This course focuses on extending digital making through an iterative process of experimentation and productive failure to develop novel solutions attuned to specific cultural, technical and conceptual constraints. Beyond introductory competency with single processes, the course is concerned with how digital and analogue processes of making can be combined and adapted for practical, creative and critical outcomes. Students develop the versatile skills and knowledge needed to navigate an ever-evolving field of digital and material fabrication.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
- design and execute extended making processes that combine and adapt digital and analogue methods;
- apply iterative experimentation, testing and productive failure to the development of resolved outcomes;
- exercise independent judgement in selecting, adapting and refining processes appropriate to an extended project and its constraints; and
- critically position their own practice, through peer seminar discussion, within contemporary discourse on digital and material fabrication.
Other Information
This course requires you to be inducted into the ANU MakerSpace facilities in order to access specialist equipment. https://makerspace.anu.edu.au/ Specified university computer labs will provide access to essential software. You are required to open an account with AutoDesk for a free student subscription to Fusion360. While not required it is highly recommended to have a personal laptop and mouse to complete the digital fabrication tasks.
Indicative Assessment
- Technical studies and process experiments (25) [LO 1,2]
- Project proposal and seminar presentationExample format: Document and accompanying presentation of ~1000 words. (15) [LO 3,4]
- Major projectExample format: Final physical works, digital files, formative drafts and process works. (45) [LO 1,2,3]
- Critical documentation and reflectionExample format: Illustrated A4 document of ~1000 words (approximately 6 A4 pages). (15) [LO 3,4]
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Workload
130 hours of total student learning time made up from:
a) 36 hours of contact comprising lectures, workshops and workshop-like activities.
b) 94 hours of independent student practice and research.
Inherent Requirements
No specific inherent requirements have been identified for this course.
Requisite and Incompatibility
Prescribed Texts
No compulsory texts. Readings will be published on the course Canvas site.
Preliminary Reading
Refer to Canvas
Assumed Knowledge
Foundational software literacy.
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
Commonwealth Support (CSP) Students
If you have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). More information about your student contribution amount for each course at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 12
- Unit value:
- 6 units
If you are a domestic graduate coursework student with a Domestic Tuition Fee (DTF) place or international student you will be required to pay course tuition fees (see below). Course tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2027 | $4320 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2027 | $6000 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
ANU utilises MyTimetable to enable students to view the timetable for their enrolled courses, browse, then self-allocate to small teaching activities / tutorials so they can better plan their time. Find out more on the Timetable webpage.
Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.
Second Semester
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10413 | 26 Jul 2027 | 02 Aug 2027 | 31 Aug 2027 | 29 Oct 2027 | In Person | N/A |