MA in Communication Studies

Course Details

Course Information Package

Course Unit TitlePRESENTATION STRATEGIES OF DESIGN PROJECTS AND WRITTEN DISSERTATIONS
Course Unit CodeBACOM13
Course Unit Details
Number of ECTS credits allocated2
Learning Outcomes of the course unitBy the end of the course, the students should be able to:
  1. Identify all the stages of the research and preparation of the final project and the type of drawings and that are required.
  2. Illustrate all the possibilities of the presentation options of the final drawings of the thesis. Construct the placement on the paper of the information that needs to be conveyed in an orderly and logical fashion.
  3. Investigate the written research essay that accompanies the final diploma drawings and indicate how this will be used concurrently with the drawings to enhance, interpret and explain the process of the subject research and ideation.
  4. Recognize and present the research to composition process and relate it in presentation form on paper, and in a compact written way
  5. Describe and present the final product in a verbal presentation with the aid of power point, drawings and models
  6. Explore, evaluate, synthesize and argue issues of aesthetic, technical, cultural, etc. resulting during the design, individually or in groups.
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
PrerequisitesNONECo-requisitesBAARCH10
Recommended optional program componentsNONE
Course Contents

Introduction to the presentation techniques: The architectural tools ie drawings/models 3Ds etc, and methods that are used to present a  final project.

Written part of the research/design: Investigate the written research essay that accompanies the final diploma drawings

Power point presentations:

The techniques of presentation of the design process 

Presentation of the composition process: Present the thought and research behind the composition processes and the relations of the process to the final product in presentation form .

Perception of all parameters affecting the preparation of a study and its impact on the cost in time and the quality of the study: Requirements on time, co-ordination of the design/drawing process.

Recommended and/or required reading:
Textbooks
    No specific textbook required
References
  • Various.
Planned learning activities and teaching methodsThe course is taught through lectures conducted through power point presentations and numerous examples that are presented and then analysed to identify good and bad techniques. Lectures notes and the presentations are available to the students in electronic form. Lectures are supplemented with recently graduated architects presentations, in order for the students to view the process and the final result, seeing in real life, potential problems that might have risen during the preparation of the thesis.
Assessment methods and criteria
Class participation 10%
Mid term exam 30%
Final assignment 60%
Language of instructionGreek
Work placement(s)NO

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