Postgraduate - Edith Cowan University

DES4101 15 Credit Points
Design Practices: Identity
FACULTY OF EDUCATION & ARTS
This unit introduces students to the world of visual identity,
including designed branding, visual and corporate identity, logos,
and typographic devises. Students will be introduced to the
processes and methodologies inherent in the creation of visual
identity as well its context and history. Designers play a central
role in the creation of visual identities and students will
investigate all aspects of the culture and discipline.
DES4208 15 Credit Points
Design Practices: Project
FACULTY OF EDUCATION & ARTS
This unit addresses issues of project design management as well
as design production. The unit engages students, at a professional
level of competence, in a large complex design project. Students
will be expected to create formal design briefs and design
documentation to support their ultimate design outcomes.
DEV4101 15 Credit Points
Model Planning and Construction
FACULTY OF EDUCATION & ARTS
This unit develops knowledge and skills in creating scale models
suitable for presentation. Students synthesise areas of form and
structure study at model plan level in design projects of medium
complexity. The unit involves the application of design strategies
and model construction skills; have the capacity for the
integration of the technical areas of study in the design process;
and gain the ability to analyse and interpret space and form
towards a theoretical basis for design.
DEV4102 15 Credit Points
Visual Planning for Display and Event
FACULTY OF EDUCATION & ARTS
This unit introduces the student to a rationale for inventive and
conventional strategies for drawing and positions these methods
across the design disciplines in a contemporary context. This unit
develops links between those disciplines that rely on drawing and
CAD as a method of investigation and encourages students to
explore laterally through creative processes and to integrate
technical and theoretical areas of study in design.
DEV4103 15 Credit Points
Construction and Display Materials
FACULTY OF EDUCATION & ARTS
This program supports the development of skills in elementary
structures, volumetric composition and spatial planning. Materials
and construction techniques will comprise a major portion of this
study. Students are expected to design with confidence at the
developed sketch plan stage of the design process with an
emphasis on the application of general principles rather than
detailed technical knowledge. Lighting will be introduced to this
unit as a design tool.
DEV4104 15 Credit Points
Trade Shows, Product Launches and Corporate Events
FACULTY OF EDUCATION & ARTS
This unit examines the processes and procedures of designing for
Trade Shows, Product Launches and Commercial Displays and
Events. The commercial nature of these design briefs will be
studied and strategic planning models will be employed to assist
in the process and evaluation of the design project. The unit also
addresses the role of conference staging and production
management and investigates strategies required in these areas.
DEV4105 15 Credit Points
Collections, Curating and Display
FACULTY OF EDUCATION & ARTS
Students study the relationships between collections, ideas,
knowledge, curatorial processes and display space as related to
understanding human culture. Design principles are developed
through assigned projects within this genre. Research techniques
are employed to complement the curatorial process and project
management strategies are applied to develop a strategic planning
model for this project. Venues, display units, lighting, graphic
communication, public interaction, budgets, time lines,
management processes and evaluation techniques will be studied.
DEV4106 15 Credit Points
Public Display Design
FACULTY OF EDUCATION & ARTS
This unit will undertake a study of the conditions and influences
leading to the development of contemporary museum and gallery
interiors and will analyse traditional and contemporary display
design. Displays must act as a bridge between the experience and
research of the specialist and the life experiences of the viewer.
The aim is to find the story behind the object so that the visitor
does not feel excluded. Students will examine the roles of
communication, media and technology in creating experiential
and educational displays. Design issues critical to exhibition work
will be covered as well as issues of lighting, controlled
atmosphere, security and risk management, display devices and
units will be studied.
DIS5101 15 Credit Points
Historical and Sociological Perspectives on Disability
FACULTY OF EDUCATION & ARTS
There is great variation in the way in which Australians view
disability and the manner in which services are provided for
people with disabilities. This unit describes and explains those
variations. In order to do this it considers disability within its
social context by first describing the historical treatment of people
with disabilities, both in Australia and in other countries. This will
lead to an understanding of the concept of social deviance and the
social roles into which people with disabilities are placed.
DIS5103 15 Credit Points
Introduction to Disability
FACULTY OF EDUCATION & ARTS
This unit explores what it’s like to have a disability. It provides an
introduction to the concepts of impairment, disability and
handicap. It provides information about a range of disabilities and
aims to personalise information by investigating the life
experiences of people with disabilities. The unit gives students an
opportunity to discuss their own views and experience with
disability issues and the way societies respond to challenges
associated with disabilities.
DIS5104 15 Credit Points
Community and Professional Values and Disability
FACULTY OF EDUCATION & ARTS
This unit introduces important human service principles including
social role valorisation/normalisation, as it has been developed by
Professor Wolf Wolfensberger, and the PASSING evaluation
instrument. The implications of SRV for people, human services
and society will be examined including: the least restrictive
alternative; the developmental principle; the dignity of risk; and
the movement to establish natural supports for, and empowerment
of, people with disabilities and their families.
DIS5105 15 Credit Points
Early Intervention in Families with Special Needs
FACULTY OF EDUCATION & ARTS
This unit examines the impact on the family of having a member
with a disability. It examines family systems theory and the
service contexts within which early intervention takes place. It
focuses on the issues of working with families and covers the
principles and practices of early intervention strategies.
DIS5106 15 Credit Points
Contemporary Issues in Disability
FACULTY OF EDUCATION & ARTS
This unit examines current issues surrounding disability, disability
services and the lives of people with disabilities in our
communities. It critically analyses the current service systems for
people with disabilities, and looks at the benefits and deficiencies
in services and current values which affect the lives of people
with disabilities.. Issues surrounding respite, advocacy and
lobbying, accommodation, employment, and avocational
activities, and issues of inclusion in education and the community
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