Area: | Department of Design |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 4.0 |
Lecture: | 1 x 4 Hours Weekly |
Syllabus: | Negotiation of a timetable, and a program of work with an Academic Supervisor that will provide contextual material to support your research. This contextual material can be historical or about current practice and will broaden your understanding of the philosophical and technological base of your chosen area of study. This will include a consideration of the relationship between design practice and theory, and process and consumption. Any syllabus content will be on the advice of the Academic Supervisor or chosen by you. You will be expected to meet regularly, by prior arrangement, with your Academic Supervisor and also consult subject experts or design professionals as appropriate. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit, students will have - Planned a research investigation that includes empirical research. Devised appropriate methods of data collection. Related your findings to current debates about design as communicated through professional journals. Related the contextual material to your own professional practice. Communicated findings through the most appropriate means of documentation. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
Unit References: | No prescribed references. |
Unit Texts: | No prescribed texts. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Research report 3000 - 5000 words 100%. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
Field of Education: | 100500 Graphic and Design Studios (Narrow Grouping) | HECS Band (if applicable): | 1 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Informational | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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