Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Design Studies (Communication Design)

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
GRAP2081	City Campus	Postgraduate	335H Applied Communication	Internet	Sem 2 2006, Sem 2 2008
GRAP2081	City Campus	Postgraduate	345H Media and Communication	Face-to-Face	Sem 2 2012, Sem 1 2015, Sem 1 2016, Sem 1 2017
GRAP2081	City Campus	Postgraduate	345H Media and Communication	Face-to-Face or Internet	Sem 2 2013, Sem 2 2015
GRAP2081	City Campus	Postgraduate	345H Media and Communication	Internet	Sem 2 2010, Sem 1 2012, Sem 1 2013, Sem 1 2014
GRAP2081	City Campus	Postgraduate	370H Design	Face-to-Face	Sem 1 2018, Sem 1 2019, Sem 1 2020, Sem 1 2021, Sem 1 2022, Sem 1 2023, Sem 1 2024, Sem 1 2025

Course Coordinator: Oliver Vodeb

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Course Coordinator Email: oliver.vodeb@rmit.edu.au

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Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None

Course Description

In this course, you will explore the history and the social context of communication design. A focus of the course will be examining a range of theoretical, historical, economic and cultural frameworks and their relationship to contemporary communication design.

Issues to be explored include the nature of the communication design industry and how it has developed, its place in the community and society, the future of design industries more broadly, and the interrelationships of different design fields.

This course includes a work integrated learning experience in which your knowledge and skills will be applied and assessed in a real or simulated workplace context and where feedback from industry and/or community is integral to your experience.

Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

In this course, you will develop the following program learning outcomes:

• Acquire and apply knowledge of local and international perspectives and issues about contemporary practice in your field.

• Critically reflect on your work to demonstrate autonomy, good judgement and ethical responsibility.

Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Discuss how the communication design industry has developed, what it is, and how it functions both nationally and internationally.
• Compare and contrast business practices and creative, conceptual practices in communication design.
• Assess the interrelationships that design industries have with each other and community/society.
• Critically analyse key historical, technological and theoretical developments and their influence upon contemporary communication design.
• Critically reflect upon the implications of social, economic and cultural issues, including sustainability, for the future of design industries.

Overview of Learning Activities

The course will either take a blended learning approach in its delivery with face-to-face lectures and tutorials and online resources or full online delivery with digital lectures, online discussion and independent research (see Part B for details). You will be actively engaged in learning that involves a range of activities including lectures, tutorials, group and online class discussion, group activities and individual research.

Overview of Learning Resources

RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through our online systems.

A list of recommended learning resources will be provided by your lecturer, including books, journal articles and web resources. You will also be expected to seek further resources that are relevant to the focus of your own learning.

There are services available to support your learning, including the University Library and Study Support services. For further information, please visit the Library page on the RMIT University website and the myRMIT student portal.

Overview of Assessment

You be assessed on how well you meet the course learning outcomes and on your development against the program learning outcomes. Assessment may include studio projects, group work, presentations and critiques.

Feedback will be given on all assessment tasks.

Assessment Task 1 (50%)
Expanded Communication Design
Linked to course learning outcomes: 1, 2, 4

Assessment Task 2 (50%)
Design Critique
Linked to course learning outcomes: 3, 5

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 Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more.
Your course assessment conforms to RMIT assessment principles, regulations, policies, procedures and instructions.