Graphic Design: Information & Interface (DPSS90013)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Southbank)
Overview
| Availability | Semester 2 |
|---|---|
| Fees | Look up fees |
Graphic Design: Information & Interface enables students to further develop their emergent design practice by addressing complex design challenges and engaging with a variety of formats. Innovation and strategic thinking are required to produce refined design and communication solutions.
Students will enhance their proficiency with analogue and digital techniques, tackling complex design challenges across formats and interfaces.
They will explore, select, and apply advanced design techniques and materials, enhancing their creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills. They will learn to convey compelling narratives through visual storytelling in diverse contexts.
Through project specific workshops and activities, students will be supported in developing their skills. These experiences, along with ongoing feedback and self-reflection, will enable students to critically assess their work and articulate informed rationales for both their design and material decisions, ultimately achieving professional standards in their practice.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- select and utilise appropriate technical skills for the realisation of graphic design outcomes;
- apply innovative and strategic thinking to create refined visual communication solutions, demonstrating a clear understanding of design conventions and articulating informed rationales for design choices;
- collaborate productively with others, demonstrating strong communication and teamwork skills;
- convey complex narratives effectively through visual design.
Generic skills
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- develop advanced skills and techniques applicable to the discipline;
- demonstrate well-developed problem-solving abilities in the discipline area, characterised by flexibility of approach;
- manage competing demands on time, including self-directed project work;
- exemplify the values arising from participation in projects requiring team-work.
Last updated: 4 March 2025
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
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: 4 March 2025
Assessment
| Description | Timing | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Applied technical project A
| Early in the teaching period | 20% |
Applied technical project B
| Throughout the teaching period | 40% |
Practical project
| During the assessment period | 40% |
| Hurdle requirement: Students must attend a minimum of 75% of all scheduled classes. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Last updated: 4 March 2025
Dates & times
- Semester 2
Coordinator Marion Schaberl Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 36 hours, comprising one 3-hour workshop per week Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 28 July 2025 to 26 October 2025 Last self-enrol date 8 August 2025 Census date 1 September 2025 Last date to withdraw without fail 26 September 2025 Assessment period ends 21 November 2025 Semester 2 contact information
Marion Schaberl: marion.schaberl@unimelb.edu.au
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Last updated: 4 March 2025
Further information
- Texts
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Design and Production Specialisation (formal) Graphic Design
Last updated: 4 March 2025