IDN4406 Industry placement for design
Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
IDN4406 Industry placement for design is a level 2, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, offered in 2021 in Semester 1 and Semester 2 at Caulfield. It needs CDS2001 or IDN2001.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2021
- Semester 1, Semester 2
- Caulfield
- Assessment
- No exam
- 2 tasks
This is the 2021 handbook entry. See the 2022 entry.
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Requisites
Before IDN4406
Prerequisites
Pass these before you enrol.
After IDN4406
No unit lists IDN4406 as a prerequisite in the 2021 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Prerequisite: approval from Chief Examiner, enrolment in Bachelor of Design (F2010), student to secure own placement
Overview
This unit comprises a period of department-approved industry-based work placement with a design practice relevant to your discipline. The unit requires you to experience a minimum of 96 hours of contact for the semester, but this can be undertaken in a number of modes: 8 hours per week for 12 weeks, 16 hours per week for 6 weeks, 24 hours per week for 4 weeks, and so on. The unit will provide you with valuable real-world design experience, and alert you to important studio practices such as time management, project management, client liaison, budgets, and actual creative production processes and procedures.
Offerings in 2021
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | Caulfield | Block off |
| Second semester | Caulfield | Block off |
| Trimester 2 | Caulfield | Block off |
Assessment
- Task A: Comprehensive Diary (Minor Assignment)50%
- Task B: Major Assignment50%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Perform a variety of tasks to a professional standard within a design practice;
- 2
Effectively and constructively contribute as a team-member within an collaborative design project;
- 3
Comprehend and participate in real-world design, planning and production processes;
- 4
Develop design and planning skills that will translate to on-campus studio projects;
- 5
Apply on-campus studio skills to a real-world design practice;
- 6
Observe and apply the OHSE requirements of the working environment.
Workload and teaching
- Teaching approachWork-integrated learning
- Teaching approachProfessional placement
- Teaching approachActive learning
- Teaching approachIndustry-based learning
12 hours per week including 8 contact hours plus 4 hours of independent study.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Rowan Page
- Mr Ned Culic
- Unit Coordinators
- Mr Ned Culic
- Dr Rowan Page