1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

ID303 Professional Studies 1
10 credit points 5 hours per week Prahran Prerequisites:
ID201 Industrial Design 2, ID202 Technology 2, ID204
Computer Studies 1B Assessment: continuous
A second year subject in the Bachelor of Design (Industrial
Design)
This subject covers the following:
Technical Writing
Objectives
This subject introduces the principles and practices of
technical writing with respect to reports, manuals and other
industry related documentation.
Content
This subject will cover the nature and basic rules of
communication as appropriate to the designer. Other topics
will include the fundamentals of style, reader based writing,
report writing, submissions and briefs, graphics and desktop
publishing, documentation blueprints, drafting, editing,
production and distribution of documentation.
Product Critiques 1
Objectives
To increase the students' analytical skills with rational
objectivity.
Content
Case studies, seminars, discussion, deconstruction or
reconstruction and analysis of design will examine such
areas as:
their own and others' work
aesthetic rationale
manufacturing and production
conceptual design
ID304 CAD Studies
Z 5 credit points 3 hours per week Prahran l'twape
D202 Technology 2, ID204 Computer Studies 18 Assessment:
continuous
A second year subject in the Bachelor of Design (Industrial
Design)
0 bjedives
To introduce the potential of the computer as a design and
drafting tool, and to develop the students expertise in the
use of CAD for the production of engineering drawings.
Content
Introduction to the operation of a PC based computer-aided
design laboratory, its equipment and software. Through
demonstration and practical work the student will learn the
operating system and commands necessary to produce hard
copy engineering drawings using the CAD system.
ID305 Design History 2A
7.5 credit points 2.5 hours per week Prahran
Prerequisites: ID205 Design History 1B Assessment:
continuous
A second year subject in the Bachelor of Design (Industrial
Design)
0 b jectives
In year two students will be asked to further develop the
critical, analytical and conceptual thought required to
formulate and articulate considered and well informed
opinions.
Students will be encouraged to extend and consolidate their
research, presentation and writing skills through intensive
thought and debate.
Content
Semester three concentrates on post-World War I1 design,
the critique of modernism and the conflict between high art
and mass culture. Theories of symbology are explored along
with issues relating to the cultural discourse constructed by
design commodity culture, advertising, clothes as code, the
home as the site of consumption, and corporate imperialism.
ID401 Industrial Design 4
15 credit points 12.5 hours per week Prahran Prerequisites:
ID301 Industrial Design 3, ID302 Technology 3
Assessment: continuous
A second year subject in the Bachelor of Design (Industrial
Design)
This subject consists of:
Design Projects 2B
Engineering Graphics 2
Design Projects 28
0 bjectives
To expand the application of learned theoretical skills and
knowledge to problem solving.
Content
The student will begin to resolve complex issues relating to
design and be expected to utilise professional presentation
techniques in order to communicate their ideas. Greater
emphasis will be placed on the conceptual development of
ideas and providing the relevant technical information to
support chosen solutions. This semester will concentrate on
a developed use of professional presentation techniques,
demonstration of an understanding of the integration of the
technical and professional skills and draw on a sophisticated
use of mockups to communicate ideas. The student will be
expected to conduct research to establish a basis for
resolution. The projects in this semester will be small scale.
Engineering Graphics 2
0 b jedives
To introduce advanced engineering drawing and CAD skills,
and to introduce aspects of mechanical design.
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