Course Title: Use typography techniques for design work

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C4158

Course Title: Use typography techniques for design work

Portfolio: DSC

Nominal Hours: 50.0

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)
GRAP9426C	Brunswick Campus	TAFE	320T Design (TAFE)	Face-to-Face	Term1 2007, Term1 2008, Term1 2009

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 use typography techniques for design work. It outlines how typography can be applied to a range of design contexts in response to a brief.

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Nil

National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:	CUVCRS05A Use typography techniques for design workQ
Elements:	Ensure quality of typographic product
	Interpret the brief for typographic work
	Organise resources for typographic work
	Produce typography
	Test and explore a range of techniques for typography

Learning Outcomes

1 Interpret the brief for typographic work
2 Organise resources for typographic work
3 Test and explore a range of techniques for typography
4 Produce typography
5 Ensure quality of typographic product

Overview of Assessment

The assessment breakdown will be as follows:
2 x projects @ 50% each (100%)
Students will be tutored with a verbal and/or written evaluation of their progress, within class time and in response to each submission.
A final assessment of Competency Achieved or Not Yet Competent will be given at the end of the course when students submit all completed work. This assessment will include a written evaluation. A graded assessment will also occur for this course.
To be deemed competent in the course students must demonstrate competence in all Elements and related Performance Criteria.
This unit is delivered in the GRAPHIC STUDIO in combination with ’Graphic design techniques’ and ’Interpret a brief’.