Course detail

Workshop - Diploma Seminar I

FSI-YSZAcad. year: 2011/2012

Students work out analyses on a given theme of a diploma project, sort out and assess information material, define current trend of the product and its development in the coming 5–10 years. Students work out developmental, technical and design analyses of the topic and work with professional literature.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. arch. Jan Rajlich

Department

Institute of Machine and Industrial Design (ÚK)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

The analysis of design assignment, scientific assortment and making the supporting documentation of a design project, evaluation and analysis of the design, including graphic and typographic lay-out.

Prerequisites

Design theory, ergonomics, lay-out of printed matters, etc. and especially a portfolio of own design projects. The course is connected with a course YPP Workshop - pre-diploma project.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Graded course-unit credit requirements: attendance in lessons, meeting assigned projects deadlines.
Resulting evaluation consists of evaluations on projects. In total it will be possible to aquire 100 points. Resulting classification will be defined by the ECTS scale.
If some of the projects are awarded less than half of the maximum pts., final evaluation of the course is "failed".
According to the article No. 13 of Study and Examination Rules of Brno University of Technology ECTS evaluation degree scale is used. . If some of the projects are awarded less than 50 pts., final evaluation of the course is "failed". The course is evaluated with the following grades: ECTS EVALUATION DEGREES / PTS. RATING / NUMERIC RATING: A / 100 - 90 / 1 / Excellent; B /89 - 80 / 1,5 / Very good; C / 79 - 70 / 2 / Good; D / 69 - 60 / Satisfactory; E / 59 - 50 / Sufficient; F / 49 - 0 / 4 / Failed.

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The course objective is to analyse the assignment of the diploma project, the theoretical bases and to learn how to make documentation, analysis and evaluation of the design.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

The attendance in workshop is controlled. Students have to be present in scheduled hours in the workshop, work on assigned projects and wait for consultation, unless a lecturer gives other individual plan. Students are obliged to inform the lecturer in advance about his/her working-place in the scheduled education time (studio, workshops, modelling room or college dormitory, home, producer etc.) - as absence is not excused without this information. The excuse of absence is possible only due serious reasons such as illness. Unexcused absence may jeopardise accepting a project.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Johnson M.: Problem solved. - London : Phaidon, 2002.
Laurel B.: Design Research, Methods and Perspectives.Cambridge : MIT, 2003.

Recommended reading

Muller-Brockmann, J.: Grid systems in Graphic Design. - Niederteufen : Arthur Niggli, 1981.
Šalda J.: Od rukopisu ke knize a časopisu.
Ecco, U.: Jak napsat diplomovou práci.
Black R.: Desktop Design power. - New York : Bantam Books, 1991.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme M2A-P Master's

    branch M-PDS , 2. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

labs and studios

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. arch. Jan Rajlich
Ing. Dana Rubínová, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Assignment of the written seminar report - i.e. analysis of the diploma project assignment;
2. Looking for the documentation, information and literature 1;
3. Looking for the documentation, information and literature 2;
4. Documentation evaluation (analysis);
5. Rules of skilled text and citation writing;
6. Syllabus of work;
7. Rules of skilled text typographic adjustment;
8. Documentation and texts processing 1;
9. Documentation and texts processing 2;
10. Documentation and texts processing 3;
11. Pages lay-out processing;
12. Completion of pages lay-out of written seminar report;
13. Handing over the written seminar report.