Concepts and Narratives
Duration
One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 36
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning.
2022 teaching periods
Hawthorn
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Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Swinburne Online
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Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Aims and objectives
Unit Learning Outcomes: Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
1. Identify the key elements and principles of design;
2. Interpret the mark as a medium of ideation, visual problem solving and design representation;
3. Prepare a workbook/folio to document methods of exploration and ideas;
4. Examine sequential design and the communication of idea, information and narrative;
5. Develop concepts and ideas, using experimentation for creative and sustainable solutions;
6. Reflect on and evaluate visual and tactile research documentation, mapping, model-making and visualisation techniques.
Courses with unit
BA-DES (BA-DESS) Bachelor of DesignBB-DESBUS Bachelor of Design / Bachelor of Business
BA-EDUSEC Bachelor of Education (Secondary) – Visual Communication Design Specialisation
BH-DESCMN2 Bachelor of Design (Communication Design) (Honours)
BB-BUSCMN Bachelor of Business / Bachelor of Communication
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment and content.
Teaching methods
| Hawthorn | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Activity Type | Activity | Total Hours | Number of Weeks | Hours Per Week | Optional - Activity Details |
| Face to Face Contact | Studio | 36 | 12 weeks | 3 | Studio in Wet Lab |
| Unspecified Learning Activities | Independent Learning | 72 | 12 weeks | 6 | Independent study, assignment preparation, revision |
| Specified Learning Activities | Various | 36 | 12 weeks | 3 | Mark making, Sketching and drawing, Building models, Photography, Animation, Design |
| Total Hours: | 144 | Total Hours (per week): | 12 | ||
| Swinburne Online | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Activity Type | Activity | Total Hours | Number of Weeks | Hours Per Week | Optional - Activity Details |
| Unspecified Learning Activities | Independent Learning | 72 | 12 weeks | 6 | No Description |
| Online | Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning | 48 | 12 weeks | 4 | No Description |
| Specified Learning Activities | Various | 24 | 12 weeks | 2 | Mark making, Sketching and drawing, Building models, Photography, Animation, Design |
| Total Hours: | 144 | Total Hours (per week): | 12 | ||
Assessment
| Types | Individual or Group task | Weighting | Assesses attainment of these ULOs |
| Project 1 | Individual | 30% | 1, 3 and 5 |
| Project 2 | Individual | 30% | 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6 |
| Project 3 | Individual | 40% | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 |
Content
• Basic model making techniques;
• 2d and 3d design representation techniques;
• Compilation of Workbook/folio as a way of documenting design process and ideas;
• Formatting for text and image;
• Sequential design and narrative exploration.
Study resources
- Reading materials.