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Faculty of Education and Arts

School: Communications and Arts

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Inquiry for Garment

  • Unit Code

    FAS1102

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This unit encourages an exploration into design for the body and garment. Students will use traditional and contemporary processes to investigate ideas of the body/object/image, and relationships between them. The aim is to develop basic design principals and ideas through a variety of practical and contextual projects. This visual enquiry is supported with associated cultural, historical and contemporary research into international art, fashion and popular culture.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Construct work that explores possibilities for garment through body, object and image; and,
  2. Create a range of design possibilities by manipulating a variety of materials and processes.
  3. Generate and develop design ideas through visual research methodologies.
  4. Identify and solve a range of problems related to visual enquiry and design development.
  5. Present work through oral discussion and appropriate use of communication technology.

Unit Content

  1. Contextual investigation for image, body and garment.
  2. Drawing, collage and digital processes for design development.
  3. Historical and contemporary investigation into form and silhouette of the body and garment.
  4. Ideas development through visual enquiry.
  5. Manipulation of materials.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, demonstrations and workshops.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Creative WorkCreative project (part A)40%
Creative WorkCreative project (part B)40%
JournalVisual diary20%

Text References

  • Teunissen, J., & Brand, J. (Eds.). (2004). The ideal woman. Amsterdam: Sun Publishers.
  • Rudofsky, B. (1971). The unfashionable human body. New York: Doubleday & Co, Inc.
  • Koda, H. (2001). Extreme beauty: The body transformed. London: Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  • Celant, G. (1996). Biennale di Firenza: Looking at fashion. Milan: Skira.
  • Caws, M. A. (2004). Surrealism. New York: Phaidon Press.
  • Brand, J., Teunissen, J., van der Zwaag, A., & van den Berg, N. (Eds.). (2006). The power of fashion: About design and meaning. The Netherlands: Terra & ArtEZPress.

Website References

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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Faculty of Education and Arts

School: Communications and Arts

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Inquiry for Garment

  • Unit Code

    FAS1102

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This unit encourages an exploration into design for the body and garment. Students will use traditional and contemporary processes to investigate ideas of the body/object/image, and relationships between them. The aim is to develop basic design principals and ideas through a variety of practical and contextual projects. This visual enquiry is supported with associated cultural, historical and contemporary research into international art, fashion and popular culture.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Construct work that explores possibilities for garment through body, object and image; and,
  2. Create a range of design possibilities by manipulating a variety of materials and processes.
  3. Generate and develop design ideas through visual research methodologies.
  4. Identify and solve a range of problems related to visual enquiry and design development.
  5. Present work through oral discussion and appropriate use of communication technology.

Unit Content

  1. Contextual investigation for image, body and garment.
  2. Drawing, collage and digital processes for design development.
  3. Historical and contemporary investigation into form and silhouette of the body and garment.
  4. Ideas development through visual enquiry.
  5. Manipulation of materials.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, demonstrations and workshops.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Creative WorkCreative project (part A)40%
Creative WorkCreative project (part B)40%
JournalVisual diary20%

Text References

  • Teunissen, J., & Brand, J. (Eds.). (2004). The ideal woman. Amsterdam: Sun Publishers.
  • Rudofsky, B. (1971). The unfashionable human body. New York: Doubleday & Co, Inc.
  • Koda, H. (2001). Extreme beauty: The body transformed. London: Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  • Celant, G. (1996). Biennale di Firenza: Looking at fashion. Milan: Skira.
  • Caws, M. A. (2004). Surrealism. New York: Phaidon Press.
  • Brand, J., Teunissen, J., van der Zwaag, A., & van den Berg, N. (Eds.). (2006). The power of fashion: About design and meaning. The Netherlands: Terra & ArtEZPress.

Website References

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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