Undergraduate Course: Design Studio 2 (DESI08007)
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 | 
None | 
Taught in Gaelic? | No | 
 
| Course description | 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. 
 
The aims of the course are:  
1.	To introduce appropriate creative methods, techniques and approaches 
2.	To explore how practitioners personally respond to briefs 
3.	To introduce appropriate materials and processes 
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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 | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2014/15  Full Year, Not available to visiting students (SS1) 
  
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Learn enabled:  No | 
Quota:  None | 
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Web Timetable  | 
	
Web Timetable | 
 
| Course Start Date | 
15/09/2014 | 
 
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) | 
 
 Total Hours:
400
(
 Lecture Hours 3,
 Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20,
 Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 48,
 External Visit Hours 8,
 Feedback/Feedforward Hours 27,
 Formative Assessment Hours 3,
 Summative Assessment Hours 3,
 Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
280 )
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| Additional Notes | 
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) | 
 
  Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| No Exam Information | 
 
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: evaluate a body of research work, and select and realise suitable project solutions through structured and transparent methodologies.  | 
 
 
Assessment Information 
| Portfolio of project work |  
 
Special Arrangements 
| None |   
 
Additional Information 
| Academic description | 
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| Syllabus | 
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| Transferable skills | 
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| Reading list | 
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| Study Abroad | 
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| Study Pattern | 
Lecture hours 3 
Seminar/Tutorial hours 20 
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio hours 48 
External Visit hours 8 
Feedback/Feedforward hours 27 
Formative Assessment hours 3 
Summative Assessment hours 3 
Programme Level Learning and Teaching hours 8 
Directed Learning and Independent Learning hours 280 | 
 
| Keywords | Not entered | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Ms Zoe Patterson 
Tel: (0131 6)51 5720 
Email: z.patterson@ed.ac.uk | 
Course secretary | Ms Jane Thomson 
Tel: (0131 6)51 5713 
Email: jane.thomson@ed.ac.uk | 
   
 
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