School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Design Practices: Project
  • Unit Code

    DES3208
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Joo Ho JUNG

Description

This unit provides students with the opportunity to participate in the development of a creative project located in an industry environment. Projects can be carried out individually or in teams and will be based on a real life problem. Students may have the opportunity to respond to a client brief or negotiate with their lecturer regarding the nature of the project. The unit will require students to engage in authentic project management process as they develop their project, analysing needs and appropriate methods, developing design and implementation plans and critically evaluating results, establishing clear metrics, templates and standards.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse problems to identify opportunities for the design and development of services/products to address them.
  2. Critically evaluate individual and team performance within the project management lifecycle.
  3. Develop authentic documentation to act as a tool for communication and management.
  4. Identify and scope the roles and tasks within a design and development project.
  5. Undertake a project demonstrating a professional level of discipline skills and understanding of processes relevant to creative industries.

Unit Content

  1. Design methods and tools.
  2. Formative, summative, impact, and self-evaluation for continuous improvement.
  3. Managing team roles and individual accountability in creative projects.
  4. Managing the design process.
  5. Responding to project needs.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Seminars and workshops.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentCreative brief30%
Creative WorkPrototyping30%
ProjectProject40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Design Practices: Project
  • Unit Code

    DES3208
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Joo Ho JUNG

Description

This unit provides students with the opportunity to participate in the development of a creative project located in an industry environment. Projects can be carried out individually or in teams and will be based on a real life problem. Students may have the opportunity to respond to a client brief or negotiate with their lecturer regarding the nature of the project. The unit will require students to engage in authentic project management process as they develop their project, analysing needs and appropriate methods, developing design and implementation plans and critically evaluating results, establishing clear metrics, templates and standards.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse problems to identify opportunities for the design and development of services/products to address them.
  2. Critically evaluate individual and team performance within the project management lifecycle.
  3. Develop authentic documentation to act as a tool for communication and management.
  4. Identify and scope the roles and tasks within a design and development project.
  5. Undertake a project demonstrating a professional level of discipline skills and understanding of processes relevant to creative industries.

Unit Content

  1. Design methods and tools.
  2. Formative, summative, impact, and self-evaluation for continuous improvement.
  3. Managing team roles and individual accountability in creative projects.
  4. Managing the design process.
  5. Responding to project needs.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Seminars and workshops.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentCreative brief30%
Creative WorkPrototyping30%
ProjectProject40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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