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EFI~O
Engineering Physics
No. of hours per week: two and a half hours
Instruction: lectures and laboratory work
Assessment: examination, laboratory and tutorial
work
Subject aims
This subject is designed to provide students with scientific
concepts, fundamental to engineering sciences, an essential
bridge from secondary education into professional
engineering.
Subject description
Electricity and magnetism, d.c. circuits, linear and rotational
dynamics, kinetic theory of gases, atomic physics, optics, wave
motion, fluid mechanics.
Textbooks
Serway, R.A. Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics.
3rd edn, updated version, Philadelphia, Saunders, 1990
Optional: Study Guide, to accompany above, Serway and Gordon, 3rd
edn
EFI~O Professional Studies
No. of hours per week: two hours for first
semester and one hour for second semester
Subject aims and description
This subject aims to develop the following skills during the
investigation of major projects in the areas of management
and learning and engineers and the environment:
role of communications in investigating problems and
implementing solutions;
information gathering and research skills;
learning and problem solving skills;
teamwork and negotiation skills;
effective presentation of technical material to
demonstrate an understanding of social and
environmental issues;
critical analysis of data provided by technical and lobby
groups.
References
Arnold, Gleeson and Peterson. Moving into Management. Hawthorn,
Vic., Swinburne Press, 1991
~ ~ 1-Communications 9 0
Project Book
EF190 - Profess~onal Studies Student Guide
GDIOI
Studio Projects 1A
No. of hours per week: ten hours practical for two
semesters
Assessment: continuous
Studio Projects 1A and 1B
Studio Projects 1A and 1 B refer to two coordinated work
programs with specific emphasis on developing in students an
individual creative approach to solving communication
problems using visual and conceptual means.
Subject aims and description
studentiare encouraged to develop their own personal style
throuah soundlv reasoned, skilfullv executed assignments and
to coimunicate the solutibns in dway most likdy to ensure
acceptance and successful implementation. Group assignments
also allow students to develo~ a broader understanding - and
appreciation of other students' particular abilities.
These sequential programs are directed at developing a
general awareness of visual aspects of the students'
environment and facility for critical objective analysis.
Design
The object is to equip students with a 'design vocabulary' to
allow creative expression in areas of two and three dimensions.
As the year progresses, design projects increasingly interact
with drawing, photography and design for print. In this way
students develop an appreciation and competence over a
broad range of communication problems.
Design for print
This subject introduces print technology ~ncluding
reproduction of lettering, typographic and symbol design,
illustration, and all aspects c production with particular
emphasis on experimental work in offset lithography and
screen printing.
Textbooks
Students are advised not to purchase textbooks or references until
classes commence.
~ ~ 1 0 Studio 2 Projects 1 B
No. of hours per week: ten hours practical for two
semesters
Assessment: continuous
Typography and Letterform
This subject introduces students to the principles and practice
of typographic design. Studies include calligraphy, letterform
design, the historic derivation of type and the application of
typefaces and letterforms in contemporary design. Methods of
copy preparation and specification and the preparation of
finished artwork for reproduction are also studied.
Photography
A comprehensive introduction to still photography as a creative
medium aims at cultivating visual awareness through study of
controlled lighting, spatial relationships, form, product and
fashion photography, photo-journalism, photo reproduction
techniques (e.g. developing and printing), pictorial editing,
various colour processes and costing.
Drawing
Expanding vision through assignments which develop control
of drawing as a discipline for research and invention. Subject
matter includes the figure, perspective, object drawing and
natural forms.
Textbooks
Students are advised not to purchase textbooks or references until
classes commence.