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491-325 Design and Graphic Communication C

Note: Priority is given to BEd (Visual Arts) course students.

Credit points: 20.0

Coordinator: Chris Palmer, Winston Thomas.

Prerequisite: Design and Graphic Communication B, or approved equivalent.

Contact: Two 2-hour lecture/tutorial/studio/workshop or field study sessions each week and an additional two hours of time-tabled studio access per week.

Timetable: Double semester.

Objectives:

On completion of the subject the student should be abe to:

• understand the necessity, function and the consequences of design by examining the responsibility of design decision-makers in the past, at present and in future societies;
• use computers as an aid to the realisation of design concepts; and
• develop and apply skills in 2D and 3D design and graphic communication to program development and evaluation at the situational level.

Content:

History and Philosophical Aspects; Computer Graphics; Design Workshops and Projects: further development of design concepts and skills relevant to graphic, product or environmental design.

Assessment:

A 1500-word essay in the first major area of study-Historical and Philosophical Aspects (20 per cent); design projects of equal weighting including a design resource book (80 per cent).

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