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| Old Course Code | Subject Area | Catalogue Number | Long Title | Units | Description |
| IV111 | IENV | 1801 | Studio I | 2 | Studio-based projects, seminars & critiques which explore nature of information environments & introduce essential communication skills. Projects focus on application of information environments & involve aspects of imaginative perception, problem analysis |
| IV112 | IENV | 1201 | Introduction to Information Environments | 2 | Introduction, overview & history of information environments. Case studies; technical basics (networking, systems, databases, security, user interfaces, chaos theory, mental/cognitive models); professional topics (briefs, lifecycles, processes); social is |
| IV113 | IENV | 1301 | Visual Thinking | 2 | Essential design skills exercised through solving design problems. Emphasis on quickly executed sketches, diagrams, storyboards, working physical prototypes. Design form, function, useability. Exercises to develop fluent & flexible idea production. Evalua |
| IV121 | IENV | 1802 | Studio 2 | 2 | Design of information environments: studio-based projects, seminars & critiques. Use of "off the shelf" applications. Process & method in problem-briefing & analysis. Physical constraints & human needs in terms of functional, social, aesthetic & technical |
| IV123 | IENV | 1302 | Interactive Media | 2 | Design of interactive information environments using multimedia. Topics include: interactive information architectures; animation; interaction sequences; visual modelling; communication; graphic design; colour; information display; multimedia integration |
| IV211 | IENV | 2801 | Studio 3 | 2 | Design of information environments: studio-based projects, seminars & critiques. Exploration of inventiveness with regard to interpretation of context & technology. Studies focus on the Internet as an Information Environment & investigation of appropriate |
| IV212 | IENV | 2201 | Information Environments: Project Lifecycle | 2 | Introduction to professional issues in information environments: client briefs, requirement analysis, systems design & development approaches, user-participatory design & workplace studies. Introduction to, & experience with, software tools supporting des |
| IV221 | IENV | 2802 | Studio 4 | 2 | Design of information environments. Studio-based projects, seminars & critiques. Complex design programs with emphasis on analysis & response to both function & context. The effective communication of design ideas. |
| IV311 | IENV | 3801 | Studio 5 | 2 | Studio-based projects of intermediate & advanced scale & complexity, including seminars & critiques. Exploration of integration of all major information environment determinants. Final project will require comprehensive design resolution including prelim |
| IV312 | IENV | 3201 | Advanced Information Environments | 2 | Advanced coverage of information environments issues including computer-supported cooperative work, ethnographic studies, social issues & information environments design & development process. Advanced case studies. Further experience with software tools |
| IV313 | IENV | 3101 | Information Visualisation | 2 | Design & use of computer visualisation methods & models for analysis, comprehension & explanation of collections of abstract information. Visualisation principles & tools. Data visualisation & representation methods & algorithms, perceptual processes & th |
| IV321 | IENV | 3802 | Studio 6 | 2 | Final development of design skills through a major project. Issues & themes studied in IV311 extended through independent & individual analysis. Demonstration of advanced level of comprehensive resolution & critical attitude towards contemporary issues in |