Course Title: Product Design Level 3
Part A: Course Overview
Course ID: 025949
Program: C5068
Course Title: Product Design Level 3
Portfolio: DSC
Nominal Hours: 48.0
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) |
MKTG5193 |
City Campus |
TAFE |
320T Design (TAFE) |
Face-to-Face |
Course Contact: Julian Pratt
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4820
Course Contact Email: julian.pratt@rmit.edu.au
Course Description
The purpose of this course is to provide participants with the skills, knowledge and attitudes required to design a commercial product to meet a specified need, taking account of manufacturing and market considerations, ergonomic and aesthetic considerations, current industry practices.
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
Pre: MTKG 5192, VART 5820C and PROC 5056
National Competency Codes and Titles
VBS767 |
Product Design Level 3 |
Learning Outcomes
1. Plan and use design strategies for product design development.
2. Select the design properties of specific production processes and materials.
3. Use drawings, models and prototypes in the development of original design solutions.
4. Apply ergonomic and aesthetic considerations to the design of an original product.
5. Research of current industry practice.
Overview of Assessment
Students will demonstrate competence by completing a series of practical projects to be submitted by the prescribed deadlines. All project work is to be documented through notes and drawings which may consist of: notes from lectures and tutorials, models, mockups, visual presentations, and research conducted relevant to the project. Ongoing verbal feedback will be provided to students as the projects progress. Written assessment and feedback will be given to the student when work is returned. Late work will not be accepted.