Contemporary Design Issues
Duration
- One Semester or equivaent
Contact hours
- 36 Hours per Semester
2021 teaching periods
Hawthorn
Higher Ed. Semester 1 | Higher Ed. Semester 2 | |
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Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
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Swinburne Online
Teaching Period 2 | ||
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Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Aims and objectives
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
1. Investigate and analyse design and media issues in relation to social, economic and political contexts using primary sources
2. Articulate a range of contemporary issues related to design and media practice;
3. Use a body of relevant critical theory in the form of an argument and apply it to design and/or media practice;
4. Develop a cohesive argument about a design issue that articulates a point of view, suitable for a published (professional) journal;
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment, general skills outcomes and content.
Teaching methods
This Unit will involve up to 150 hours of work including:
Type (On Campus) | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
Face to Face Contact Lecture 1 class Excursion |
1 1 |
12 1 |
12 1 |
Online Contact Online Synchronous Tutorial | 2 | 11 | 22 |
Specified Learning Activities Readings, 3 Skill-building Tasks | 4 | 12 | 48 |
Unspecified Learning Activities Assignment preparation Revision | 5 | 12 | 60 6 |
TOTAL | 149 hours/12.5cp |
Type (Sarawak) | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
Face to Face Contact Studio seminar | 3 | 12 | 36 |
Online Contact | N/A | ||
Specified Learning Activities Readings, 3 Skill-building Tasks | 4 | 12 | 48 |
Unspecified Learning Activities Project preparation Revision | 5 | 12 | 60 6 |
TOTAL | 150 hours/12.5cp |
Type (Swinburne Online) | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
Face to Face Contact | N/A | ||
Online Contact Online Asynchronous Tutorial View weekly screening/lecture | 2 1 | 12 12 | 24 12 |
Specified Learning Activities Readings 3 Skill-building Tasks | 3 3 | 12 3 | 36 9 |
Unspecified Learning Activities Assignment preparation Revision | 5 | 12 | 60 6 |
TOTAL | 147 hours/12.5cp |
Assessment
Types | Individual or Group task | Weighting | Assesses attainment of these ULOs |
Weekly written online responses | Individual | 30% | 1, 2, 3 |
3 Skill-building Tasks | Individual | 30% | 2, 3 |
Assignment | Individual | 40% | 1, 3, 4 |
General skills outcomes
• Analysis Skills
• Problem Solving Skills
• Ability to work independently
Content
• The role of design, new technologies and new materials in the 21st Century
• Cross/inter-disciplinary practices in design and new media
• Key contemporary practitioners
• Design philosophies
• Aesthetics in the 21st Century
• Design for environmental and social sustainability
• Design for emotion
Study resources
- Reading materials.