Visiting Student Programme
Level of study
Duration of study
Our exchange programme is for students who study at one of our exchange partner institutions – find out from your Erasmus co-ordinator or study abroad advisor if this includes your home school. As an exchange student you will continue to pay tuition fees to your home school as normal. Depending on your programme and year of study, you can study on exchange in semester 1 or 2, or sometimes for a full academic year.
You can also study abroad with us without coming from an exchange partner institution if your home school is happy to approve this arrangement. This will mean you don’t pay tuition at your home school, but you instead pay tuition fees to GSA. There are two routes for studying abroad – this one is on our degree programmes alongside our students. Depending on your programme and year of study, you can study abroad in semester 1 or 2, or for a full academic year.
Our second study abroad route is the studio art programme, where you can pick and choose courses to suit your personal interests. This programme is ideal for students who want to fulfil a studio art credit but who might be majoring in something else. You can study this option in semester 1 or 2.
These are the courses that you must take together to make up your credit load at GSA.
The aim of the course is to extend key areas of professional knowledge relating to the law, management roles and activities involved in architectural practice.
The aim of the course is to extend architectural research skills, and provide the opportunity to explore a self-defined subject of study related to architecture.
The aim of the course is to extend design skills within a creative studio environment. It provides students with an opportunity to develop a coherent and rigorous approach to the technical design of their architectural projects. It requires students to develop and integrate detailed strategies for construction, structural design, fire safety, environmental design, energy and resource management in relation to their studio projects, and consider the architectural and ethical implications of their technological choices as a means of developing and expanding a critical architectural practice.
The aim of the course is to extend design skills within a rigorous creative studio environment and provide the opportunity to explore architecture as a response to the contemporary city.
During this course, you will develop an understanding of the role of social science based theory, knowledge and approaches within awareness of social science research methods and their utilisation within specific projects involving multiple participants and involving a variety of methods and tools. You will also develop an awareness of multi-factor analysis of the research data arising from such research methods and its role within the design process.
This course aims to demonstrate ownership and autonomy through self-directed exploration and individual creative expression within an environment of professional and peer-critique; to understand and deploy the design process as the synthesis of research, analysis, development and critique within the context of contemporary design practice; to evidence the value of design in response to a given opportunity, problem or context; and to produce both tangible design outcomes and communication to a professional level where their value to business, society and industry is explicit.
This introductory course enables students to develop practical knowledge to demonstrate a graphic language. Students experiment with fundamental core skills, using traditional techniques and new media to understand and fulfill a design brief.
An introduction to printed textile techniques and their application. Students will learn about creative processes to enable the development of visual imagery suitable either for print or use on screens.
An introduction to a range of jewellery and metal work techniques, enabling students to develop practical and theoretical skills in the practice of jewellery making. Students learn through set projects and make pieces of their own through designing, planning and exploration.
This course is structured to cover more advanced techniques and give students an opportunity to experiment in various materials. Building on prior knowledge, students will develop their design skills alongside understanding of more complex methods of fabrication.
This course introduces a range of silversmithing techniques and allows students to consider shape, volume, and functionality. Students develop practical and theoretical skills and apply them through designing and planning, working on set projects.
This course provides students with knowledge and understanding of 35mm photography and the ability to think more creatively and philosophically about making photographs. Students learn technical skills in the use of the camera and darkroom equipment, and develop an individual outlook on the medium.
Students on this course can gain a wide range of practical knowledge, skills and experience whilst learning the theory and chemistry processes associated with etching. Students develop their ideas through via the etching process, including Intaglio printing in monochrome and colour.
An opportunity to work three-dimensionally from the human figure in clay. Sculpting directly from the nude model, students will develop their observational skills, ability to handle clay and senses of proportion and form.
This course provides a foundation for representing the human figure in oil paint. A thorough understanding of figure drawing and an introduction to the underlying anatomy progresses into painting, when students will study the effects of light on form and become adept at palette layout and the stages of building a painting.
