197434

Design Awards and Competitions

In this studio course you will develop a response to a top-level national or international design brief, award, or competition. You must apply for a specific offered module appropriate to your design specialisation or propose a competition brief to a supervising faculty member. All modules extend your skills in design research, conceptual development and advanced technical application, so that you can produce a high calibre award or competition entry.

Course code

Qualifications are made up of courses. Some universities call these papers. Each course is numbered using six digits.

197434

Level

The fourth number of the course code shows the level of the course. For example, in course 219206, the fourth number is a 2, so it is a 200-level course (usually studied in the second year of full-time study).

400-level

Credits

Each course is worth a number of credits. You combine courses (credits) to meet the total number of credits needed for your qualification.

15

Subject

Art and Design Studies

Course planning information

Course notes

Modules on offer, Semester 1 2022/2023:

Offering S1B1 (Semester one early compressed):
International Society of Typographic Designers: Develop work to be considered for submission to an external international assessment to gain membership in this prestigious society. For visual communication design students with prior learning in typography.
Appropriate Prior Study: 222.158, 222.248, 222.357. Contact: Annette O’Sullivan; Fay McAlpine.

Offering S1B2 (Semester one mid compressed):
Fashion Competitions, Awards and Exhibition: Enter World of Wearable Arts (WOW), Miromoda, Hand & Lock, ECC Student Craft Design Awards, or other approved fashion-focused competition/award opportunities to design and make a wearable outcome. Predominately for Fashion and Textile Design students, but students from other design disciplines may apply and will be considered on a case by case basis.
Appropriate Prior Study: 212.358 or 223.358. Contact: Sue Prescott.

Prerequisite courses

Complete first
Appraisal Required

You need to complete the above course or courses before moving onto this one.

Learning outcomes

What you will learn. Knowledge, skills and attitudes you’ll be able to show as a result of successfully finishing this course.

  • 1 Demonstrate a thorough understanding of the relationship between creative work, audiences, and clients, in response to extrinsic entry, selection and judging criteria. (Graduate Profile: Connectedness - Whanaungatanga A3)
  • 2 Be intellectually curious and adaptable, developing own creative approach to accommodate risk and uncertainty. (Graduate Profile: Creativity - Toi B1)
  • 3 Initiate and contribute to innovative developments in creative practice and research. (Graduate Profile: Creativity - Toi C3)
  • 4 Combine technical excellence with intellectual and conceptual rigour to produce high quality creative outputs. (Graduate Profile: Virtuosity - Mohio D2)
  • 5 Interact effectively, ethically and professionally with others with sophisticated communication and presentation skills. (Graduate Profile: Connectedness - Whanaungatanga E2)

Learning outcomes can change before the start of the semester you are studying the course in.

Assessments

Assessment Learning outcomes assessed Weighting
Creative compositions 1 2 3 4 5 100%

Assessment weightings can change up to the start of the semester the course is delivered in.

You may need to take more assessments depending on where, how, and when you choose to take this course.

Explanation of assessment types

Computer programmes
Computer animation and screening, design, programming, models and other computer work.
Creative compositions
Animations, films, models, textiles, websites, and other compositions.
Exam College or GRS-based (not centrally scheduled)
An exam scheduled by a college or the Graduate Research School (GRS). The exam could be online, oral, field, practical skills, written exams or another format.
Exam (centrally scheduled)
An exam scheduled by Assessment Services (centrally) – you’ll usually be told when and where the exam is through the student portal.
Oral or performance or presentation
Debates, demonstrations, exhibitions, interviews, oral proposals, role play, speech and other performances or presentations.
Participation
You may be assessed on your participation in activities such as online fora, laboratories, debates, tutorials, exercises, seminars, and so on.
Portfolio
Creative, learning, online, narrative, photographic, written, and other portfolios.
Practical or placement
Field trips, field work, placements, seminars, workshops, voluntary work, and other activities.
Simulation
Technology-based or experience-based simulations.
Test
Laboratory, online, multi-choice, short answer, spoken, and other tests – arranged by the school.
Written assignment
Essays, group or individual projects, proposals, reports, reviews, writing exercises, and other written assignments.

Textbooks needed

Textbooks can change. We recommend you wait until at least seven weeks before the semester starts to buy your textbooks.

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