Course overview
This course focuses on the preparation of design professionals to enter industry practice. Students will consolidate their learning in both design practice and theory to develop effective graphic communication design outcomes demonstrating advanced skills in conceptual thinking, typography, image design, critical analysis and design research, in response to varying demands and situations. All work will be independent and self-directed with critical feedback provided by peers, staff and industry professionals. Students will be expected to practice professional levels of conduct with understanding of the social and ethical role of designers, encouraging and challenging them to create works suitable for submission to national and international communication design awards, and the preparation of an industry-standard portfolio.
- Career Development
- Professional practice
Course learning outcomes
- Apply creative, iterative and critical thinking to address diverse communication tasks.
- Synthesise information to evaluate the suitability of industry-level design propositions relative to context.
- Generate design responses that communicate visually using advanced skills in typography.
- Analyse and evaluate social, ethical, and environmental impacts and responsibilities to professional design practice.
- Generate design responses that communicate visually using advanced skills in graphic and image design.
- Evaluate and integrate appropriate design methods suitable to purpose.