308438 (v.1) Design Computing (Quark) 291

Area:

Department of Design

Credits:

12.5

Contact Hours:

2.0

** 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 1 Hours Weekly

Anti Requisite(s):

306958 (v.1) Visual Communication Technology 291

Syllabus:

Introduction of QuarkXpress, a graphics software publishing program. Lectures, demonstrations and studio tutorial sessions cover the fundamentals of page layout design and how to prepare these for prepress. Two-dimensional designers need to be able to design work that can be produced commercially. Covers current industry standards in graphic software use, print research and design application. This is a component of Visual Communication Technology 291, which is compulsory for year two students in the Visual Communication stream.

** 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
2006	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y
2006	De Chazal Du Mee Bus Mauritius	Semester 2	Y
2006	De Chazal Du Mee Bus Mauritius	Study Period 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