Contemporary Design Issues

Week 1

Introduction To Contemporary Design Issues.

Contemporary means occurring in present time, hence contemporary design issues refers to present day problems associated with design.
This course module is designed to provide students with clear mind on how to analyse these design problems and how to critically apply themselves in solving these problems.
In the seminar students were brought to light on some terms and their origins. Terms associated with contemporary design issues were explained into detail as well.
Students were also taught the relationship between the author(creator of communication) and the audience(anyone who receives the communication) , and their purposes.
Also students were made to understand that there are two ways of passing or creating communication, active and passive.
With the aid of Harvard Referencing, students are required to build an argument on some known contemporary design issues. The argument is to follow a particular pattern which was presented to students. Also students are required to find information on their topic for argument by implementing primary and secondary researching skills. The arguments going to be presented must be well organised students are to make good referencing but at the same time provide their own possible solutions to the various design issues.
In conclusion this course is designed to provide students with the necessary skills to build arguments relating to their work and how build a reliable and viable defense for their work.