Course Title: Communication Systems: Digital and Physical processes
Part A: Course Overview
Course Title: Communication Systems: Digital and Physical processes
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) |
ARCH1433 |
City Campus |
Undergraduate |
320H Architecture & Urban Design |
Face-to-Face |
Sem 1 2015, Sem 1 2016, Sem 1 2017, Sem 1 2018, Sem 1 2019, Sem 1 2020, Sem 1 2021, Sem 1 2023 |
Course Coordinator: Leslie Eastman
Course Coordinator Phone: Contact via email
Course Coordinator Email: leslie.eastman@rmit.edu.au
Course Coordinator Location: 100.08.02
Course Coordinator Availability: Contact via email
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
You should have satisfactorily completed the prerequisite course Material and Spatial Communication ARCH1432 before you commence this course.
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 exposes you to a range of communication techniques and strategies applicable to contemporary Interior Design practice.
You will explore a range of complementary activities utilising physical and digital media for the production of communication systems and artifacts.
You are required to ballot for one of several Interior Design communications course offerings that are concerned with ‘hands-on’ production as a method of investigating, representing and making interiors.
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.
• 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.
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
1. Communicate complex ideas and concepts using drawing, image making, 3 dimensional models and verbal presentation.
2. Assemble a range of approaches to effectively communicate the design, production and conceptualisation of interiors.
3. Propose and appraise a range of communication techniques and strategies for creative design processes.
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
You will identify the learning resources specific to your own interests in conjunction with your tutors. These may include readings, critical study of precedents, and further refinement of the communication, workshop, and other skills that you have acquired in the previous levels of the course. RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through our online systems.
It is advisable that you have a personal computer of an appropriate specification.
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
Detailed references and ongoing updated information will be made available to students in the myRMIT Canvas site
References
Detailed references and ongoing updated information will be made available to students in the myRMIT Canvas site
Overview of Assessment
You will be assessed on how well you meet the course learning outcomes and on your development against the program capabilities. The evidence for your learning outcomes will be in the design projects you present through a variety of visual and verbal means.
Assessment Tasks:
Assessment 1 - Coursework - Explorations Part 1 - 20%
Linked Course Learning Outcomes: CLO2, CLO3
Assessment 2 - Coursework - Explorations Part 2 - 30%
Linked Course Learning Outcomes: CLO2, CLO3
Assessment 3 - Presentation - Interior Proposition - 40%
Linked Course Learning Outcomes: CLO1, CLO2, CLO3
Assessment 4 - Reflective Folio - 10%
Linked Course Learning Outcomes: CLO1, CLO2, CLO3
Feedback will be given on all assessment tasks.
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 Equity Learning Services if you would like to find out more.
Your course assessment conforms to RMIT assessment principles, regulations, policies, procedures and instructions.