Postgraduate Course: Research Review (ARCH11030)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art | 
College | College of Humanities and Social Science | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) | 
Availability | Available to all students | 
 
| SCQF Credits | 40 | 
ECTS Credits | 20 | 
 
 
| Summary | This is a supervised programme of self-directed research with particular emphasis on surveying contemporary developments in digital media. Students may be required to participate in seminars. | 
 
| Course description | 
    
    Not entered
    
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites | 
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Co-requisites |  | 
 
| Prohibited Combinations |  | 
Other requirements |  None | 
 
 
Information for Visiting Students 
| Pre-requisites | None | 
 
		| High Demand Course? | 
		Yes | 
     
 
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1) 
  
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Quota:  None | 
 
| Course Start | 
Semester 2 | 
 
Timetable  | 
	
Timetable | 
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) | 
 
 Total Hours:
400
(
 Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 8,
 Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1,
 Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
383 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) | 
 
  Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) | 
There will be one interim and one final submission amounting to 10,000 words of text. | 
 
| Feedback | 
Not entered | 
 
| No Exam Information | 
 
Learning Outcomes 
    On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
    
        - Bring evidence to bear on critical and substantial arguments on current social, cultural and theoretical issues at an advanced level
 - Draw on a strong base of evidence in addition to that provided by the literature
 - Demonstrate a self-directed programme of advanced research
 
     
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills | 
Not entered | 
 
| Additional Class Delivery Information | 
Will involve at least 3 group meetings with supervisor. | 
 
| Keywords | theory digital media culture philosophy | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Prof Richard Coyne 
Tel: (0131 6)50 2332 
Email: Richard.Coyne@ed.ac.uk | 
Course secretary | Miss Fiona Hunter 
Tel: (0131 6)51 5741 
Email: fhunter4@exseed.ed.ac.uk | 
   
 
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