This course introduces students to the key terminologies, concepts and applications of acrylic painting. It equips students with practical skills in handling appropriate equipment and materials using primary and secondary sources.
This course equips students with the basic knowledge, understanding and confidence required to draw the human form, through the development of core technical and perceptive skills.
This course provides students with a solid knowledge and understanding of the key terminologies, concepts and applications of oil painting.
This course introduces students to the unique properties and applications of watercolour painting whilst building knowledge, understanding and skills in handling equipment and materials.
This course introduces students to the theory and chemistry of plate lithography and the various techniques required to create a lithograph. Students will also explore drawing techniques, processing and printing in response to project briefs.
Students will be introduced to the technical elements of screenprinting, including investigations into the use of materials, drawing techniques, processing and printing in response to project briefs.
Students on this course will be introduced to several techniques for creating leaded and stained glass panels. Set projects allow the development of practical and theoretical skills, culminating in the design of a unique personal panel.
See www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/arts for a full list of University of Glasgow electives.
Ths course aims to: engage with deep learning in the context of the students chosen subject specialism; develop a subject specialist understanding of a Communication Design area; develop skills in relation to the subject specialism; and develop formal presentation skills.
This course comprises the Honours Year submission to DHT. The Product Design dissertation is due in Semester 2 Week 1, and represents a substantive piece of critical inquiry and research commensurate with this level of study.
Students on this course will develop an understanding of the role of social science based theory, knowledge and approaches within awareness of social science research methods and their utilisation within specific projects involving multiple participants and involving a variety of methods and tools. They will also develop an awareness of multi-factor analysis of the research data arising from such research methods and its role within the design process.
Students on this course will learn how to: demonstrate ownership and autonomy through self-directed exploration and individual creative expression within an environment of professional and peer-critique; understand and deploy the design process as the synthesis of research, analysis, development and critique within the context of contemporary design practice; evidence the value of design in response to a given opportunity, problem or context; produce both tangible design outcomes and communication to a professional level where their value to business, society and industry is explicit.
This course aims to provide students with opportunities to critically develop disciplinary research methods; enable students to autonomously design their own research project / object/ practice with a critical grounding in appropriate research methods both relevant to their disciplinary specialization and, where relevant, enabling of trans, multi, or inter-disciplinarity; provide students with a rigorous understanding of research ethics as relevant to their research / practice; facilitate critical reflection on the relationships between forms of research and modes of practice in order to encourage robust and /or innovative applications of existing methods.
The course aims to: introduce the principles and rationale for re-appraisal of previous work; encourage you to critically evaluate your practice in relation to recent issues within historical, critical and theoretical fields of enquiry; enable you to enhance your ability to formulate and express critical positions in a variety of appropriate forms; introduce you to fundamental principles and rationale of research in relation to creative practice; enable you to articulate your own distinctive responses to critical issues within your own practice and within the broader context of contemporary art; encourage you to demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of ethical good practice and your ethical responsibility in the public presentation of work; enable you to develop your awareness of Health and Safety issues as applicable to creative practice; enable you to articulate your ‘own voice’ as your own specific aesthetic response to cultures and their discourses
The course aims to: provide students with opportunities to critically develop disciplinary research methods; enable students to autonomously design their own research project/object/practice with a critical grounding in appropriate research methods both relevant to their disciplinary specialisation and, where relevant, enabling of trans, multi, or inter-disciplinarity; provide students with rigorous understanding of research ethics as relevant to their research/practice; facilitate critical reflection on the relationship between forms of research and modes of practice in order to encourage robust and/or innovative applications of existing modes.
This course aims to: introduce students to critical reflection of own practice; review students practice in relation to proposal/s; encourage students to critically evaluate their practice in a historical, social, political, ethical and theoretical context; encourage students to identify their critical position in relation to their practice; introduce students to fundamental principles of research in relation to studio practice; encourage students to engage with discourse of the relevance of design in relation to historical, contemporary, socio-cultural and political contexts and discourses.
The aim of the course is to extend key areas of professional knowledge relating to the management roles and activities involved in contract and practice management and to introduce the principal economic aspects of building.
