Course Title: Research interior decoration and design influences

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C5249

Course Title: Research interior decoration and design influences

Portfolio: DSC

Nominal Hours: 36.0

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Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
ARCH5177C	City Campus	TAFE	320T Design (TAFE)	Face-to-Face

Course Contact: Jennifer Crowley

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4819

Course Contact Email: design.tafe@rmit.edu.au

Course Description

This unit specifies the outcomes required to research significant influences on contemporary and historical interior decoration and design styles.

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None

National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:	LMFID4010A Research interior decoration and design influences
Elements:	1.  Research and analyse significant influences on interior decoration and design
	2.  Research and analyse historical development of interior decoration
	3.  Maintain currency with decoration styles and movements

Learning Outcomes

This unit supports the attainment of skills and knowledge required for the implementation of research techniques to access a range of information sources on historical, 20th Century and contemporary interior decoration and design styles. It also covers the analysis of information to identify how these influences inform current and future decoration and design projects.

Overview of Assessment

• Effectively research design influences to assist with informing current design practices
• Identify historical developments of interior decoration and design practices and how they influence current styles and practices
• Use research techniques and develop research facilities
• Comply with legislation, regulations, standards, codes of practice and established safe practices and procedures for researching interior decoration and design