Course Title: Research furniture styles and movements
Part A: Course Overview
Program: C5252
Course Title: Research furniture styles and movements
Portfolio: DSC
Nominal Hours: 30.0
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) |
GRAP9433C |
City Campus |
TAFE |
320T Design (TAFE) |
Face-to-Face |
Course Contact: Julian Pratt
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4820
Course Contact Email: furniture@rmit.edu.au
Course Description
This unit specifies the outcomes required to research styles and movements and analyse how they influence furniture design.
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
None
National Competency Codes and Titles
National Element Code & Title: |
LMFFDT4015A Research furniture styles and movements |
Elements: |
1. Plan research |
2. Conduct research and document findings |
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3. Maintain currency with furniture 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 furniture styles and movements. It also covers the identification of influences on the design of furniture and the documentation of information for use in furniture design projects.
This unit requires employability skills in initiative and enterprise and problem solving in order to direct the research and identify research implications. Communication skills are used to access and interpret information using information technologies and document findings. Self management and learning skills are applied in the location and analysis of new information and the assessment of the value of information sourced.
Overview of Assessment
Effectively research furniture styles and movements to assist with informing current design practices, challenging and adapting influences into current designs
Effectively apply design elements and principles to the research of styles and movements
Effectively research styles and movements in accordance with the concepts and design brief
Comply with legislation, regulations, standards, codes of practice and established safe practices and procedures for researching styles and movements
Communicate effectively and work safely with others in the work area