7 Courses
In this course, students will be encouraged to use any of the idea generation methods they have been taught, to produce detailed object models and designs from system requirements. Students will be called upon to identify how the design will be used and the design expanded into full behavioural designs. Students are then called upon to expand or evaluate a design and make it ready for implementation and construction of a designs that is based on a best possible solution.
This course is a continuation of BJDT 111 and 112 with emphasis on creativity, innovation, experimentation and materials application through technical skills.
The course is designed to introduce students to the various calculations involved in the preparation and measuring of sheet metal, wire, tubes and lowering or raising of the quality of precious metal alloys for jewellery making.
This course is designed to introduce students to the metallurgy fundamentals. It will involve the study of beneficiation and refinery methods, processing of mineral ores and extraction of gold, silver, copper, tin and lead.
This course is designed to introduce students to the broader topic of “Quality control” and Standardization of Precious Metals and Jewellery made from them.
This course provides students with a broad knowledge in 3-dimensional Computer-Aided Design (CAD) and modelling with a focus on design and jewellery-specific applications. Students will learn how to use industry-leading CAD software programs such as RHINO and MATRIX, to model jewellery projects, and then create and distribute basic, industry-standard jewellery drawings.
The inclusion of
entrepreneurship as a course in ACDT's curriculum is due the recent realization
that entrepreneurial development is a very important input in the economic
development of any country. This course will be used to impress upon students
that entrepreneurship is a symbol of business tenacity and achievement and a
vital source of change in all areas of a society.