MDC5330 Collaborative design studio 3
Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
MDC5330 Collaborative design studio 3 is a level 5, 18-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, offered in 2025 in Semester 1 and Semester 2 at Caulfield. It needs MDC5230.
- Credit points
- 18
- Offered in 2025
- Semester 1, Semester 2
- Caulfield
- Assessment
- No exam
- 3 tasks
The 2027 handbook has no page for MDC5330. This is its 2025 entry, the latest one.
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Requisites
Before MDC5330
Corequisites
Pass these before, or take them in the same semester.
Prerequisites
Pass these before you enrol.
Prohibitions
You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.
- MDC5001Design project (part 3)
- MDC4001Design project (part 1)
- MDC4002Design project (part 2)
After MDC5330
No unit lists MDC5330 as a prerequisite in the 2025 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Students wanting to take the Collaborative Design specialisation need to complete either MDC4110 (Interaction Design Studio 1) or MDC4120 (Multimedia Design Studio 1) first, and then progress to MDC5230 (Collaborative Design Studio 2) and MDC5330 (Collaborative Design Studio 3)
You must be enrolled in the Master of Design (F6002)
Overview
This unit is the capstone studio to the Collaborative Design specialisation within the Master of Design. You will demonstrate the advancement of your design research and practice abilities within a highly sophisticated project developed to a professional level of accomplishment. Projects will be drawn from or based upon relevant industry or societal issues. While continuing to build on your capacity as collaborative designers, you will engage with planning tools and relevant production processes that also highlight your individual contributions to the design process. The unit engages closely with the co-requisite Exegesis unit in order to document and articulate your design process and refinement. You will engage deeply with your chosen project and are able to further develop and advance your efficacy in design.
Offerings in 2025
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | Caulfield | Blended |
| Second semester | Caulfield | Blended |
Assessment
- Project 1Project50%
- Project 2Project50%
- Project100%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Plan and organise work flow in systems relevant to industry;
- 2
Manage and organise interactions with external suppliers and expertise as required of your project;
- 3
Synthesise and articulate your design process;
- 4
Realise your design outcome(s) to a sophisticated level of production;
- 5
Understand and evaluate the efficacy of your own design concepts;
- 6
Demonstrate your individual design skills and thinking within a collaborative design process.
Workload and teaching
- Studio activities96 hours
- Teaching approachField trips
- Teaching approachPeer assisted learning
- Teaching approachEnquiry-based learning
- Teaching approachProblem-based learning
- Teaching approachActive learning
- Teaching approachCase-based teaching
- Teaching approachResearch activities
36 hours per week including 9 contact hours plus 27 hours of independent study.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Mr Jeffrey Janet
- Unit Coordinators
- Mr Dave Trickey