COURSE INFORMATION
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The Master in Two Dimensional and Digital Design is designed to provide a programme of study for postgraduate students and industry practitioners who seek to develop skills in the discipline of design, using the digital media as both a production and as a creative tool.
The Master in Two Dimensional and Digital Design is designed to provide graduates with advanced technical and conceptual skills in Graphic Design in order to further their career prospects. It offers students the opportunity to realise an advanced application of their skills in the production of a major piece of sustained work.
The aim of the course is to provide knowledge of communication theories and their application in visual culture through the new media technologies.
Objectives
On completion of this course graduates should be able to;
- Demonstrate knowledge of contemporary visual cultural practices.
- Demonstrate a professional competency in their chosen medium or media.
- Apply this knowledge according to the design industry's ideas of best practice.
- Apply critical and analytical models that will further facilitate professional engagement with design practices.
Entrance Requirements
This programme is vocationally oriented towards the design industry. A degree or previous industry experience is required for entry. It is normal that an applicant will have a minimum of five years appropriate professional experience if they do not hold an undergraduate degree.
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| YEAR ONE - SEMESTER 1 |
| VIS4101 |
Visual Communication Studies |
15 | | VIS4102 |
Design Thinking |
15 | | IMM4120 |
Introduction to Digital Technologies and Multimedia * |
15 | | IMM4123 |
Interactive Multimedia Authoring 1 |
15 | | |
| * Students with a sound understanding of basic digital technologies may substitute one from the following in place of IMM4120. |
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| VIS4103 |
Visual Solutions and Presentation |
15 | | IMM4121 |
Digital Photomedia |
15 | | IMM4122 |
Publishing on the World Wide Web |
15 | | IMM4224 |
Three Dimensional Modelling and Animation |
15 | | |
| YEAR ONE - SEMESTER 2 |
| CMM4137 |
Project Preparation |
15 | | |
| Plus three units selected from : |
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| IMM4125 |
Interface and Information Design |
15 | | IMM4226 |
Interactive Multimedia Authoring 2 |
15 | | VIS4204 |
Analytical and Critical Report |
15 | | VIS4205 |
Typography Project |
15 | | VIS4206 |
Image/Text Project |
15 | | VIS4207 |
Pictorial Project |
15 | | |
| YEAR TWO - SEMESTER 1 |
| CMM5111 |
Convergences |
20 | | | Or |
| VIS5101 |
Visual Arts Studio 1 |
20 | | | Plus |
| CMM5222 |
Communications Project 1 |
20 | | | CMM5223 |
Communications Project 2 |
20 | | | |
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| Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005) | | | For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes, Graduate Attributes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Student Equity, Diversity and Disability Service website: | | http://intranet.ecu.edu.au/student/support/student-equity |
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Last Updated - Higher Education: 3/31/2006 VET: 3/31/2006