The course extends design skills within a rigorous creative studio environment and provides the opportunity to explore and demonstrate technical aspects of architecture through a self-directed design project which will be designed with reference to the RIBA 2030 Challenge.
The course extends design skills within a rigorous creative studio environment and provides the opportunity to explore architecture, demonstrate strategic and critical thinking and develop a personal approach to design through a self-directed comprehensive design project.
The course support students to develop: an ambitious independent practice through a self-determined body of work, including defining research questions where appropriate; criticality and reflexivity in the application of knowledge, understanding and/or practices to research questions or modes of practice; receptiveness to new ideas, methods and approaches in the field of art writing, challenging established working methods and valuing peer and specialist critique; appropriate forms for distribution, questioning how and where writing meets a readership or audience; a knowledge of the visual art, art writing and experimental literature sector in Glasgow and Scotland, informed more widely by UK-wide and international contexts; the ability to apply a range of active-learning and interpersonal skills whether working independently, collaboratively or with an institution, including being able to work with others, debate effectively and modify one’s own ideas in order to support and develop independent thought; an advanced level of autonomy and initiative in professional, practical and academic situations.
This course will examine the structure and contexts of the experimental, literary and cross-discipline essay and will focus on how and why we write and read between and beyond genres, forms and disciplines. By integrating the close reading and discussions of published essays with the workshopping of students’ work, this course will encourage new writing and collaborations underpinned by the idea that the experimental essay is a powerful form where essential ideas are hashed out and communicated.
This course aims to povide students with opportunities to critically develop disciplinary research methods; enable students to autonomously design their own research project/object/practice with a critical grounding in appropriate research methods both relevant to their disciplinary specialization and, where relevant, enabling of trans, multi, or inter-disciplinarity; provide students with a rigorous understanding of research ethics as relevant to their research/practice; facilitate critical reflection on the relationships between forms of research and modes of practice in order to encourage robust and/or innovative applications of existing methods.
The course aims to: introduce the principles and rationale for re-appraisal of previous work; encourage you to critically evaluate your practice in relation to recent issues within historical, critical and theoretical fields of enquiry; enable you to enhance your ability to formulate and express critical positions in a variety of appropriate forms; introduce you to fundamental principles and rationale of research in relation to creative practice; enable you to articulate your own distinctive responses to critical issues within your own practice and within the broader context of contemporary art; encourage you to demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of ethical good practice and your ethical responsibility in the public presentation of work; enable you to develop your awareness of Health and Safety issues as applicable to creative practice; enable you to articulate your ‘own voice’ as your own specific aesthetic response to cultures and their discourses.
The course aims to: provide students with opportunities to critically develop disciplinary research methods; enable students to autonomously design their own research project/object/practice with a critical grounding in appropriate research methods both relevant to their disciplinary specialisation and, where relevant, enabling of trans, multi, or inter-disciplinarity; provide students with rigorous understanding of research ethics as relevant to their research/practice; and facilitate critical reflection on the relationship between forms of research and modes of practice in order to encourage robust and/or innovative applications of existing modes.
This course aims to: introduce students to critical reflection of own practice; review students practice in relation to proposal/s; encourage students to critically evaluate their practice in a historical, social, political, ethical and theoretical context; encourage students to identify their critical position in relation to their practice; introduce students to fundamental principles of research in relation to studio practice; and encourage students to engage with discourse of the relevance of design in relation to historical, contemporary, socio-cultural and political contexts and discourses.
This course will introduce students to a range of professional and ethical issues in contemporary and historical computing. Students will critically engage with current ethical issues and questions through readings, discussion and writing. Students will also engage with other professional issues around professional networking, communications and recruitment and professional portfolio development. Thus, this course both prepares students for seeking employment in professional creative computing disciplines, and arms them with the critical and ethical insights that will be required through their professional careers.
In studio, students are provided with a range of briefs and, through a scaffolded process, develop their own solutions and systems to meet those briefs. Students will apply the basic knowledge and skills gained in taught courses, and develop and consolidate their knowledge and skills through a range of projects, building towards a portfolio of work.
