Course Title: Use typography techniques for design work

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C4158

Course Title: Use typography techniques for design work

Portfolio: DSC

Nominal Hours: 50.0

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
GRAP5310C	Brunswick Campus	TAFE	320T Design (TAFE)	Face-to-Face	Term1 2012, Term2 2011, Term2 2012

Course Contact: Ruth Wellington

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 9417

Course Contact Email: ruth.wellington@rmit.edu.au

Course Description

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to use typography techniques for design work. It outlines how typography can be applied to a range of design contexts in response to a brief.

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None

National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:	CUVCRS05B Use typography techniques for design work
Elements:	1. Interpret the brief for typographic work.
	2. Organise resources for typographic work.
	3. Test and explore a range of techniques for typography.
	4. Produce typography.
	5. Ensure quality of typographic product.

Learning Outcomes

Overview of Assessment

2 Projects

Students will be tutored with a verbal and/or written evaluation of their progress, within class time.
A final assessment of Competency Achieved or Not Yet Competent will be given at the end of the course when students will submit all completed work.
To be deemed competent students must satisfactorily complete all Learning Elements and related Performance Criteria.
Grading will be offered in addition to, and after, competency based assessment.