Courses Handbook 2008 - [ Archived ]

310132 (v.1) Design Elements 192


Area: Department of Design
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 3.0
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
Lecture: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Syllabus: Photography component: this component, will, by utilising still film and digital photographic cameras, investigates the integration and application of photography with design devices and applications. Through a series of projects, students develop intermediate level skills in location photography, studio portrait lighting and illustrative techniques and principles. The component also introduces the concept of 'design photography' where by integrating design principles to the study of the still medium, photography is recognised as a core element of design practice. Typography component: The aim of this component is to give students a firm grasp of the fundamentals of typographic design as a means of creating effective visual communications, while emphasising the social value of the design and use of types in everyday life. The unit consists of a series of demonstrations, exercises and tutorials, combined with project assignments aimed a furthering the student's understanding of the basic principles oftypographic design.
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
Field of Education: 100500 Graphic and Design Studios (Narrow Grouping)
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2008 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

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