Students will learn a range of advanced topics in Immersive Systems development, with increased emphasis on chosen pathways. This will include: the development of networked multi-user and online immersive systems and related architectures; augmented reality, mobile VR and physical computin; advanced topics in 3D modelling and animation; narrative in Immersive Systems; understanding the context of an immersive experience; and developing meaning through interaction.
Following on from Critical and Contextual Studies 1, this course will introduce students to a range of methodological approaches and considerations which apply to immersive systems (virtual, augmented and mixed reality, digital games and visualisation) and introduce them to the key theories, debates and perspectives which relate to this aspect of the domain. Students will engage with both historical and contemporary discourse through reading, discussing and writing about seminal and relevant academic texts. Alongside the domain related content, students will be introduced to academic research, writing and communication skills, namely structuring, synthesising and formulating academic arguments and hypotheses. Completion of this course will prepare students to the critical thinking and communication skills required for their professional careers within industry, as well as support the development of key academic skills required for their future studies.
This course extends knowledge in software development, 3D modelling and Immersive Systems. It provides a deeper understanding of core programming and interactive systems development skills, and immersive system design methodologies.
This course will introduce students to the diverse contexts in which immersive systems (virtual, augmented and mixed reality, digital games and visualisation) are applied, and introduce them to the key theories, debates and perspectives which relate to this aspect of the domain. Students will engage with both historical and contemporary discourse through reading, discussing and writing about seminal and relevant academic texts. This course aims to provide students with the skills to critically evaluate the contexts, applications and outputs of the immersive systems discipline and to facilitate a broadening of understanding of key terms, concepts and theories within the domain. Alongside the domain related content, students will be introduced to academic research, writing and communication skills, namely selecting, evaluating and summarising academic sources. Completion of this course will prepare students to critically evaluate and analyse a variety of immersive systems and interactive media. It will facilitate the critical thinking and communication skills required for their professional careers within industry, as well as support the development of key academic skills required for their future studies.
This course will introduce students to a range of debates, practices and issues in contemporary and historical games culture. Students will critically engage with current game studies issues and questions through readings, discussion and writing. Students will also engage with other game-focused issues around culture, communications and media and academic development. Thus, this course both prepares students for critically assess and discuss games in professional creative computing disciplines, and arms them with the critical and cultural insights that will be required through their professional careers.
The course develops key themes and ideas in design history and theory, leading students to a largely self-directed final project.
This course provides an opportunity to understand the design processes and direct relationship between a specified design subject (including its contextual and theoretical analysis) and the subject specialism.
This course aims to: introduce students to the theoretical positions that informs the writings, methods and approaches of the social sciences; engage with the competing critical perspectives, frameworks and approaches that determine the form taken by research findings; and explore the theories and critical positions of the social sciences as they apply to design practice and criticism.
This course aims to: explore the application of the design process within a moral, political, ethical and economic context; explore the network of social and organisational relationships that frame user experience; develop visualisation and process-mapping of complex problems and issues as a means of identifying product, service and experience design opportunities; utilise “design thinking” as a tool for cultural and organisational change; and develop a professional standard of project management, resolution and communication to an external audience/client.
The course introduces students to key themes and ideas in design history and theory within the context of their discipline.
This course aims to extend student learning beyond the material dimension of product design practice, opening up the immaterial and relational concepts of interaction and experience as design ‘domains.’ In doing so it requires students to develop their visual and narrative abilities in order to communicate their design process and its outcomes. Further, it introduces the concept of ‘experience prototypes’ as a means of communicating user-experience in situations where a working prototype is unfeasible, creating the possibility of generating user-feedback capable of being used to refine the design process. It also involves an introduction to digital technologies capable of supporting user-engagement and interface with design outcomes.
This course introduces students to the skills required to facilitate foreign language acquisition in verbal delivery, aural comprehension, and written communication.
