301540 (v.2) Design Research Seminar 491


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

Seminar:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly
 

Syllabus:

Design Research Seminar is a formal course work unit and the student is required to attend weekly seminars. Each seminar is comprised of lecturer facilitated and student led seminar discussions exploring issues raised initially in a variety of set texts.The set texts will be on issues of contemporary cultural practice, which in some way affects design and its practitioners. Following the work on the set texts, students are encouraged to present articles and book chapters for consideration by the group. Areas worthy of discussion include: contemporary cultural theorists, feminist issues, politics in design, professionalism and other theoretical topics, which deepen our understanding of design and its place in society.
 
** 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)

HECS Band (if applicable):

1

Extent to which this unit or thesis
utilises online information:

Informational

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Area External Central External
2004 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y    
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