308447 (v.1) Design Methods 392

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

Syllabus:

Explores the potential of design methodologies applied to a variety of discipline areas. Students are guided in the use of existing design methods such as value analysis and are required to use them in the completion of design tasks of their own choice. There is an emphasis on innovation and creativity in the application of existing methods and the design of novel methodologies. Team work is encouraged as this is an important aspect of the design industries. Exploration of the following related fields - information systems, engineering and construction management. These methods will be adapted to work in the following fields - graphic design, product design and multi-media design. Encourages a systematic approach to the design process from information gathering to creative solutions. Students in some of the design major areas will be able to apply these techniques and methodologies to their own course work.

** 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*:

Essential
*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
2005	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y
2005	Bentley Campus	Semester 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