This course aims to: develop a critical understanding of the production of knowledge within the social sciences and its relationship to method; evaluate the relationship between the knowledge, methods and approaches of the social sciences and contemporary product design practice; and identify opportunities for utilising and adapting the approaches of the social sciences within the practice of product design.
This course aims to: explore the application of the design process within a moral, political, ethical and economic context; explore the network of social and organisational relationships that frame user experience; develop visualisation and process-mapping of complex problems and issues as a means of identifying product, service and experience design opportunities; utilise “design thinking” as a tool for cultural and organisational change; develop a professional standard of project management, resolution and communication to an external audience/client.
This course aims to develop and support students’ knowledge, understanding and facility in the use of central critical discourses, concepts and methods relevant to the study of contemporary and historical Fine Art and cultural practices. It is designed to enable and support a period of research into individually-chosen areas of interest within the framework of these recognised discourses and methods.
This course places emphasis on developing critical skills and exhibition practice. The specific aims are to: consolidate the development of practical subject specific skills and working processes; develop your ability to analyse, evaluate and synthesise information and ideas through the making of artworks; enable you to achieve a developed degree of artistic and intellectual independence; enable you to develop a critical awareness of your individual practice in relation to the context of Fine Art; develop your capacity to participate effectively in peer group exhibition and critique; enable you to apply professional skills necessary to making artwork public; and consolidate your professional working practices in the production and presentation of artworks.
This course aims to introduce students to the historical, theoretical and critical contexts which have informed the development of contemporary art practices. Through lectures and group discussion, students consider the ways in which we may understand key ideas, materials, forms and processes as having shaped and transformed the landscape of Fine Art practice from the 20th century through to the present day. During the course students will develop critical and analytic skills in academic writing through formative and summative assessment.
This course places emphasis on developing specific subject area skills and studio practice. The specific aims of this course are to: develop your practical, conceptual and analytical skills through the materials, methods, technologies and processes of the specific subject area; dtimulate your initiative, confidence, and critical awareness of your own practice through peer/staff group discussion and activity within the subject area; and provide opportunities for you to develop adaptable approaches to engaging with new cultural, educational and professional environments.
This course places emphasis on developing specific subject area skills and studio practice. The specific aims are to: develop your practical skills through the materials, methods, technologies and processes of the specific subject area; stimulate your initiative, confidence, and critical awareness of their own practice through peer/staff group discussion and activity within the subject area; extend your artistic and intellectual knowledge and understanding through engagement with the specific practices and processes of the subject area; and develop your professional working practices in the production and presentation of artworks in the subject area.
This course places emphasis on developing critical skills and exhibition practice. The specific aims of the course are to: develop your ability to critically analyse, evaluate and synthesise information and ideas through the making of artworks; enable you to achieve a developed degree of artistic and intellectual independence; enable you to develop a critical awareness of individual practice in relation to the context of Fine Art; enable you to apply professional skills necessary to making artwork public; and provide opportunities for you to develop and contribute to adaptable and sophisticated approaches to engaging with new cultural, educational and professional environments.
This course aims to: advance fundamental design skills through a project-based programme, centred around studio-practice; support the development of advanced practical and critical processes in the context of specialist study; enhance information gathering methods and interpretation skills, including the use of ICT; enhance communication skills – visual, verbal and written; encourage students to exercise initiative in self-directed projects and manage time effectively; ensure students understanding of the key principles of professional practice within the specialist discipline and its related professional culture.
Students develop a range of essential core studio design skills and methods which support specialist discipline design development.
Students will broaden their awareness of design outwith specialist discipline areas, and understand the relationship(s) between design disciplines.
The course aims to: advance fundamental design skills through a project-based programme, centred around studio-practice; support the development of advanced practical and critical processes in the context of specialist study; enhance information gathering methods and interpretation skills, including the use of ICT; enhance communication skills – visual, verbal and written; encourage students to exercise initiative in self-directed projects and manage time effectively; and ensure students’ understanding of the key principles of professional practice within the specialist discipline and its related professional culture.
