Undergraduate - UnitIDE3812 - Transportation design 1

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2015 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
Organisational Unit	Department of Design
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2015 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Mr Liam Ferguson

Synopsis

This unit introduces the field of transportation design including materials technology, ergonomics, future trends and external influences, and transportation design history. Project work will be undertaken using the appropriate drawing and rendering techniques to initiate and present transportation concepts.

Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:

accurately sketch preliminary transportation concepts
detail their design solutions using appropriate means and materials
analyse transport design problems
understand transportation design styling terms
understand the types of materials, construction techniques, advances in engineering and technology that have recently occurred in the automotive/transportation industries
observe and employ occupational health and safety principles and rules appropriate to studio practice.