Course Title: Research and apply the history and theory of design to design practice

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C5235

Course Title: Research and apply the history and theory of design to design practice

Portfolio: DSC

Nominal Hours: 65.0

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)
GRAP5149C	City Campus	TAFE	320T Design (TAFE)	Face-to-Face or Workplace	Term2 2011

Course Contact: Sue Robinson

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4211

Course Contact Email: sue.robinson@rmit.edu.au

Course Description

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to research and analyse the history and theory of design for application to design practice. This is a core unit for designers and provides underpinning skills and knowledge development for all units of this level.

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None.

National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:	CUVDSP04A Research and apply the history and theory of design to design practice
Elements:	1.  Research design history and theory
	2.  Link research to design practice
	3.  Update and maintian knowledge of design trends

Learning Outcomes

Communicating ideas and information
Collecting analysing and organising information
Planning and organising activities
Working with others and in teams

Overview of Assessment

Project based activities
Group Presentations
Individual Assessment tasks
Research Activities

Please Note:
All briefs must be submitted with two (2) completed assignment proformas
All exercises and briefs are deemed Competent and Not Yet Competent, then a graded assessment out of 100 will be given.

All exercises and briefs must be completed successfully to be deemed Competent.

You may choose to seek Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) for this course. Please attend the first two (2) classes and speak to the teacher for more information.