Bachelor of Graphic Design

Verbal expression and comprehension (understanding)

This refers to the extent to which a person can use and understand verbal communication.

What do I need to be able to do?

Use, understand and respond to verbal communication during on-campus learning activities and during professional experience placement e.g. receiving and providing clear verbal instructions to and from clients and suppliers in a professional setting.

What adjustments to my study conditions can I access?

Additional time allowances for comprehension and expression may be provided within the academic setting. However, the circumstances of professional experience placement tasks often require timely communication, and this should be considered prior to commencement.

Social communication

This refers to the capacity to understand and use appropriate non-verbal communication such as eye contact, gestures, facial expression, speaking volume, tone of voice, proximity and verbal turn-taking. 

What do I need to be able to do?

Use, recognise and respond appropriately to non-verbal cues from peers and staff during on-campus learning activities and professional experience placement e.g. interpreting clients' non-verbal communication in a work placement setting.

What adjustments to my study conditions can I access?

Consideration is given to the use of nonverbal communication behaviours appropriate to your disability or condition. If you have a vision or hearing impairment, you may be more reliant upon either auditory or visual communication behaviours.

Reading

This refers to the extent to which a person demonstrates effective reading and comprehension that is appropriate to both on-campus learning and professional experience placement settings.

What do I need to be able to do?

Read and understand a range of written material in differing forms from a variety of sources such as on-screen material, reference material and/or handwritten notes e.g. reading and comprehending written documents, such as design briefs, technical specifications, and professional communications. 

What adjustments to my study conditions can I access?

You may use specialised software to support your literacy for on-campus learning activities. The appropriateness and practicality of using such software during your professional placements may vary between placements and should be discussed prior to commencing placement.

Writing (Written language)

This refers to the extent to which a person produces coherent written communication that is appropriate to both on-campus learning and professional experience placement settings. N.B. This refers not to the physical act of writing but rather to the written content.

What do I need to be able to do?

Produce coherent written communication content appropriate to both on-campus and professional experience placement settings e.g. return briefs, production specifications, and pitch documents.

What adjustments to my study conditions can I access?

You may use specialised software to support your literacy for on-campus learning activities. The appropriateness and practicality of using such software during professional experience placements may vary between placements and should be discussed prior to commencing placement.

Number skills (Numeracy)

This refers to the ability to understand and work with numbers. Basic numeracy skills consist of comprehending fundamental mathematics like addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

What do I need to be able to do?

Interpret and correctly apply numerical data, measurements and formulae in a time-efficient manner in on-campus learning and placement settings e.g. recording accurate measurements and numerical data when preparing layouts, managing content, budgets and costings, calculating data storage needs, and working with quantitative data.

What adjustments to my study conditions can I access?

You may use specialised software to support your numeracy for on-campus learning activities. The appropriateness and practicality of using such software during professional experience placements may vary between placements and should be discussed prior to commencing placement.

Mental wellness is a state of well-being in which an individual can realise their own abilities or potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life and can work productively and fruitfully.

Behavioural stability refers to an individual's ability to moderate their own behaviour.

What do I need to be able to do?

Exposure to complex and unpredictable human situations will require you to be mentally robust and demonstrate behavioural stability in order to manage these events competently and professionally e.g. managing personal emotions and behaviour effectively when dealing with peers, staff and clients in on-campus and professional experience placement settings.

What adjustments to my study conditions can I access?

Flexible arrangements for your professional experience placement will be considered. The appropriateness and practicality of these arrangements may vary between placements and agencies and should be discussed with your placement coordinator prior to commencement of the placement. You also may be supported to take time off from your studies if you become unwell or have difficulties with behavioural stability.

Visual acuity refers to the extent to which a person can see or interpret visual information. This may also include colour vision.

What do I need to be able to do?

Sufficient visual acuity to undertake on-campus learning and professional experience placement tasks e.g. sophisticated capacity to distinguish visual nuances of form and colour. 

What adjustments to my study conditions can I access?

The use of assistive technology to enhance vision will be considered and its use during placement should be discussed with the ELS prior to commencing placement. Glasses and other visual aids can be used during on-campus learning activities and professional experience placement.

This refers to the ability to undertake precise coordinated movements of the hands.

What do I need to be able to do?

Coordination of movements of the hands, such as pushing, pressing, turning, pinching, grasping, shaking and manipulating e.g. creating prototypes (cutting, folding, assembling), using digital interfaces with a high degree of accuracy.

What adjustments to my study conditions can I access?

Adjustments will be considered in relation to your individual circumstances and physical capacities. Any adjustments considered should not compromise your safety and the safety of others.