IDN3812 Sustainable mobility design 1
Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
IDN3812 Sustainable mobility design 1 is a level 3, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, offered in 2025 in Semester 1 at Caulfield. It needs DGN1000 or COL1001 and unlocks 1 unit, leading on to 2 units in all.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2025
- Semester 1
- Caulfield
- Assessment
- No exam
- 1 task
The 2027 handbook has no page for IDN3812. This is its 2025 entry, the latest one.
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Requisites
Before IDN3812
Corequisites
Pass these before, or take them in the same semester.
Prohibitions
You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.
Prerequisites
Pass these before you enrol.
After IDN3812
1 unit list IDN3812 as a prerequisite or corequisite.
Overview
This unit enables the creation of design solutions for human mobility and transport challenges as interpreted through the lens of a sustainable framework. You will undertake a studio project approach that engages with a decarbonised, environmentally sensitive, and socially equitable perspective. Within this approach you will make a studio response with drawing, computer imagery and other modelling techniques to represent sustainable mobility designs.
Offerings in 2025
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | Caulfield | On campus |
Assessment
- Single project / folioProject100%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Demonstrate how industrial design techniques and processes can respond to human mobility needs in a sustainable way;
- 2
Accurately sketch preliminary mobility design concepts;
- 3
Detail your design solutions using appropriate means and materials;
- 4
Analyse mobility design problems from an energy, spatial and interactive perspective;
- 5
Demonstrate understanding of mobility design concepts such as Conveyances, Ways, Ports and digital platforms;
- 6
Engage with the types of materials, construction techniques, advances in engineering and technology associated with mobility industries.
Workload and teaching
- Studio activities36 hours
- Teaching approachOnline learning
- Teaching approachResearch activities
- Teaching approachIndustry-based learning
- Teaching approachEnquiry-based learning
- Teaching approachCase-based teaching
- Teaching approachPeer assisted learning
- Teaching approachActive learning
- Teaching approachProblem-based learning
12 hours per week including 3 contact hours plus 9 hours of independent study.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Robbie Napper
- Unit Coordinators
- Associate Professor Selby Coxon
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for IDN3812?
You need DGN1000 or COL1001 before you enrol; and OHS1000 before or alongside it.
What can I take after IDN3812?
IDN3812 is a prerequisite or corequisite for 1 unit, including IDN3813. Those lead on to 2 units in all.
When is IDN3812 offered?
In 2025, IDN3812 runs in Semester 1 at Caulfield.
Does IDN3812 have an exam?
No. IDN3812 has 1 assessment task and no exam.