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Information Design

Undergraduate | CUR-LIM225 | 2023

Build up your knowledge of how we make information objects classifiable and retrievable. Practice writing metadata descriptions. Sort through types of indexing languages. Get a top-to-bottom view of how to analyse websites, databases and texts.

Study method
100% online
Assessments
100% online
Entry requirements
No ATAR needed,
No prior study
Duration
13 weeks

HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available

Information Design

About this subject

  • At the completion of this subject students will be able to:

    1. identify metadata concepts and indexing approaches for use in practice

    2. extract relevant information and formulate for use in context
    3. contextualise technological applications and work processes related to knowledge organisation systems and metadata
    4. design information products using international standards and approaches.

Entry requirements

No entry requirements

Equivalent subjects

You won't be able to enrol into this subject if you've already successfully completed or currently enrolled in the following subject(s) as they are considered anti-requisites due to the similarity of the content.

  • CUR-INFM110-Information Design (no longer available)

Study load

0.125 EFTSL
This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

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