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Unit of Study DES10636 - History of Design and Technology (2018)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    UG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    12

  • AQF level

    7

  • Level of learning

    Intermediate

  • Former School/College

  • Enrolment information

    Available to Education students and Education University Wide Major students only.


Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 list and summarise historical and contemporary Western design themes across a range of disciplines from Renaissance to the 2000s, and the interrelationship of design themes and the societal circumstances in which they arise
2 list and summarise the use and significance of design and technology in Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and other Indigenous communities then summarise the interrelationship of design themes and the societal circumstances in which they arise
3 critically analyse the implications of new and emerging technologies and the interrelationship with environmental sustainability in a globalised context.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. list and summarise historical and contemporary Western design themes across a range of disciplines from Renaissance to the 2000s, and the interrelationship of design themes and the societal circumstances in which they arise
    • GA4:
  2. list and summarise the use and significance of design and technology in Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and other Indigenous communities then summarise the interrelationship of design themes and the societal circumstances in which they arise
    • GA4:
    • GA7:
  3. critically analyse the implications of new and emerging technologies and the interrelationship with environmental sustainability in a globalised context.
    • GA1:

Prescribed learning resources

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  • No prescribed texts.

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