87600 VC Special Project B

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UTS: Design, Architecture and Building: Design
Credit points: 6 cp
Result type: Grade and marks

Requisite elaboration/waiver:

To participate in this you must be studying in your third year of the Bachelor of Visual Communication Design. This subject replaces the core subject 87012 Research Through Design that runs in Spring Semester.

Description

This subject develops cross-cultural design literacy through work integrated learning. Design and Health students from four Australian universities meet in Singapore and Malaysia and work with local students to research to create new and innovative sustainable design solutions in Health.

Subject learning objectives (SLOs)

On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:

1.	Undertake research (with a focus on cultural understanding).
2.	Demonstrate self-directed project management and operation as a professional member of a multi-disciplinary team.
3.	Originate diverse and imaginative ideas and refine them through critical reflection and evaluation.
4.	Pitch project solutions with impact, clarity and functionality in oral, visual and written forms to a professional standard.

Course intended learning outcomes (CILOs)

This subject also contributes to the following Course Intended Learning Outcomes:

Work cooperatively and professionally as part of a team, initiate partnerships with others, take a leadership role when required, and constructively contribute to peer learning. (C.1)
Communicate ideas effectively in a variety of ways, including oral, written and visual. (C.3)
Create designs that respond to their context in formally or conceptually innovative ways. (I.1)
Advance ideas through an exploratory and iterative design process. (I.2)
Analyse, synthesise and formulate complex ideas, arguments and rationales and use initiative to explore. (R.3)

Contribution to the development of graduate attributes

The term CAPRI is used for the five Design, Architecture and Building faculty graduate attribute categories where:

C = communication and groupwork

A = attitudes and values

P = practical and professional

R = research and critique

I = innovation and creativity.

Course intended learning outcomes (CILOs) are linked to these categories using codes (e.g. C-1, A-3, P-4, etc.).

Teaching and learning strategies

In this Global Studio the discipline of design is cast as an agent for change, a way of creating and critically exploring

sustainability in Healthcare. Students will work individually and in multi-disciplinary teams to synthesis research and design for a specific context.

Verbal feedback will be given regularly and at the time of presentations. Final projects will be exhibited in an exhibition in Singapore.

Content (topics)

Cross Cultural Design
New cultural understanding
Place-based design research
Sustainability
Collaborate in small multi-disciplinary teams

Assessment

Assessment task 1: Stage 1 Research Diary

Intent:

Research Diary
Detailed information on the task can be found in the Project Brief.

Objective(s):

This task addresses the following subject learning objectives:

1, 2 and 3

This task also addresses the following course intended learning outcomes that are linked with a code to indicate one of the five CAPRI graduate attribute categories (e.g. C.1, A.3, P.4, etc.):

C.1, I.2 and R.3

Type:

Report

Groupwork:

Individual

Weight:

60%

Criteria linkages:

Criteria	Weight (%)	SLOs	CILOs
Development of relevant insights and arguments from research.	50	1	R.3
Advance ideas through cultural observations	25	3	I.2
A capacity to collaborate effectively in a variety of group work contexts including professional interaction with client, studio leaders and group members.	25	2	C.1

SLOs: subject learning objectives
CILOs: course intended learning outcomes

Assessment task 2: Stage 2 Design Solution and Exhibition

Intent:

Design Solution and Exhibition
Detailed information on the subject can be found in the Project Brief.

Objective(s):

This task addresses the following subject learning objectives:

2, 3 and 4

This task also addresses the following course intended learning outcomes that are linked with a code to indicate one of the five CAPRI graduate attribute categories (e.g. C.1, A.3, P.4, etc.):

C.1, C.3, I.1 and I.2

Type:

Presentation

Groupwork:

Group, group and individually assessed

Weight:

40%

Criteria linkages:

Criteria	Weight (%)	SLOs	CILOs
Capacity to create designs that respond to their context in conceptually innovative ways	40	3	I.1
Advance ideas through an exploratory and iterative design process including presentation of process.	20	3	I.2
Clarity, professionalism and engagement of final project	20	4	C.3
A capacity to collaborate effectively in a variety of group work contexts including professional interaction with client, studio leaders and group members.	20	2	C.1

SLOs: subject learning objectives
CILOs: course intended learning outcomes

Minimum requirements

The DAB attendance policy requires students to attend no less than 80% of formal teaching sessions (lectures and tutorials) for each class they are enrolled in to remain eligible for assessment.