ADT301 - UX Design Studio
Unit details
| Year | 2025 unit information |
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| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online From 2026: Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online
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| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Tonya Meyrick |
| Prerequisite: | Students must have passed 1 unit from ADT201 or ADT202 and 4 credit points at level 1 |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 1 x 3-hour on-campus seminar per week |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | 1 x 3-hour online seminar per week (livestreamed, recordings provided) |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
Content
In this unit we bring together strategic and concept driven learning tasks to focus on industry-led design briefs for User Experience. This provides the opportunity to draw on the forms and functions of UX design in a context dependent environment. This encompasses challenging, testing and refining practical outcomes to enhance user comprehension and add value to set systems and tasks. Operating in a studio practice-led learning structure students will be supported in advancing their own strategically aligned projects that meet industry requirements in a constructive and positive environment.
Learning outcomes
| ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Critically examine the broader applications of UX in an evolving contemporary environment and apply this examination to client briefs | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking |
| ULO2 | Research and evaluate expectations of industry and the functions, processes, languages and materials of a range of complex design scenarios | GLO 1: Discipline- specific knowledge and capabilities GLO 5: Problem solving |
| ULO3 | Apply advanced ideation processes and practices that synthesise theory and practice to meet complex design problems through both digital and print methods | GLO 1: Discipline- specific knowledge and capabilities GLO 3: Digital literacy GLO 5: Problem solving |
Assessment
Trimester 1:| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1: Design Challenge Response | 1200 words or equivalent | 30% | Week 4 |
| Assessment 2: Concept Pitch | 1200 words or equivalent | 30% | Week 7 |
| Assessment 3: Resolved Working Prototype | 1600 words or equivalent | 40% | Week 12 |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning resource
The texts and reading list for ADT301 can be found via the University Library.
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.