Monash University Handbook 2010 Undergraduate - Unit

Synopsis

The interdisciplinary studio environment, provides through team-based project activities and problem-based learning, the application of knowledge and techniques from the students individual design disciplines, whilst solving a complex multi-faceted design problem. Offshore context requires students to respond in a conscious and critical manner to the local environment, and to exercise entrepreneurial skills to research.

Objectives

1. operate constructively as part of a team;
2. contribute as a discipline-specific designer within an interdisciplinary design context;
3. support and assist other design specialists;
4. develop observation, research and information gathering skills conducted in an unfamiliar cultural context; and
5. conduct critical enquiry and provide summative reviews of self and peers.

Assessment

Exercises and projects: 90%
Attendance and participation: 10%

Contact hours

8 studio hours and 14 hours of independent study per week.