UnitLevel 3Undergraduate

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.

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 periodCampusMode
First semesterCaulfieldOn campus

Assessment

  • Single project / folioProject
    100%

Learning outcomes

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

  1. 1

    Demonstrate how industrial design techniques and processes can respond to human mobility needs in a sustainable way;

  2. 2

    Accurately sketch preliminary mobility design concepts;

  3. 3

    Detail your design solutions using appropriate means and materials;

  4. 4

    Analyse mobility design problems from an energy, spatial and interactive perspective;

  5. 5

    Demonstrate understanding of mobility design concepts such as Conveyances, Ways, Ports and digital platforms;

  6. 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.

More details

Credit points
6
Level
3
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
Available
Handbook years
202320242025