13530 (v.4) DCA 703 - Design Research Issues and Methods

Area:

Department of Design

Credits:

50.0

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. **

Individual Study:

1 x 3 Hours Weekly

Syllabus:

Introduction to the knowledge and skills necessary to undertake design research. Introduction to a range of research methodologies and discussion on these through a series of structured seminars. The chance to practice and improve presentation skills through presentations at these seminars and through the initiation of discussion topics. Presentation of a broad range of concepts, issues and theoretical approaches that are relevant for extending design practice and for conducting research about design. The opportunity to focus on personal specific fields of design research and/or practice. Provides contextual background for the development of research. Familiarisation with the debates about the relevance of design research to practice as they are discussed within the international professional design community.

** 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)

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
2007	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	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