177599 v.6 Bachelor of Arts

BA(Curtin)

Introduction
This course is structured to allow students to identify individual special skills and interests during the first year, by engaging in a wide range of design experiences covering the major fields of design practice.

Course Entry Requirements/Prerequisites
No folio required for entry into first year. TISC applicants seeking recognition of prior learning may be required to present a folio and be interviewed. For overseas students recognition of prior learning is based on a folio on disc and a record of previous study to be submitted with the international application to Curtin.

Specific Requirements
STAT elements considred are E and either V or Q.

Note
Alternative pathways are available for mature age students. Applicants may be required to present to the Department a comprehensive folio of work and attend a personal interview with the teaching staff.

Recognition of Prior Learning
Applications for recognition of prior learning are assessed on an individual basis. TISC applicants seeking recognition of prior learning may be required to present a folio and be interviewed. International students' recognition of prior learning is based on a folio on disc and a record of previous study to be submitted along with the international application.

Duration and Availability
This course is of three years full-time or equivalent part-time study. While part-time studies are not discouraged, applicants are reminded that these programs make very great demands on student's time outside formal contact hours. A number of units are available in distance education mode.

Course Organisation
The common first year is highly multidisciplinary in order that students, new to design programs at this level, are able to achieve a conceptual view of what constitutes design process and product. In addition to creative studio activities, students are introduced to the technological knowledge and skill base of design and they undertake important introductory studies in the contextual, theoretical and historical aspects of design. In second and third year, students follow their chief design interest by undertaking a major.

Professional Recognition
Graduates may convert student membership of the national professional design bodies into full professional membership after fulfilling specific conditions.

Additional Course Expenses
Students may be expected to purchase a number of textbooks, readers and other vital study materials. In addition, students may also need to contribute some of the cost of consumables, which varies depending on the area of study. All applicants to Department of Design programs must be prepared to meet a substantial portion of the course consumable costs chiefly in the personal purchase of design materials. The Department provides as much basic material as possible but the highly varied nature of consumables and personal preferences of students does not allow it to meet all of these wider needs. All students are also required to own or have access to a 35mm single-lens reflex camera, either fully manual, or automatic with manual override. The Department strongly recommends that students have access to a computer with software relevant to requirements of the course.

Special Note
Students who commenced prior to and who are continuing in this course or the Bachelor of Arts (Design Photography) from 2003 have the choice to graduate with either a Bachelor of Arts (Design), Bachelor of Arts (Design Photography) or Bachelor of Arts (major) award subject to approval by the Head of School.

Course Structure Hrs/Wk Credit

Year 1 Semester 1

10004 v.3 Design in Context 191 3.0 25.0

308430 v.1 Design Typography 191 3.0 12.5

308431 v.1 Design Conceptualisation 191 3.0 12.5

308433 v.1 Design Computing 191 2.0 12.5

308434 v.1 Design Photography 191 4.0 12.5

7630 v.5 Design Process and Practice 191 3.0 25.0

100.0

Year 1 Semester 2

10005 v.3 Design in Context 192 2.75 25.0

308432 v.1 Design Visual Process 192 3.0 12.5

308435 v.1 Design Colour and Texture 192 3.0 12.5

308436 v.1 Design Computing 192 2.0 12.5

308437 v.1 Design Photography 192 4.0 12.5

7632 v.5 Design Process and Practice 192 3.0 25.0

100.0

Year 2

306983 v.1 Product Design Major 400.0

OR

306986 v.2 Creative Advertising Design Major 400.0

OR

306987 v.2 Design Photography Major 400.0

OR

306980 v.2 Graphic Design Major 400.0

OR

306985 v.2 Illustration Major 400.0

400.0

Availability

Year Location Period Internal External
2004 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y Y
2004 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y Y

The information displayed above refers to study periods and locations that students are eligible to be offe red and admitted to this course for the first time only.