TAD4521

Research Methods in Design

(A&D)

6 points + Two class hours and 10 hours of independent study per week + Second semester + Caulfield + Prerequisites: Either TAD3211 or TAD3207 or TAD3217 + Core for BID and BVisComm(Hons)

Synopsis: The topics cover a wide range of areas, which may include simple techniques in information technology and efficient management of bibliographic resources, but will also extend to discussions of topics such as postmodern theory, difference studies, structuralist theory, poststructural writing, literary criticism, deconstruction, and paradoxes in the histories of otherness. Positivist paradigms of knowledge and research are critically examined for their applicability to the realm of design.

Assessment: Class paper (2000 words):30% + Class paper (4000 words:70%