Course Title: Research and apply the history and theory of design to design practice

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C5069

Course Title: Research and apply the history and theory of design to design practice

Portfolio: DSC

Nominal Hours: 65.0

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Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
GRAP9422C	Brunswick Campus	TAFE	320T Design (TAFE)	Face-to-Face	Term1 2007, Term1 2008

Course Contact: Annette Cook

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 9438

Course Contact Email: Annette.cook@rmit.edu.au

Course Description

This course covers the skills and knowledge required to research and analyse the history and theory of design for application to design practice. This is a core course for designers and provides underpinning skills and knowledge development for all courses at this level.

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None

National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:	CUVDSP04A Research and apply the history and theory of design and design practice
Elements:	Link research to design practice
	Research design history and theory
	Update and maintain knowledge of design trends

Learning Outcomes

1 Research design history and theory
2 Link research to design practice
3 Update and maintain knowledge of design trends

Overview of Assessment

The assessment will be as follows:
- Research projects
- Practical projects
- Presentations

Students will be tutored with a verbal and/or written evaluation of their progress for each submission.
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. A graded assessment will also occur for this course.

To be deemed competent students must demonstrate competence in all Learning Elements and related Performance Criteria.

This course is co-assessed with GRAP 9418 2D Design process