To broaden awareness of design outwith specialist discipline areas, and understand the relationship(s) between design disciplines.
Stage 3 offers students the opportunity to: advance fundamental design skills through a project-based programme, centred around studio-practice; support the development of advanced practical and critical processes in the context of specialist study; enhance information gathering methods and interpretation skills, including the use of ICT; enhance communication skills – visual, verbal and written; exercise initiative in self-directed projects and manage time effectively; and understand key principles of professional practice within the specialist discipline and its related professional culture.
Through a series of project based learning activities within the ‘Specialist – Interior Design’ core of Stage 2 students are exposed to the range of Interior Design fundamentals. Focused on a particular concern per project, these would include planning, spatial relationships, circulation, materiality, detailing, workplace relationship, privacy, etc.
Stage 3 offers students the opportunity to: advance fundamental design skills through a project-based programme, centred around studio-practice; support the development of advanced practical and critical processes in the context of specialist study; enhance information gathering methods and interpretation skills, including the use of ICT; enhance communication skills – visual, verbal and written; exercise initiative in self-directed projects and manage time effectively; and understand key principles of professional practice within the specialist discipline and its related professional culture
The course develops key themes and ideas in design history and theory, leading students to a largely self-directed final project in anticipation of the Year 4 DH&T Honours submission.
The course aims to consolidate students’ knowledge, skills and practices and encourage a professional approach to working in an interdisciplinary team to create an interactive digital artefact. Students will be required to exercise team negotiation and project management skills and take a creative project from idea inception through prototyping and evaluation stages to project completion. Students are appraised of the history and impact of digital methods in new media arts and digital design practice and explore the dynamic relationships between humans, technology and physical and virtual spaces. In addition students will develop principal skills, techniques and practices in new media arts development, interactive design and aspects of audio design.
This course aims to provide an opportunity for students to enhance their education by adding a new, international perspective, by developing an understanding that culture influences how one thinks and reasons, and by expanding their capacity for effective action through learning skills to operate effectively in an international situation. It introduces the influential factors in content development and aesthetic components of rich media and screen-based imagery and to provide an opportunity to develop creative practice and software skills in the creation of digital artefacts. It also provides an opportunity for students to extend their interdisciplinary creative approach and collaborative teamwork abilities in an intercultural context.
This course aims to provide an opportunity for students to enhance their education by adding a new, international perspective, by developing an understanding that culture influences how one thinks and reasons, and by expanding their capacity for effective action through learning skills to operate effectively in an international situation. It also introduces the influential factors in content development and aesthetic components of rich media and screen-based imagery and to provide an opportunity to develop creative practice and software skills in the creation of digital artefacts.
The course aims to familiarise students with core issues and topical challenges relating to digital culture and the creative digital industries. In addition, knowledge and understanding of film language and audience engagement in globalised networked visual culture will be established as well as routine skills in moving image creation. Students will also extend their interdisciplinary creative approach and collaborative teamwork abilities.
This course aims to: provide an opportunity for students to enhance their education by adding a new, international perspective, by developing an understanding that culture influences how one thinks and reasons, and by expanding their capacity for effective action through learning skills to operate effectively in an international situation; introduce the influential factors in content development and aesthetic components of rich media and screen-based imagery and to provide an opportunity to develop creative practice and software skills in the creation of digital artefacts; provide an opportunity for students to extend their interdisciplinary creative approach and collaborative teamwork abilities in an intercultural context.
To broaden awareness of design outwith specialist discipline areas, and understand the relationship(s) between design disciplines
This course aims to provide an opportunity for students to enhance their education by adding a new, international perspective, by developing an understanding that culture influences how one thinks and reasons, and by expanding their capacity for effective action through learning skills to operate effectively in an international situation. It also aims to introduce the influential factors in content development and aesthetic components of rich media and screen-based imagery and to provide an opportunity to develop creative practice and software skills in the creation of digital artefacts
This course aims to: develop subject specialist understanding of a determined Textile Design area through participation in ‘Live’ projects or competitions; develop individual and subject specialist approaches to idea development, research, drawing and colour which can be applied to different Textile Design contexts; develop and extend subject specialist technical skills in relation to processes, materials, finishing and responsible working; develop and extend design, colour and technical exploration abilities appropriate to Textile Design; enhance individual communication and presentation skills; provide opportunities for critical reflection on subject specialist design skills and abilities and demonstrate effective time management.
