Undergraduate Course: Design Research 3 (DESI09002)
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 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) | 
Credits | 40 | 
 
| Home subject area | Design | 
Other subject area | None | 
   
| Course website | 
None | 
Taught in Gaelic? | No | 
 
| Course description | This course is only avaialble to students in the School of Design. 
 
Indicative course content 
In this course students will source, collect and analyse appropriate research that is creatively informed and critically aware. Students will begin to develop a personal research methodology that underpins studio practice. 
 
Aims of course 
1 enable students to undertake research with clearly defined aims, objectives and methods 
2 enable students to develop a body of research material that communicates a progression of ideas and an awareness of contemporary creative practice and user/audience needs 
3 develop students critical analysis and reflective appraisal of given and personal research themes 
 
Mode of delivery 
Projects, Lectures, Seminars, Tutorials, Visits, Field Work | 
 
 
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites | 
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Co-requisites |  | 
 
| Prohibited Combinations |  | 
Other requirements |  Pre-requisites  
DESI08001, DESI08002, DESI08003, DESI08004 or appropriate SCQF Level 8 Qualification or Equivalent. 
 
Co-requisites  
DESI09001, DESI09003, DESI09012 
 
This course is only available to ECA students on degree programmes belonging to Design. | 
 
| Additional Costs |  None | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |   
Learning Outcomes 
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:  
1. ANALYSE: select and use appropriate methods to explore and critically evaluate personally selected research themes  
2. QUESTION: recognise and question established approaches to research in order to determine appropriate personal directions 
3. SELECT: demonstrate the ability to select the most appropriate concepts for development for subsequent studio work  | 
 
 
Assessment Information 
Assessment plan 
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Special Arrangements 
| This course is only avaialble 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 and Personal Bibliography to be determined and discussed with Studio Tutors | 
 
| Study Abroad | 
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| Study Pattern | 
Contact hours 50 hours 
Directed study 150 hours 
Self-directed study 200 hours 
Total 400 hours | 
 
| Keywords | Not entered | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Mr Edward Hollis 
Tel: (0131 6)51 5729 
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Course secretary | Ms Jane Thomson 
Tel:  
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