Course Title: Use typography techniques for design work

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C5069

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

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

None



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 will be as follows;
- Exercises
- Practical projects

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 will submit all completed work. A graded assessment will also occur for this course.

To be deemed competent students must demonstrate competence in all Learning Elements and related Performance Criteria.

This course is co-assessed with MANU 5732 Select & apply type, MANU 5731 Electronic media output, GRAP 9423 Drawing techniques .