This course aims to: develop a range of essential core studio design skills and methods which support design development for Textile Design; develop skills and abilities in relation to the key stages of the design process including idea generation, research, drawing and colour appropriate for specialist Textile Design study; acquire and develop a range of core Fashion Design technical skills and exercise good workshop practice; develop and explore a range of design interpretation approaches appropriate to Textile Design; enhance communication skills to convey, present, discuss and describe ideas in a coherent form; further develop skills to manage time effectively, complete projects, reflect upon learning and undertake effective workshop practice.
The course aims to: develop subject specialist understanding of a determined Textile Design area through participation in ‘Live’ projects or competitions; develop individual and subject specialist approaches to idea development, research, drawing and colour which can be applied to different Textile Design contexts; develop and extend subject specialist technical skills in relation to processes, materials, finishing and responsible working; develop and extend design, colour and technical exploration abilities appropriate to Textile Design; enhance individual communication and presentation skills; provide opportunities for critical reflection on subject specialist design skills and abilities and demonstrate effective time management
The course aims to: develop subject specialist understanding of a determined Fashion Design area through participation in ‘Live’ projects or competitions; develop individual and subject specialist approaches to idea development, research, drawing and colour which can be applied to different Fashion Design contexts; develop and extend subject specialist technical skills in relation to processes, materials, finishing and responsible working; develop and extend design, colour and technical exploration abilities appropriate to Fashion Design; enhance individual communication and presentation skills; provide opportunities for critical reflection on subject specialist design skills and abilities and demonstrate effective time management
The course aims to broaden awareness of design outwith specialist discipline areas, and understand the relationship(s) between design disciplines.
This course aims to: develop subject specialist understanding of a determined Fashion Design area through participation in ‘Live’ projects or competitions; develop individual and subject specialist approaches to idea development, research, drawing and colour which can be applied to different Fashion Design contexts; develop and extend subject specialist technical skills in relation to processes, materials, finishing and responsible working; develop and extend design, colour and technical exploration abilities appropriate to Fashion Design; enhance individual communication and presentation skills; provide opportunities for critical reflection on subject specialist design skills and abilities and demonstrate effective time management.
This course aims to: develop a range of essential core studio design skills and methods which support design development for Fashion Design; develop skills and abilities in relation to the key stages of the design process including idea generation, research, drawing and colour appropriate for specialist Fashion Design study; acquire and develop a range of core Fashion Design technical skills and exercise good workshop practice; develop and explore a range of design interpretation approaches appropriate to Fashion Design; enhance communication skills to convey, present, discuss and describe ideas in a coherent form; further develop skills to manage time effectively, complete projects, reflect upon learning and undertake effective workshop practice.
The course aims to engage with deep learning in the context of the students chosen subject specialism; to develop a subject specialist understanding of a Communication Design area; to develop skills in relation to the subject specialism; and to develop formal presentation skills.
Ths course aims to: provide a diagnostic experience which prepares students for specialist study in Communication Design; develop a range of essential core Studio design skills and methods which support specialist discipline design development; develop practical and critical processes and working methods appropriate for specialist study in Communication Design.
The aim of the course is to extend design skills within a creative studio environment. It provides students with an opportunity to develop a coherent and rigorous approach to the technical design of their architectural projects. It requires students to: develop and integrate detailed strategies for construction, structural design, fire safety, environmental design, energy and resource management; in relation to their studio projects; and consider the architectural and ethical implications of their technological choices as a means of developing and expanding a critical architectural practice.
