Postgraduate Course: Studio (Design) - Postgraduate (DESI11009)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art | 
College | College of Humanities and Social Science | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (n/a) | 
Availability | Not available to visiting students | 
 
| SCQF Credits | 60 | 
ECTS Credits | 30 | 
 
 
| Summary | Indicative course content 
This module enables students to develop a personal integrated, critical and reflective design research approach appropriate to their chosen design discipline. Students work on self-selected and generated design projects within a design studio environment. 
 
Aims of course 
1 Develop and consolidate advanced personal design methods, techniques and approaches 
2 Explore how designers generate and justify personal design briefs in the context of their discipline 
3 Develop and consolidate advanced personal approaches to materials and processes 
 
Mode of delivery 
Self-Generated Design Projects, Mentoring, Tutorials, Crits, Presentations, Lectures | 
 
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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| Prohibited Combinations |  | 
Other requirements |  Pre-requisites  
Exhibition (Design), Critical Study, Research Proposal, Professional Practice (Design) 
 
Co-requisites  
Exhibition (Design), Critical Study, Research Proposal, Professional Practice (Design) 
 
Prohibited combinations  
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Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |   
Learning Outcomes 
    On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
    
        - master the creative processes of design and be able to generate and evaluate original concepts through critical assessment and considered judgement and reflection
 - master appropriate material development through a transparent critical and reflective iterative process that leads to a resolved outcome
 - challenge established design precepts and aesthetic, socio-cultural, ethical and technical assumptions, and propose and reflect upon appropriate directions of personal practice and research
 
     
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Reading List 
Indicative Bibliography  
Personal bibliography to be determined and discussed with Studio Tutors |   
 
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills | 
Not entered | 
 
| Keywords | DESIGN AND APPLIED ARTS, FASHION AND TEXTILES, VISUAL COMMUNICATION | 
 
 
Contacts 
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