Part A: Course Overview
Course Title: Sustainable Colour
Credit Points: 12.00
Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
GRAP2868 |
Brunswick Campus |
Undergraduate |
350H Fashion & Textiles |
Face-to-Face |
Sem 2 2022, Sem 2 2023, Sem 2 2024, Sem 1 2025 |
Course Coordinator: Verity Prideaux
Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 9245
Course Coordinator Email: verity.prideaux@rmit.edu.au
Course Coordinator Location: 513.01.003
Course Coordinator Availability: Please email
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
Recommended Prior Study
If you are completing this course as part of the Textiles and Material Design minor, you should have satisfactorily completed 'GRAP2816 Introduction to Textiles Materials' before you commence this course.
Course Description
This course explores natural and synthetic dyeing techniques, colour, and finishing, using artisanal and hand methods such as fabric dyeing, painting, and screen printing. You will examine contemporary, historical, cultural, and sustainable perspectives on textile dyeing and colouration practices, applying these insights to your own design work.
Through conceptual, experimental, and technical approaches, you will develop the skills to design and textiles relevant to your field or area of interest. You will also explore sustainable approaches to surface design and colouration, considering their impact across a material’s life cycle.
Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development
This course will complement the RMIT capabilities you are developing in your program.
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
1. Identify and discuss diverse examples and approaches to textile dyeing and colouration.
2. Apply design and technical principles to the development and sampling of textile dyeing and colouration techniques.
3. Develop textile dye and colouration concepts that integrate sustainable practices and lifecycle considerations for chosen applications.
Overview of Learning Activities
You will be actively engaged in a range of learning activities such as lectures, tutorials, seminars, project work, class discussion, individual and group activities. Delivery may be face to face, online or a mix of both.
Overview of Learning Resources
RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through our online systems.
There are services available to support your learning through the University Library. The Library provides guides on academic referencing and subject specialist help as well as a range of study support services. For further information, please visit the Library page on the RMIT University website and the myRMIT student portal.
Overview of Assessment
You will be assessed on how well you meet the course learning outcomes and on your development against the program learning outcomes.
Assessment tasks are directly aligned with each Course Learning Outcome. They are as follows:
Assessment Task 1: Contextual Investigation & Community of Practice (20%)
CLO: 1
Assessment Task 2: Practitioner’s Workbook (40%)
CLOs: 1 & 2
Assessment Task 3: Practitioner’s Workbook & Swatches (40%)
CLOs: 1, 2, & 3
Feedback will be given on all assessment tasks.
If you have a long-term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more.
Your course assessment conforms to RMIT assessment principles, regulations, policies, procedures and instructions.