The aims of Studio Work 3 are for all students to: form and articulate a critical, personal and ethical position; assemble the evidence to substantiate architectural judgments, with intellectual anaesthetic rigor; demonstrate an ability to research and critically evaluate original source material, to explore and record design decisions, and to be able to reflect upon them; demonstrate the ability to design a building, from an understanding of sustainability, by devising and implementing strategies for siting and construction; through the detailed design of the building and its internal environment; demonstrate the ability to design a building that articulates the difference between the public and private realms through the organisation of the building on the site, its form, structure and construction and the quality of its internal and external spaces; show initiative, work independently and with others, valuing collaboration and exchange, to develop and communicate design ideas beyond the discipline of architecture; and develop a portfolio of work that satisfies the General Criteria and Graduate Attributes of the ARB & RIBA – Part 1.
The aim of the course is to familiarise students with architecture in the urban context from the mid 20th century to the present. After completion of the course students will be able to reproduce the most important theories and ideas that underlie Western architecture and urban development from the mid 20th century to the present as well as display in-depth knowledge on select topics from this period.
The aims of course Architectural Technology 3 are to achieve: the ability to evaluate and comment on buildings and their performance in relation to arrange of social, economic and physical criteria, as well as identifying and explaining their architectural significance; a researched understanding of sustainability in order to take a position as a designer reflected in the ability to devise and implement strategies for sitting; energy use; choice of construction, materials and processes; and for the quality of the internal environment and micro-climate; knowledge of building construction, structure, environmental and service integration for more complex and multi-storey buildings and the ability to integrate these with architectural intentions; and an understanding of and methods of structural design with emphasis on the development of structural systems in conjunction with architectural design development.
The aims of Interdisciplinary Design 3 are to; gain an understanding of the process of architectural design as a multidisciplinary team activity, in order to work effectively with co-professionals from the construction industry; and prepare for the ensuing ‘year out’ in an architectural practice.
The aims of Architectural Technology 3 are to achieve; the ability to evaluate and comment on buildings and their performance in relation to arrange of social, economic and physical criteria, as well as identifying and explaining their architectural significance; a researched understanding of sustainability in order to take a position as a designer reflected in the ability to devise and implement strategies for sitting; energy use; choice of construction, materials and processes; and for the quality of the internal environment and micro-climate; knowledge of building construction, structure, environmental and service integration for more complex and multi-storey buildings and the ability to integrate these with architectural intentions; an understanding of and methods of structural design with emphasis on the development of structural systems in conjunction with architectural design development.
The aims of Studio Practices 2 are to: develop students’ understanding of a wide range of creative disciplines and associated studio practices; develop students’ ability to work in multidisciplinary teams, employing collective methods of research to develop and substantiate creative proposals, and to enable the student to collaborate effectively with partners out with their discipline; develop students’ ability to utilise online digital communication for the dissemination of research and the sharing of ideas, and to enable the student to further develop their ICT skills to support their studio practices.
The aim of the course is to familiarise students with architecture in the urban context in the 19th and early 20th centuries. After completion of the course students will be able to reproduce the most important theories and ideas that underlie Western architecture and urban development in the 19th and early 20th centuries as well as display in-depth knowledge on select topics from this period.
The aim of Studio Work 2 is for all students to demonstrate: the ability to use the process of design as an achieved skill with emphasis on documenting design decisions and how they are reached together with the ability to organise the design of moderately complex buildings in plan and section, in response to their external context and constraint in order to satisfy the demands of the building programme and its users; the ability to formulate and articulate clear intentions, and to test design ideas against them; the ability to organise and systematise working practices, and to reinvest them with the knowledge gained through critical reflection; the ability to work with others and manage discourse through public debate and exhibition; a working knowledge of 2D and 3D CAAD systems sufficient to use them to develop a design projec; and the ability to convey solutions, intentions or hypotheses and a growing architectural and environmental sensibility through the choice of an appropriate medium.
In Architectural Technology 2, students achieve an integrated knowledge of building construction, structural systems, material choices and energy transfer mechanisms and the ability to synthesize them into a coherent project that expresses architectural intentions; and a basic understanding of the techniques of functional analysis of building performance including computer applications.
