This course is built around an individually negotiated, semester-long, extended design project to be taken in any of the School's studio or design discipline areas. The course invites a focus on innovative practice that includes material and/or digital domains. Students can develop deep expertise through hands-on production and/or digital skills supervised by expert teaching staff.
Students in this course carry out practice-led research on a project of their choice. The project proposal will be negotiated between the student and a proposed supervisor. Students must gain the formal agreement of a staff member to supervise them before enrolling in this course.
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:- Identify and articulate a viable and substantial, practice-led design project.
- Develop an experimental, analytical and practical methodology related to the project.
- Interpret disciplinary debates and knowledge relevant to the project.
- Engage with and reflect critically on the project’s social, cultural and/or ethical dimensions.
- Realise, document and present an extended investigative design project.
Indicative Assessment
Project proposal, 1800-2400 words (10%) Learning Outcomes 1-4Extended Design project (70%) Learning Outcomes 1-5
Project documentation and critical reflection, 2400-3000 words (20%) Learning Outcomes 2-5
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Workload
A total of 390 hours of project work, lectures, seminars, critiques, readings and research, including a minimum of 12 hours of direct contact with the supervisor. It is the joint responsibility of the student and supervisor to arrange times for face-to-face contact. The supervisor is normally only available for email or face-to-face consultation during teaching weeks of each semester.Requisite and Incompatibility
You will need to contact the School of Art and Design to request a permission code to enrol in this course.
Assumed Knowledge
Students must demonstrate they have the base knowledge/skills required to carry out their proposed project.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:
- 18 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 |
|---|---|
| 18.00 | 0.37500 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2019 | $9000 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2019 | $13680 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
ANU utilises MyTimetable to enable students to view the timetable for their enrolled courses, browse, then self-allocate to small teaching activities / tutorials so they can better plan their time. Find out more on the Timetable webpage.
Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.
First Semester
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4675 | 25 Feb 2019 | 04 Mar 2019 | 31 Mar 2019 | 31 May 2019 | In Person | View |
Second Semester
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9662 | 22 Jul 2019 | 29 Jul 2019 | 31 Aug 2019 | 25 Oct 2019 | In Person | N/A |
