Course Title: Design Discipline 1 - Studio (project)

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Design Discipline 1 - Studio (project)

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

GRAP2750

RMIT University Vietnam

Undergraduate

840H School of Communication and Design

Face-to-Face

 Viet3 2018,
Viet2 2019,
Viet1 2020

Course Coordinator: Khoa Nguyebn

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925

Course Coordinator Email: khoa.nguyen@rmit.edu.au


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Required Prior Study 

You should have satisfactorily completed your Year One courses as well as GRAP2751 Design Discipline 1: Seminar (Theory) course before you commence this course. 

Alternatively, you may be able to demonstrate the required skills and knowledge before you start this course.  

Contact your course coordinator if you think you may be eligible for recognition of prior learning. 

 


Course Description

In this course, you will develop an advanced understanding of the principles and techniques of contemporary design practice, through inquiry-based learning in a studio environment. The course includes a series of studio-based projects, through which you will explore current and new thinking and specialised practice in design. Your project will focus on a specific design discipline selected from a set of options that include visual, physical, virtual, service-based and/or mediated design disciplines.

 

This course draws on skills and knowledge learnt in first year and Design Discipline 1: Workshop (skills).


Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

This course supports your development in these program learning outcomes: 

PLO4: Apply advanced visualisation and representation skills (including use of drawing, modelling and colour) to support design practice. 

PLO5: Apply core technical skills and emerging design knowledge, skills and technologies, both independently and collaboratively, to enable further learning and professional practice. 

PLO6: Exercise creativity, critical thinking and independent judgement to identify and solve real-world design challenges and define and communicate innovative solutions. 

PLO7: Apply planning, problem-solving and decision-making skills to the end-to-end design process. 


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

CLO1: Engage in such production-related tasks as ideas generation, sketching, prototyping, testing, reviewing and refinement of work  

CLO2: Apply trouble-shooting and problem-solving approaches  

CLO3: Refine production-related outcomes in response to critical feedback  

CLO4: Disseminate a design outcome in a manner as best serves its requirements 


Overview of Learning Activities

Delivered in a design studio format, you will be actively engaged in learning that involves a range of face-to-face, self-directed and tutor-led activities. This course engages you in learning about design via an immersion into specific aspects of the discipline, its methods and practices through self-directed design projects. These projects involve a range of planned learning experiences including: 

  • Individual and group problem solving. 
  • Sketch ideation and the iterative development of design concepts. 
  • Making and prototyping for the purpose of further refining propositions. 
  • Presenting and reflecting on individual and collective learning processes. 

Learning activities include studio sessions where ideas are developed and documented through a variety of methods: prototyping ideas into material design artefacts within workshop environments; developing a practice of journaling design ideas; lectures and studio tutorials; peer review processes; and, independent design inquiry and critique. 


Overview of Learning Resources

RMIT University will provide you with a range of resources and tools to engage in this course, including studio and workshop facilities, online systems and professional equipment. A selected range of supplies are available, as well as support from technical staff. You will also have access to a wide range of online resources through RMIT Vietnam University Library.

Some projects that involve constructed outputs may require additional materials – this will be negotiated with the lecturer when the project scope is agreed.


Overview of Assessment

You will be assessed on how well you meet the course Learning Outcomes and on your development against the Program Learning Outcomes. Assessment is based on an evaluation of specific design outcomes of your project work. 

Assessment Tasks 

Assessment Task 1: Creative Production 1, 20%. CLOs 1 

Assessment Task 2: Creative Production 2, 50%. CLOs 2 & 3 

Assessment Task 3: Creative Production 3, 30%. CLOs 4 

Feedback will be given on all assessment tasks. 

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.