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Visual Communications (ABPL20048)
Undergraduate level 2Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Semester 1
Email: lindyaj@unimelb.edu.au
Overview
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This elective subject in the Environments degree will help students understand, digest and communicate visual information. Students will be trained using clear and concise methods to become visually literate using creative information skills and techniques which will be taught to create and shape meaning of ever-expanding databases and information.
Students will learn how to create and read flow charts, landscape diagrams, schematics and technical illustrations and make information easier to understand. This will apply across all environments streams.
The subject will demonstrate functions and depict sequences of hierarchies, associations, relationships, interconnections and links with many diverse approaches suitable for application in diverse disciplines.
Course content will develop graphic skills gained through lectures and practice during tutorials to encourage personal expression, visual interpretation of materials and understanding your world. Students will select modules to develop specific skills.
Intended learning outcomes
The Visual Communication subject will provide the necessary skills to visually communicate critical and analytical thinking for the identification and resolution of problems. The subject will teach diagrammatic and visual means to clarify complex issues.
The subject will offer a series of modules, such as the following, so students can choose those most relevant to their needs:
Students will choose three modules.
Students will develop skills to convey information and its expression through the practical application of graphical skills and Information Communication technology.
Students will learn how to create flow charts, landscape diagrams, schematics and technical illustrations and make information easier to understand.
- computer aided drafting
- computer 3D modelling
- digital photography and image manipulation
- Digital presentation layouts
- Web design Digital drawing
- Watercolour
- Life drawing
- Model making
- Professional presentations and concepts
Generic skills
- Multi-disciplinary collaborative skills.
- Appreciation of visual communication skills.
- Demonstrate innovation and creativity.
- Become familiar with State-of-the-Art graphic and IT skills.
The subject will apply across all environments streams.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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ABPL10003 | Visualising Environments |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
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12.5 |
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Additional details
Freehand, constructed and digital drawing exercises held both outdoors and in the studio (100% or equivalent to 4000 words). Time commitment for each of 12 weekly assignments is approximately 8-10 hours per week.
- 12 weekly analogue or digital drawing or modelling assignments, each worth 5% (hurdle requirement);
- Folio submission, week 12, 40%(hurdle requirement);
Hurdle requirement: Submission of the final Folio containing all work is hurdle requirement, not submission may result in failing the subject.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Lindy Joubert Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 50 hours: 32 hours contact time in lecture and studio +18 hours for modules Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 27 February 2017 to 28 May 2017 Last self-enrol date 10 March 2017 Census date 31 March 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 May 2017 Assessment period ends 23 June 2017 Semester 1 contact information
Email: lindyaj@unimelb.edu.au
Time commitment details
170 hours
Additional delivery details
- 32 hours contact time in lecture and studio plus 18 hours for modules = 50 contact hours per semester
- One hour lecture and three hour studio (classwork) for first eight weeks.
- Plus three modules per semester selected by students using a ballot system with cap numbers.
- Each module will run for three hours per session, two sessions for each module, making a total of eighteen hours of modules to be undertaken in addition to the core lecture and studio time.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Informal specialisation Non- allowed Breadth Subjects within the Bachelor of Design - relating to specific majors Informal specialisation Environments Discipline subjects - Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 3 November 2022