Course overview
This course will require students to engage with professional practitioners, business, industry and government organisations in the development of design projects. To professionalise student design knowledge and expertise through experiential studio projects and direct industry engagement. Students will apply their specialised knowledge through individualised creative and industry-oriented projects to a professional standard. Student projects will involve work integrated opportunities, projects involving external stakeholders; professionally oriented projects; projects based on competition or award briefs. Through direct interaction with industry alongside project-based approaches, students will gain insight into the expected professional behaviour of a design practitioner.
Course learning outcomes
- Apply entrepreneurial professional skills and knowledge to a Professional Studio Environment
- Produce projects, material and documentation at a professional standard
- Employ strategies for effective, ethical and productive collaboration
- Analyse and evaluate professional knowledge in a studio environment
- Identify commercial opportunities and expectations in disciplinary field of practice
- Demonstrate critical and reflective approaches to individual practice