TAD4521

Research methods in design (6 points)

(A&D)

Leader: To be advised

Offered:
Caulfield First semester 2004 (Day)
Caulfield First semester 2005 (Day)

Synopsis:

Objectives: On successful completion of this unit, students will: 1.be aware of current discourses in a range of disciplines which bear on contemporary design; 2.be able to pursue critical arguments with a sense of their ideological relativity; 3.assess the bias of an investigative method, considering gender, class and ethnicity; 4.understand methodology as a critique of method and be able to practice criticism in their chosen field; 5.be ready to explain the basis of designs or art works not merely as the outcome of practical constraints but the expression of cultural values.

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

Contact Hours: Three hours of lectures and seminars and nine hours of independent study per week

Prerequisites: Either TAD3211 or TAD3207 or TAD3217 or TAD3209