DIS1103 Digital processes for art and design 1
Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
DIS1103 Digital processes for art and design 1 is a level 1, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, offered in 2021 in Semester 1 at Caulfield. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2021
- Semester 1
- Caulfield
- Assessment
- No exam
- 4 tasks
The 2027 handbook has no page for DIS1103. This is its 2021 entry, the latest one.
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Requisites
Before DIS1103
Prohibitions
You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.
Corequisites
Pass these before, or take them in the same semester.
After DIS1103
No unit lists DIS1103 as a prerequisite in the 2021 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Prerequisite: Admission to a degree program of the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture.
Prohibition: CDS1001 or DIS1101 or DIS1102 or PHO1204
Overview
This unit encourages the creative, open and innovative use of computer-mediated art and design. You are introduced to the various software options (including drawing, painting, and image-editing software) and peripheral devices for digital acquisition, storage and output. Demonstrations and lectures are given on the techniques and capabilities of vector and pixel-based applications for both print and screen-based outcomes.
Offerings in 2021
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | Caulfield | On campus |
Assessment
- Creative project 130%
- Creative project 230%
- Creative project 330%
- Portfolio10%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Demonstrate a basic practical and critical understanding of digital imaging and its links with other media;
- 2
Access the Faculty computing resources, including access facilities with a clear understanding of appropriate health and safety studio procedures and implement these procedures within your work practice;
- 3
Competently operate a computer, familiarising yourself with operation system basics and file management;
- 4
Use peripheral devices (ie. scanners, printers) to acquire, compose and output images;
- 5
Use image editing software to skilfully create, adapt, edit, manipulate and compose images;
- 6
Apply digital imaging techniques towards the realisation of conceptualised, communicative works;
- 7
Demonstrate the foundation necessary to undertake further units in digital imaging with a view towards either specialisation or application of the media within other studio disciplines.
Workload and teaching
- Studio activities24 hours
12 hours per week including 3 contact hours plus 9 hours of independent study.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Vincent Dziekan
- Unit Coordinators
- Peter Charles
- Miss Simone Hill
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for DIS1103?
None, but you must take OHS1000 before or alongside it.
When is DIS1103 offered?
In 2021, DIS1103 runs in Semester 1 at Caulfield.
Does DIS1103 have an exam?
No. DIS1103 has 4 assessment tasks and no exam.
More details
- Credit points
- 6
- Level
- 1
- Study level
- Undergraduate
- Faculty
- Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
- Organisational unit
- Department of Design
- Type
- Coursework
- EFTSL
- 0.125
- Student contribution
- SCA Band 2
- Study abroad
- Not available
- Handbook years
- 20202021