Undergraduate Course: Studio Practice Exchange (Design) 70 credits (DESI09009)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Part-year visiting students only |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 70 |
| Home subject area | Design |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Indicative course content
This module enables students to develop knowledge and skills appropriate to their discipline within a specific cultural and professional context. Students work on a series of design projects of differing time-frames and complexity within a studio environment. Students are encouraged to collect and analyse research that is creatively informed and critically aware, to enable the development of an integrated iterative process incorporating designing, making, evaluating, presenting and reflecting.
Aims of course
1 to develop advanced design and research methods, techniques and approaches
2 to explore how designers personally conceptualise design briefs and position themselves in the discipline
3 to introduce the cultural and social parameters impacting on design practice in Scotland
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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| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | This course is only available to ECA students on degree programmes belonging to Design.
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| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. demonstrate proficiency in the research, initiation and development of projects through structured, transparent methodologies
2. apply the creative processes of design to generate, evaluate and resolve concepts through critical assessment and considered judgement with reference to professional practice
3. demonstrate an awareness of the cultural and social context of the host institution |
Assessment Information
Assessment plan
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Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Indicative Bibliography
Discipline Specific and Personal Bibliographies to be determined by discussion with Studio Tutors |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Contact hours 100 hours
Directed study 250 hours
Self-directed study 350 hours
Total 700 hours |
| Keywords | DESIGN AND APPLIED ARTS, FASHION AND TEXTILES, VISUAL COMMUNICATION |
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