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Courses Handbook 2011

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2011.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2010.

306956 (v.1) Visual Communication 291

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Tutition Patterns

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Area: Department of Design
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 4.0
Lecture: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s): 7632 (v.6) Design Process 192 or any previous version
AND
10005 (v.3) Design in Context 192 or any previous version
Syllabus: The aim of this unit is to introduce the intellectual and procedural methods inherent in the design process, to enable effective investigation, experimentation and discovery, thereby creating a predisposition towards innovation in preference to predetermined assumptions, formula or convention when undertaking design briefs. As a core study unit for two-dimensional design for second year it covers the design process of research, idea generation, development and implementation. Students are required to pass this unit before they can proceed with their studies in the following streams; Graphic Design, Illustration, Advertising or Photography.
Field of Education: 100501 Graphic Arts and Design Studies
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

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