This course aims to: introduce students to critical reflection of own practice; review students practice in relation to proposal/s; encourage students to critically evaluate their practice in a historical, social, political, ethical and theoretical context; encourage students to identify their critical position in relation to their practice; introduce students to fundamental principles of research in relation to studio practice; encourage students to engage with discourse of the relevance of design in relation to historical, contemporary, socio-cultural and political contexts and discourses.