1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

GD411 Studio Projects 4B (Honours
Dissertation)
25 credit points 6 hours per week, full year suEject
Prahran Prerequisite: credit level or above in GD301 Studio
Projects 3, GD335 and GD322 or GD303 Industrial Year,
GD335 and GD322. Assessment: Teaching staff and
external design professionals convened to undertake critical
appraisal of this unit.
A fourth year subject in the Bachelor of Design (Honours)
(Graphic Design)
Objectives
To develop a sophisticated research methodology which
applies to the practice of design and postgraduate research.
Content
Students research and then produce a single project which
demonstrates the student's special interest in visual
communication. Through research and documentation the
project responds to a program of enquiry that is of general
importance to the discipline of graphic design. It is a
synthesis of previous experience, realised by research and
subsequent production of a project.
GD490 Design Management
5 credit points 2 hours per week Prahran Assessment:
continuous
A fourth year subject in the Bachelor of Design (Honours)
(Graphic Design)
Objectives
To give students a general understanding of the business
environment with an emphasis on management in the visual
communication industry.
Specific course objectives are:
to develop an understanding of graphic design
management including setting up and managing a design
office, working with clients and graphic design project
management; -
to develop skills in presentation and articulation of
ideas;
to gain experience in solving design management
problems;
to develop skills in written business communication and
report writing.
Aspects of the theory are incorporated in assigned project
work of the IBL Honours degree stream and the
professional practice of the Design Centre.
Students are required to submit two major written
assignments based on information presented in the tutorials
by the course coordinator and guest lecturers.
ID101 Industrial Design 1
12.5 credit points 8 hours per week Prahran Assessment:
continuous
A first year subject in the Bachelor of Design (Industrial Design)
This subject consists of:
Design Principles 1A
Common Studies 1.4
Design Drawing
Design Principles 1A
0 bjectives
To introduce a range of design methodologies used to
produce creative solutions in design projects.
Content
An introduction to design methodology including product
research, analysis and identification of the problem, methods
for dealing with creative ~roblem solving and removing
mental blocks, clear thinking, divergent and convergent
thought processes. Areas of interest will include lateral
thinking, form follows function, functionalism, association,
brainstorming techniques and other methodologies. Practical
exercises and discussions will consolidate these processes.
Common Studies 1A
0 b jectives
To create a general understanding of the value and
application of a variety of useful topics as they apply to
industrial designers and in the practice of other related
disciplines.
Content
Topics to be covered in this subject will include time
mahagement, typography, phot'ography and reprographics
as they pertain to industral designers.
Design Drawing
0 b jectives
To introduce students to perspective and 'box construction'
drawing as a basis for two dimensional communication
techniques such as product sketching and more formal
visualisation.
Content
The introduction to one, two and three points perspective as
it pertains to industrial design and the construction of
sophisticated forms from basic constructed geometric units.
ID102 Technology1
12.5 credit points 6 hours per week Prahran
Prerequisites: nil Assessment: continuous
A firs; year subject in the Bachelor of Design (Industrial
Design).
This subject consists of:
Design and Manufacturing 1A
Workshop Techniques 1A
Design and Manufacturing 1A
Objectives
An introduction to the structure, properties, and ~rocessing
of engineering materials.
Content
The classification, structure and properties of
engineering materials;
elements, compounds and mixtures;
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