GA3010 - Design in Contemporary Society

Credit points:	03
Year:	2007
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:	Communication Design

Available to students enrolled in the BCommunication Design degree.

Students will explore a range of issue and topics varying from the psychology of Sigmund Freud, the structures of myths, popular music and postmodern theory, fashion and feminism, symbolic creativity and the practice of everyday life to "high" culture revisited.

Learning Outcomes

• to provide students with a map of the development of the study of popular culture across a wide field of cultural theory drawn from the postdisciplinary perspective of cultural studies. The cultural field is defined by the struggle to articulate, disarticulate and rearticulate cultural texts and practices for particular ideologies and politics.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments;
• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to lead, manage and contribute effectively to teams;
• The ability to speak and write logically, clearly and creatively;
• The ability to access and employ online technologies effectively;
• The ability to use and interpret different media;
• A coherent and disciplined body of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to use a variety of media and methods to retrieve, analyse, evaluate, organise and present information;
• A commitment to lifelong learning and intellectual development.

Prerequisites:	CV1001
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	VA3230

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 31-Aug-2007
Coord/Lect:	Mr Russ Rankin.
Contact hours:	13 hours lectures 13 hours tutorials
Assessment:	tutorial attendance and participation (30%); project/essay/presentation (40%) (40%); journal (30%) (30%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	In order to establish the authenticity of work submitted for assessment, attendance at practical classes is compulsory. Rolls are kept and work submitted by students with an attendance of less than 80% will not be eligible for assessment unless prior approval has been obtained in writing from the lecturer.

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.