Course Title: Practice Technologies

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Practice Technologies

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

ARCH3349

City Campus

Undergraduate

320H Architecture & Urban Design

Face-to-Face

 Sem 1 2024

Course Coordinator: Jackson Bi

Course Coordinator Phone: Contact via email

Course Coordinator Email: jackson.bi@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: 100.08.002

Course Coordinator Availability: Contact via email


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Required Prior Study

You should have satisfactorily completed ARCH1096 Interior Detailing before you commence this course.  Alternatively, you may be able to demonstrate the required skills and knowledge before you start this course.   

Contact your course coordinator if you think you may be eligible for recognition of prior learning.    


Course Description

This course will enable you to consolidate and refine your use of contemporary techniques and technologies applied within interior design practice. Through a specific project and context, you will develop an individual approach and methods for practising with relevant, and contemporary technologies to a professional standard. 

You are presented with a suite of different offerings and, through a preferencing system, ballot for your preferred choice. 


Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

Program Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

  • work in diverse contexts and be able to identify and address complex design problems with initiative and advanced knowledge to produce innovative interior design outcomes. 
  • conceptualise and engage in research through design as part of the creative process to open the potential for new understandings, experimentation and innovation.  
  • communicate your ideas and designs verbally, visually and textually through a range of media to your peers, the profession, and academic and public audiences. 
  • reflect, analyse, synthesise, critique and evaluate your own work as well that of your peers and apply your knowledge and skills with initiative and insight in professional practice and/or scholarship. 
  • engage in research with an enhanced appreciation and understanding of theoretical, environmental, social, historical, cultural and technical contexts in relation to the activity of interior design and be able to adapt and extend this knowledge through the practice of design.  
  • use technology as an intrinsic part of the design process and have the ability to identify relevant techniques, skills, materials and technologies for specific designs.  
  • understand and value your individual abilities and way of working as an interior designer; to initiate independent strategies with the ability to plan and time manage projects; to develop a personal work ethic based on initiative and self-motivation.   


Course Learning Outcomes

In this course you will develop the following learning outcomes:

CLO1. Proficiently apply technologies and techniques in the process of producing a designed outcome to an advanced level.

CLO2. Independently work with technologies and techniques intrinsic to the process of producing a designed outcome.

CLO3. Critically evaluate and synthesise technical sources required for the practice and realisation of a design project.

CLO4. Critically reflect on and evaluate a project's social, cultural, environmental and technological aspects.


Overview of Learning Activities

You will actively engage in various learning activities such as lectures, tutorials, seminars, workshops, project work, class discussions, presentations and pin-ups, site visits and fieldwork, and individual and group activities. Delivery may be face-to-face, online or a mix of both.


Overview of Learning Resources

You will have a range of resources available to assist in your learning. These may include notes, reference lists, library resources, relevant software, readings and critical texts. 

RMIT will provide resources and tools for learning this course through our online systems.  

Services and resources are available to support your learning through the University library. The library provides guides on academic referencing, subject specialist help, and a range of study support services. For further information, please visit the library page on the RMIT University website and myRMIT student website.  

Detailed information will be updated on an ongoing basis via the specific course Canvas Shell. 


Overview of Assessment

You will be assessed on how well you meet the course learning outcomes and on your development against the program’s capabilities. 

 

Assessment 1 - Technical Explorations - 30%

Linked Course Learning Outcomes: CLO1, CLO2, CLO3 

 

Assessment 2 - Developed Technical Explorations - 20% 

Linked Course Learning Outcomes: CLO1, CLO2, CLO3, CLO4 

 

Assessment 3 - Portfolio - 50% 

Linked Course Learning Outcomes: CLO1, CLO2, CLO3, CLO4 

 

Feedback will be given on all assessment tasks.  

If you have a long-term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or Equity Learning Services if you would like to find out more.  

Your course assessment conforms to RMIT assessment principles, regulations, policies, procedures and instructions.