Course Title: Interior Design Studio 1
Part A: Course Overview
Course Title: Interior Design Studio 1
Credit Points: 24.00
Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
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ARCH1093 |
City Campus |
Undergraduate |
315H Architecture & Design |
Face-to-Face | Sem 1 2006, Sem 1 2007, Sem 1 2008, Sem 1 2009, Sem 1 2011, Sem 1 2012, Sem 1 2013 |
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ARCH1093 |
City Campus |
Undergraduate |
320H Architecture & Urban Design |
Face-to-Face | Sem 1 2014, Sem 1 2015, Sem 1 2016, Sem 1 2017, Sem 1 2018 |
Course Coordinator: Olivia Hamilton
Course Coordinator Phone: Appointment via email
Course Coordinator Email: olivia.hamilton@rmit.edu.au
Course Coordinator Location: 100.8.02
Course Coordinator Availability: Appointment via email
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
None
You may be able to demonstrate the required skills and knowledge before you start this course. Contact your course coordinator if you think you may be eligible for recognition of prior learning. For further information go to Recognition of prior learning (RPL) in Higher Education.
Course Description
This course will expose you to a broad range of Interior Design skills and concepts. You will be encouraged to develop your abilities in the conceptualisation and communication of design ideas. The course will challenge you to expand your theoretical and project-based knowledge in order to speculate and critically evaluate your design thinking.
Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development
In this course you will develop the following program learning outcomes:
• Conceptualize and engage in research through design as part of the creative process to open the potential for new understandings, experimentation and innovation.
• Communicate your ideas and designs verbally, visually and textually through a range of media to your peers as well as professional, academic and public audiences.
• Reflect, analyse, synthesize, critique and evaluate your own work as well that of your peers and apply your knowledge and skills with initiative and insight in professional practice and/or scholarship.
• Engage in research with an enhanced appreciation and understanding of theoretical, environmental, social, historical, cultural and technical contexts in relation to the activity of interior design and be able to engage and extend this knowledge through the practice of design.
• Use technology as an intrinsic part of the design process and have the ability to identify relevant techniques, skills, materials and technologies for specific designs.
• Understand and value your individual abilities and way of working as an interior designer; to initiate independent strategies together with the ability to plan and time manage projects; to develop a personal work ethic based on initiative and self-motivation.
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
• Engage in creative design practice.
• Use an investigative approach to design.
• Be familiar with the structure of project based design work.
• Communicate design ideas using a variety of representational methods.
• Present design ideas through formal and informal verbal presentation.
• Employ essential design conventions in projects.
Overview of Learning Activities
You will participate in a range of learning activities.
In-class activities will include lectures, presentations, group and individual tutorials, group discussions, peer-to-peer critiques, student presentations and studio workshops. Other activities may include excursions to exhibitions and site visits.
The range of learning activities will contribute to the building of a diversity of approaches to design practice in a number of different scenarios.
Overview of Learning Resources
RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through our online systems. You will also be expected to seek further resources relevant to the focus of your own learning and research.
It is advisable that you have a personal computer of an appropriate specification.
The University Library has extensive resources for Interior Design students. The Library has produced a subject guide that includes quality online and print resources for your studies http://rmit.libguides.com/interior-design
The Library provides guides on academic referencing http://www.rmit.edu.au/library/referencing and subject specialist help via your Liaison Librarian Gwen Scott gwen.scott@rmit.edu.au
Overview of Assessment
You will be assessed on how well you meet the course’s learning outcomes and on your development against the program learning outcomes.
Assessment is through class presentations, discussions with the seminar group, site visits, project work, essay writing, and other visual and text-based work.
Feedback will be given on all assessment tasks and may be delivered in a variety of forms including critique panels, audio or video recordings and written reports.
Details on how to submit work and apply for adjustments or special consideration can be found here:
https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/student-essentials/assessment-and-exams/assessment
To be assessed all work must be submitted in the specified format by the due time and date.
Design presentations and in class assessment - You must be ready to present your work for assessment at the allocated date and time, late attendance will considered a non-submission of work and will not be assessed.
Other types of assignments such as coursework, folios, essays and the like must be submitted as advised by the due time and date. Late submissions up to 24 hours will be marked to a maximum of 50%. Late submissions beyond 24 hours will not be assessed.
Physical Submissions - If the it is specified that your assignment must be submitted physically it should be submitted directly to your tutor or coordinator at the specified time and date.
Digital submissions - If no time is specified 11:59pm is considered the deadline for digital submissions. File sizes must be of a suitable size for easy exchange. If because of a technical error you are unable to upload submissions to the designated digital platform you must email your submission to the course coordinator and tutor before the due time and date.
Depending on your circumstances, you may be eligible for an assessment adjustment. These include:
Equitable Assessment Arrangements.
Equitable Learning Services (ELS) provides support and equal opportunities for students with a disability, long-term illness and/or mental health condition and primary carers of individuals with a disability. By registering with the ELS it may be possible to negotiate support for learning or variations to assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or the Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more.
If you are prevented from submitting an assessment on time, by circumstances outside your control, RMIT provides a number of adjustments to assessment.
Extensions of time for submission of work - You may apply in advance for an extension to the due date of up to seven calendar days. Completed applications and supporting evidence must be emailed to the course coordinator at least one working day before the assessment deadline:
Special consideration - For all other unexpected circumstances you can apply for special consideration – if approved, you may be granted an assessment adjustment. Applications are made online:
The student must inform both course coordinator and tutor by email of any intended or approved adjustments to assessment, this includes variation to submission dates and notification that work has been submitted. This excludes confidential information provided to ELS or applications of special consideration.
Extensions of time and special consideration are made available by the University on the understanding that students will use them sparingly and only in cases of proven genuine need.
A student charter http://www.rmit.edu.au/about/studentcharter summarises your responsibilities as an RMIT student as well as those of your teachers.
Your course assessment conforms to RMIT assessment principles, regulations, policies, procedures and instructions which are available for review online:
https://www.rmit.edu.au/about/governance-and-management/governance/policies/assessment-policy