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Area/Catalogue
VSAR 1102

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Course Level
Undergraduate

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Offered Externally
No

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Course ID
100969

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Unit Value
4.5

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University-wide elective course
No

Course owner

Course owner
UniSA Creative

Course aim

To encourage students to think in critical ways about design, to understand how visual arguments are produced in culture and society, and to develop their skills in communicating effectively using appropriate approaches and formats.

Course content

Students will develop skills in understanding how visual arguments are constituted in culture and society, and explore modes of representation and meaning production. Students will develop a basis for understanding and reading visual culture as it relates to design practice; methods for decoding the language of visual communication and gain insight into critical social perspectives.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Seminar 1 hour x 12 weeks
Tutorial 1 hour x 12 weeks
INTERNAL, CITY WEST (INTENSIVE)
Seminar 4 hours x 6 sessions

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.


Assessment

Project

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 1)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
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Non-award enrolment
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.

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