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Unit Summary

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit

Credit points

12

AQF level

7

Level of learning

Intermediate

Former School/College

Former School of Arts and Social Sciences

Pre-requisites

ART10094 - Digital Art and Design I

Unit aim

Develops the practical skills and critical understanding of digital imaging through the production of a portfolio. Explores the design concepts and processes associated with contemporary publications with an emphasis on the use of typography.

Unit content

  • Publication design and page layout
  • Analysis and critique of publications
  • Design in context
  • Typography with manipulated imagery
  • File preparation for various outputs

Learning outcomes

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.

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On completion of this unit, students should be able to: GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 produce publications and imagery appropriate to visual art and design
2 effectively integrate work developed on appropriate software applications into one artwork
3 demonstrate an extended capacity to integrate typographic and pictorial imagery
4 critically appraise their own publication material and the work of others
5 show evidence of the development of ideas and skills towards final artworks.

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

  1. produce publications and imagery appropriate to visual art and design
    • GA2:
  2. effectively integrate work developed on appropriate software applications into one artwork
    • GA4:
  3. demonstrate an extended capacity to integrate typographic and pictorial imagery
    • GA4:
  4. critically appraise their own publication material and the work of others
    • GA1:
  5. show evidence of the development of ideas and skills towards final artworks.
    • GA2: