Course Title: Apply the elements and principles of design
Part A: Course Overview
Program: C5234
Course Title: Apply the elements and principles of design
Portfolio: DSC
Credit Points: 0
Nominal Hours: 100.0
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) |
GRAP5281 |
City Campus |
TAFE |
340T Art |
Face-to-Face |
Term1 2009,
Term1 2010, Term1 2011, Term1 2012, Term2 2009, Term2 2010, Term2 2011 |
Course Contact: Ninna Cikoja
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4472
Course Contact Email: TAFEArt@rmit.edu.au
Course Description
This course develops the knowledge and skills required to extend artistic practice to explore and apply the principles of design to an artwork.
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
None
National Competency Codes and Titles
National Element Code & Title: |
VPAU013 Elements and principles of design |
Elements: |
Develop and refine design solution |
Explore design elements and principles to inform concept |
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Identify and evaluate appropriate process and techniques to achieve design |
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Realise design solution |
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Research for design solution ideas |
Learning Outcomes
This course will provide you with a focus on the acquisition of essential industry skills.
On completion of this course you will be able to:
• Prepare and maintain physical resources for the production of artworks
• Explore a range of design elements and principles both using traditional and digital techniques
• Produce both traditional and digital images
You will also have an understanding of:
• Occupational health and safety procedures
• Physical properties and capabilities of the most commonly used materials
• Techniques, materials and tools and the way they can be adapted and extended in the production of artworks
• Approaches to artworks and the work of key practitioners
• Elements and principles of design
• Historical and theoretical contexts (introductory level)
• Copyright, moral rights and intellectual property issues
Overview of Assessment
To demonstrate competency in this course, you will need to complete the following evidence of assessment to a satisfactory standard. You will receive feedback on all assessment. On completion of this course, you will receive graded assessment.
Assessment may incorporate a range of methods to assess performance and the application of essential underpinning knowledge.
The ability to apply the elements and principles of design and which:
• demonstrates an ability to experiment and explore a design concept
• demonstrates an ability to identify and evaluate appropriate process and techniques to achieve a design solution
• demonstrates a command of selected advanced techniques which are consistent with the conceptual vision
• demonstrates a knowledge of materials and tools (both traditional and digital) and how they are used and extended
• work must reflect consistent interaction with tutors in the studio in order to be considered for assessment