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DGN19043D modelling fundamentals

UnitLevel 1|6 credit points|Art, Design and Architecture

This unit introduces you to 3D modelling within art and design studio practices. It builds sequentially upon the skills and knowledge of 3D design and imaging by providing a focus upon the practice and potential of 3D computer-generated...

Semester 1Semester 2Caulfield

ARC1102Architectural performance 1

UnitLevel 1|6 credit points|Art, Design and Architecture

This unit introduces fundamental principles of sustainable architectural design focusing on the investigation and combination of appropriate materials, structures, fabrication methods and component systems as they apply to building...

Semester 2Caulfield

ARC1301Architecture communications 1

UnitLevel 1|6 credit points|Art, Design and Architecture

This unit introduces concepts and techniques for the representation of architectural ideas in two and three dimensions including drawing, model making and computer aided drafting (CAD). The fundamental technical and compositional skills...

Semester 1Caulfield

ARC1001Architecture foundation studio 1

UnitLevel 1|12 credit points|Art, Design and Architecture

This unit introduces architectural design as a process of investigation, critical observation, and experimentation. The unit focuses on design as a process engaged with the three-dimensional and material testing of ideas. Projects will be...

Semester 1Caulfield

ARC1002Architecture foundation studio 2

UnitLevel 1|12 credit points|Art, Design and Architecture

This unit builds on the basic architectural knowledge and skills attained in Architecture foundation studio 1, and introduces you to a further level of complexity in the processes of investigation, critical observation, and experiment. The...

Semester 2Caulfield

COL1002Collaborative design studio 2

UnitLevel 1|12 credit points|Art, Design and Architecture

Collaborative Design 2 introduces you to design as a way of exploring real-world and speculative challenges across social, cultural, environmental, technological, and economic dimensions. Through a thematic line of inquiry, you will engage...

Semester 2Caulfield

CDS1002Communication design studio 2

UnitLevel 1|12 credit points|Art, Design and Architecture

This unit introduces you to design principles and industry-specific tools and practices (e.g., typography, layout and composition, image creation, user experience, and time-based design) as key components of communication design. You will...

Semester 2Caulfield

AHT1202Curating: Introduction

UnitLevel 1|6 credit points|Art, Design and Architecture

This unit introduces you to the field of curating and its role within the broader ecology of the art world. You will examine the role of the curator, the work of museums and galleries, and the contributions of staff such as conservators,...

Semester 1Caulfield

TDN1002Design and the avant-garde

UnitLevel 1|6 credit points|Art, Design and Architecture

In this unit, you will explore the history of European Modernism and its influence on visual communication, industrial design, and spatial design, recognising key movements and their ideological, political, and cultural foundations. You...

Semester 2Summer BCaulfield

DGN1000Design studio 1

UnitLevel 1|12 credit points|Art, Design and Architecture

Design studio 1 immerses you in both the creative and critical aspects of design. Through hands-on exploration - drawing, photography, digital imaging, paper crafting, and 3D mixed media modelling - you’ll develop an understanding of how...

Semester 1Semester 2CaulfieldIndonesia

DGN1602Digital design drawing

UnitLevel 1|6 credit points|Art, Design and Architecture

In this unit, you explore the practice of combining drawing techniques and media through experimental methods. You are introduced to principles of subject framing, selection of appropriate viewpoints, and the combination of multiple views....

Semester 1Semester 2Caulfield

DWG1201Drawing: Introduction

UnitLevel 1|6 credit points|Art, Design and Architecture

An intensive program facilitating the acquisition and development of practical and intellectual skills required by art and design students in the practice of drawing. This unit explores the ways drawing methodologies can contribute to the...

Semester 1Semester 2Caulfield

FEH1001Exchange art and design unit

UnitLevel 1|6 credit points|Art, Design and Architecture

This unit is used by the Faculty of Art and Design to enrol students undertaking outbound exchange studies at a host institution. Students will not be able to enrol in this unit via WES. The faculty will manage the enrolment of students...

Semester 1Semester 2Overseas

FEH1002Exchange art and design unit

UnitLevel 1|6 credit points|Art, Design and Architecture

This unit is used by the Faculty of Art and Design to enrol students undertaking outbound exchange studies at a host institution. Students will not be able to enrol in this unit via WES. The faculty will manage the enrolment of students...

Semester 1Semester 2Overseas

FEH1003Exchange art and design unit

UnitLevel 1|6 credit points|Art, Design and Architecture

This unit is used by the Faculty of Art and Design to enrol students undertaking outbound exchange studies at a host institution. Students will not be able to enrol in this unit via WES. The faculty will manage the enrolment of students...

Semester 1Semester 2Overseas

FEH1004Exchange art and design unit

UnitLevel 1|6 credit points|Art, Design and Architecture

This unit is used by the Faculty of Art and Design to enrol students undertaking outbound exchange studies at a host institution. Students will not be able to enrol in this unit via WES. The faculty will manage the enrolment of students...

Semester 1Semester 2Overseas

BLK1000Indigenous Australian creative practice and ways of knowing

UnitLevel 1|6 credit points|Art, Design and Architecture

The word 'Blak' by Kuku and Erub/Mer multi-disciplinary artist Destiny Deacon differentiates itself from 'Black' as it enables Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to have a collective identifier to express and locate themselves...

Semester 1Semester 2Caulfield

IDN1002Industrial design studio 2

UnitLevel 1|12 credit points|Art, Design and Architecture

This unit deepens your understanding of the relationship between design, production, and manufacturing processes. Through hands-on studio explorations, you will investigate how production methods and material choices impact the design of...

Semester 2Caulfield

ADA1011Interdisciplinary studies 1

UnitLevel 1|6 credit points|Art, Design and Architecture

This interdisciplinary studies unit will engage with complex contemporary challenges via project-based activities and problem-based learning. You will apply knowledge, techniques and methodologies from your individual disciplines in...

OHS1000Introduction to art and design health and safety

UnitLevel 1|Art, Design and Architecture

This is an online module in Moodle. A quick and easy introduction to occupational health, safety and environmental training within the context of courses and units offered by the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture.

Summer ASemester 1WinterSemester 2Summer BCaulfieldIndonesia