DESI121-26S2 (C) Semester Two 2026

History of Graphic Design

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 13 July 2026
End Date: Sunday, 8 November 2026
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 26 July 2026
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 27 September 2026

Description

In this course students will learn a history of graphic design in the 20th century. Focusing on the ways language and images have been crafted and deployed within the margins of popular culture, this course will unpack graphic design as a totally pervasive practice in a century of massive technological, cultural, and political change. From early modernist typography to the formal explosions of post-modernism, students will learn that the way information looks is closely related to how it works.

Timetable 2026

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 09:00 - 10:00 E14 Lecture Theatre
13 Jul - 23 Aug
7 Sep - 18 Oct
Lecture B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 12:00 - 13:00 E6 Lecture Theatre
13 Jul - 23 Aug
7 Sep - 18 Oct
Tutorial A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Thursday 10:00 - 11:00 Elsie Locke 104A
20 Jul - 23 Aug
7 Sep - 18 Oct
02 Thursday 11:00 - 12:00 Elsie Locke 104A
20 Jul - 23 Aug
7 Sep - 18 Oct

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,058.00

International fee $5,038.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Creative and Digital Arts .

All DESI121 Occurrences

  • DESI121-26S2 (C) Semester Two 2026