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DESA6101 CAD-Design-Create 2

Offered By School of Art
Academic Career Graduate Coursework
Course Subject Design Art
Offered in Second Semester, 2012 and Second Semester, 2013
Unit Value 6 units
Course Description

CAD-Design-Create 1 provides graduate coursework students with a broader range of skills, techniques and processes in computer-based design for 2D and 3D manufacturing. Students will prepare and present increasingly sophisticated design ideas and materialize them through computer controlled fabrication processes.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, you should be able to:

  1. Demonstrate an understanding of an extended range of techniques and processes used in 2D and 3D computer aided design (CAD)
  2. Show advanced creative exploration of the digital design environment and its application.
  3. Interpret, communicate and present ideas and design solutions.
  4. Recognise historical and theoretical contexts of individual project areas
  5. Comply with OH & S requirements and procedures.
Indicative Assessment

Portfolio of studio work: 70% [LO 1- 4] 

Journal/Documentation/Studio Theory presentation: 20% [LO 1 -5]

Participation 10%: [LO 1-5]

Assessment includes periodic critique and review sessions that provide ongoing feedback on work in progress.

Workload

4 hours per week lectures in the computer lab, critiques and supervised practical sessions and 1 hour per week graduate focus-sessions. 4hrs of independent study is expected.

Course Classification(s) SpecialistSpecialist courses are designed for students having reached 'first degree' level of assumed knowledge, which provide for the acquisition of specialist skills; or 'second degree' and higher level of knowledge; or for transition to research training programs; or knowledge associated with professional accreditation.
Requisite Statement

DESA6100

Recommended Courses

Students must have basic keyboarding and computer use skills.

Prescribed Texts

na

Technology Requirements

nil

Programs Master of Visual Arts, Graduate Certificate in Visual Arts, and Graduate Diploma in Visual Arts
Academic Contact gilbert.riedelbauch@anu.edu.au

The information published on the Study at ANU 2012 website applies to the 2012 academic year only. All information provided on this website replaces the information contained in the Study at ANU 2011 website.

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