Course Title: Professional Interior Practice
Part A: Course Overview
Course Title: Professional Interior Practice
Credit Points: 12.00
Important Information:
Please note that this course may have compulsory in-person attendance requirements for some teaching activities.
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Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
ARCH1384 |
City Campus |
Undergraduate |
320T Architecture & Urban Design |
Face-to-Face |
Sem 1 2015, Sem 2 2015, Sem 2 2016, Sem 1 2017, Sem 2 2017, Sem 1 2018, Sem 2 2018, Sem 1 2019, Sem 2 2019 |
ARCH1384 |
City Campus |
Undergraduate |
375T Vocational Design and Social Context |
Face-to-Face |
Sem 1 2020, Sem 2 2020, Sem 2 2021 |
ARCH1384 |
City Campus |
Undergraduate |
515T Creative Industries |
Face-to-Face |
Sem 1 2022, Sem 2 2022, Sem 1 2023, Sem 2 2023, Sem 1 2024 |
Course Coordinator: Jennifer Crowley
Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 4819
Course Coordinator Email: jenny.crowley@rmit.edu.au
Course Coordinator Location: City Campus
Course Coordinator Availability: Monday to Friday
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/student-essentials/enrolment/course-requisites
Course Description
In this course you will establish a procedure for working as a professional in the interior design and decoration industry. You will work in teams to produce and evaluate a business proposal for an interior design consultancy. Using established operational small business strategies you will develop goals and objectives in line with industry standards and compliance. Further depth will be established through embedding these procedures into projects throughout the program. A particular focus on social media networking will address the newest techniques in marketing and a strong focus on entrepreneurship which will develop leadership skills.
Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development
In this course you will develop the following program learning outcomes:
- Respond to a brief providing creative design solutions to meet the needs of the client and address all industry conventions in both hand and digital formats.
- Communicate your ideas and designs through a broad range of technology and presentation techniques to a range of stakeholders including clients and relevant industry practitioners.
- Work collaboratively and perform effectively as a member of a creative team with responsibility and accountability for own learning and work
On successful completion of this course you will be able to:
- Develop a clear and coherent business plan for a small interior design and decoration consultancy in line with legal requirements.
- Identify, analyse and evaluate current business systems and to implement amendments to operational procedures.
- Develop a clear and coherent ePortfolio that clearly communicates your skills as a designer
- Problem solve to plan, organise and communicate your career goals and objectives clearly and in line with current industry practice
- Identify, analyze and evaluate current design strengths and your promotion to the wider design community.
- Explore and interpret the Design community and your role within that community.
Overview of Learning Activities
Learning activities will include supervised project work, independent investigation, peer feedback, reflection, site visits, demonstrations, audio visual presentations, online learning (blogs and wiki), studio work, guest presenter demonstrations
Overview of Learning Resources
RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through our online systems.
Audio visual presentations, library references, architectural and interior design websites, interface & activity via MyRMIT learning and support material,
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 may include a range of activities such as in-class exercises, portfolio, models, reports and individual / group projects.
Feedback will be given on all assessment tasks.
Assessment tasks in this course are either formative or summative. Formative tasks provide the basis for ongoing feedback and can be considered essential building blocks for the more substantial summative assessment tasks. Summative assessment tasks in this course are graded.
Feedback throughout the course may be written, verbal or a combination of both.
Assessment Task 1 Your Role within the Design Community (20%)
This task relates to the following course learning outcomes:
- Explore and interpret the Design community and your role within that community
- Identify, analyze and evaluate current design strengths and your promotion to the wider design community.
- Problem solve to plan, organise and communicate your career goals and objectives clearly and in line with current industry practice
Assessment Task 2 Business Model (40%)
This task relates to the following course learning outcomes:
- Develop a clear and coherent business plan for a small interior design and decoration consultancy in line with legal requirements.
- Identify, analyse and evaluate current business systems and to implement amendments to operational procedures
Assessment Task 3 Individual Portfolio (40%)
This task relates to the following course learning outcomes:
- Develop a clear and coherent ePortfolio that clearly communicates your skills as a designer
- Problem solve to plan, organise and communicate your career goals and objectives clearly and in line with current industry practice
- Explore and interpret the Design community and your role within that community.
If you have a long term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or the
https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/support-and-facilities/student-support/equitable-learning-services if you would like to find out more.
Your course assessment conforms to RMIT assessment principles, regulations, policies and procedures: