• Offered by School of Art and Design
  • ANU College ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
  • Course subject Design Art
  • Areas of interest Design Arts
  • Academic career UGRD
  • Course convener
    • Simon Cottrell
  • Mode of delivery In Person
  • Offered in Second Semester 2018
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This is a project-oriented course that heightens awareness of connections between technical, material and conceptual skills. This course delivers an approach to design as a systematic development to a given or self-initiated problem. The focus is on design as a process of conceptual development, rather than design for industry. The use of engineering equipment and chemical processing technology may be explored in this course. Students devise individual responses to set themes to develop their ability to apply techniques appropriate to particular concepts. An individual work proposal is developed, applying critical thinking and innovation to a broad range of materials, techniques and concepts. A program of studio theory is undertaken to examine and situate the students’ work within the historical and contemporary contexts of gold and silversmithing. Workplace health and safety (WHS) instruction is an integral part of this course.
 
This course alternates over two years (even and odd years). Even years will engage with the theme 'Co-authorship & collaboration'. Odd years will develop a response to the theme 'Iteration & innovation'.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

Upon successful completion of this course, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

  1. Plan and execute a Gold and Silversmithing design-based project which applies new technologies and practical processes;
  2. Interpret, communicate and present ideas suited to the Gold and Silversmithing project through integration of concepts and processes, showing familiarity with research methodologies;
  3. Demonstrate extended awareness of historical and theoretical contexts for art and design practice relevant to Gold and Silversmithing;
  4. Consider their own work in relation to broader cultural contexts.

Indicative Assessment

Portfolio of studio work (80%) [Learning Outcomes 1 - 4]

Written/Oral component (Total 20%) [Learning Outcomes 2 - 4]

• Journal/Documentation

• Studio Theory presentation

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

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Workload

130 hours of total student learning time made up from: a) 48 hours of contact over 12 weeks: lectures, tutorials, critiques and supervised studio practice; and b) 82 hours of independent studio practice, reading and writing.

Requisite and Incompatibility

To enrol in this course you must be studying a Bachelor of Design Arts and must have successfully completed DESA2406 AND DESA2407 OR DESA2403 OR DESA2002, you are not able to enrol in this course if you have completed DESA2404; DESA3001; ARTV2004; ARTV2404; ARTV2409.

Majors

Fees

Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.  

If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.

Student Contribution Band:
1
Unit value:
6 units

If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees.  Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.

Units EFTSL
6.00 0.12500
Domestic fee paying students
Year Fee
2018 $2820
International fee paying students
Year Fee
2018 $4320
Note: Please note that fee information is for current year only.

Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links

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Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.

Second Semester

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
Co-authorship & collaboration
8520 23 Jul 2018 30 Jul 2018 31 Aug 2018 26 Oct 2018 In Person N/A

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