Courses Handbook 2006 - [Archived]

306956 (v.1) Visual Communication 291


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

Prerequisite(s):

7632 (v.6) Design Process 192 or any previous version
AND
7672 (v.4) Design Studio 192 or any previous version
AND
7846 (v.5) Design Technology 192 or any previous version
AND
10005 (v.3) Design in Context 192 or any previous version

Co Requisite(s):

306958 (v.1) Visual Communication Technology 291
 

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 and thereby create 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.
 
** 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:

100501 Graphic Arts and Design Studies

Funding Cluster:

07 - Foreign Languages, Visual and Performing Arts

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
2006 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y        
2006 De Chazal Du Mee Bus Mauritius Semester 2 Y        
2006 De Chazal Du Mee Bus Mauritius Study Period 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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