes belonging to Design. |
| Additional Costs | course materials and study trips |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. EVALUATE: evaluate and respond to project briefs, and formulate appropriate approaches
2. DEVELOP: apply fundamental material and conceptual development through a transparent iterative process
3. REALISE: realise project solutions through structured and transparent methodologies |
Assessment Information
Assessment plan
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Special Arrangements
| This course is only available to students in the School of Design. |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
Indicative Bibliography
Discipline Specific Bibliographies to be determined by Studio Tutors |
| Study Abroad |
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| Study Pattern |
Contact hours 60 hours
Directed study 170 hours
Self-directed study 170 hours
Total 400 hours |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Robert Gillan
Tel: (0131 6)51 5718
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Course secretary | Ms Jane Thomson
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