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.

Your unit may be subject to government or third party COVID-19 vaccination requirements. Please consider this before enrolling in this unit, and speak with the unit coordinator if this raises any concerns.

  • Unit Title

    Drape and Construction
  • Unit Code

    FAS2401
  • Year

    2022
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Ms Justine Shonah MCKNIGHT

Description

This unit will introduce students to the art of manipulating cloth directly on the dress form in three dimensions and will cover advanced drafting and construction techniques for 3D drape and cutting processes. Students will build on draping and couture investigations to develop a self-directed design outcome informed by ongoing visual research and reference to relevant work by historical and contemporary designers. Investigation of the garment in context will require students to consider how the ideas and formal narratives may be communicated and manipulated through forms of image making.

Prerequisite Rule

Must have passed FAS2201.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded FAS2104.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Develop patterns that solve complex design problems.
  2. Apply skills in the construction of draped garments and couture finishing.
  3. Synthesise design and research information to develop a self directed draped garment.
  4. Create and fit a complex garment that demonstrates technical application and innovation.
  5. Devise a presentation that communicates formal and conceptual qualities of the final draped work.

Unit Content

  1. Advanced drafting and construction techniques and pattern making for draped garments.
  2. Drafting and construction methods to realise complex design ideas and solve design problems.
  3. Couture techniques for garment finishing.
  4. Size and fit innovative draped garments.
  5. Digital media to present garment in context.
  6. Research into associated work by historical and contemporary designers and artists.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 2Not Offered13 x 4 hour seminarNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

In practical classes students are shown sculptural draping and couture construction methods by the lecturer as class demonstrations followed by student participation. Technical processes are supported with instructional material, industry level textbook references and visual recording available on LMS. Once key methods have been introduced, students apply acquired skills to develop self-directed design outcomes with support and feedback from the lecturer and technician. Self-directed research is undertaken by students to inform design work, record and reflect on the creative learning process. Interactive movement workshops introduce students to creative and formal understanding of cloth and aid design development towards a digital contextual presentation of the final work.

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 School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ProjectDraping research40%
ProjectThe dress and proposal 40%
PresentationThe dress in context20%

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 Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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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.

Your unit may be subject to government or third party COVID-19 vaccination requirements. Please consider this before enrolling in this unit, and speak with the unit coordinator if this raises any concerns.

  • Unit Title

    Drape and Construction
  • Unit Code

    FAS2401
  • Year

    2022
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Ms Justine Shonah MCKNIGHT

Description

This unit will introduce students to the art of manipulating cloth directly on the dress form in three dimensions and will cover advanced drafting and construction techniques for 3D drape and cutting processes. Students will build on draping and couture investigations to develop a self-directed design outcome informed by ongoing visual research and reference to relevant work by historical and contemporary designers. Investigation of the garment in context will require students to consider how the ideas and formal narratives may be communicated and manipulated through forms of image making.

Prerequisite Rule

Must have passed FAS2201.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded FAS2104.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Develop patterns that solve complex design problems.
  2. Apply skills in the construction of draped garments and couture finishing.
  3. Synthesise design and research information to develop a self directed draped garment.
  4. Create and fit a complex garment that demonstrates technical application and innovation.
  5. Devise a presentation that communicates formal and conceptual qualities of the final draped work.

Unit Content

  1. Advanced drafting and construction techniques and pattern making for draped garments.
  2. Drafting and construction methods to realise complex design ideas and solve design problems.
  3. Couture techniques for garment finishing.
  4. Size and fit innovative draped garments.
  5. Digital media to present garment in context.
  6. Research into associated work by historical and contemporary designers and artists.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 2Not Offered13 x 4 hour seminarNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

In practical classes students are shown sculptural draping and couture construction methods by the lecturer as class demonstrations followed by student participation. Technical processes are supported with instructional material, industry level textbook references and visual recording available on LMS. Once key methods have been introduced, students apply acquired skills to develop self-directed design outcomes with support and feedback from the lecturer and technician. Self-directed research is undertaken by students to inform design work, record and reflect on the creative learning process. Interactive movement workshops introduce students to creative and formal understanding of cloth and aid design development towards a digital contextual presentation of the final work.

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 School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ProjectDraping research40%
ProjectThe dress and proposal 40%
PresentationThe dress in context20%

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 Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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