Bachelor of Design |
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| To qualify for the award of the Bachelor of Design, a candidate must complete 144 credit points, comprising: |
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| (a) 120 credit points from Table A comprising of: |
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(i) 48 credit points of core units of study; and |
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(ii) 72 credit points of stream units of study comprising 48 credit points of studio units and 24 credit points of selective units; and |
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| (b) 24 credit points of selective or elective units of study from Table A or elective units of study from Table S. | ||
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition |
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Core units of study |
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1000-level core units of study |
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| DECO1006 Design Process and Methods |
6 | |
| DECO1012 Design Programming |
6 |
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| DECO1015 Visual Communication |
6 |
N DECO2101 |
| DECO1016 Introduction to Web Design |
6 | A DECO1012 |
| DESN1001 Design Theory and Culture |
6 | |
2000-level core units of study |
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| DECO2019 Qualitative Research in Design |
6 | P DECO1006 or DECO2016 |
| DECO2020 Professional Design Practice |
6 |
P (DECO1006 or DECO2016) and DECO1012 and DESN1001 and DECO1015 |
| DECO2102 Introduction to Interface Design |
6 |
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2000-level studio units of study |
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| DECO2014 User Experience Design Studio |
12 |
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| DECO2200 Interaction Design Studio |
12 |
P DECO1006 or DECO2016 or DECO1016 |
3000-level studio units of study |
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| DECO3100 Information Visualisation Design Studio |
12 |
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| DECO3200 Interactive Product Design Studio |
12 |
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Selective units of study |
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Within the selective units of study, units are grouped into two categories: Technology and Society. Students can choose units from one or both categories, allowing them to develop different areas of focus within their studies. Units in both categories engage with the relationship between design, technology and society. |
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Technolgy selective units of study |
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| DECO2018 Physical Prototyping |
6 | A DECO1015 N DECO1008 |
| DECO2021 Designing for Emergent Technologies |
6 | P (DECO1006 or DECO2016) and DECO1012 and DECO1015 A DESN1001 |
| DECO3000 Designing Intelligent Systems |
6 |
A Experience programming (in any language) P DECO3100 or DECO3200 or DECO4200 |
| DECO3009 Designing for Virtual Reality |
6 | P DECO2200 |
Society selective units of study |
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| DECO2015 Responsible Design for Innovation |
6 | |
| DESN3000 Co-Design and Participatory Approaches |
6 |
P DECO1006 or DECO2016 |
| DESN3001 Design for Wellbeing |
6 | P DECO1006 or DECO2016 or DESN3000 |
| DESN3003 Design for Social Impact |
6 |
A Knowledge of design thinking methods and processes P DECO2016 or DECO1006 |
Elective units of study |
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| AWSS1001 Architectural Sketching and Drawing |
6 | |
| SCLG1001 Introduction to Sociology 1 |
6 | |
| PSYC1002 Psychology 1002 |
6 | |
| DATA1002 Informatics: Data and Computation |
6 |
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| INFS1000 Digital Business, Work and Life |
6 |
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| DESN2001 Making as Design Inquiry |
6 | |
| AWSS2027 Arch and Design Creative Practices |
6 | N AWSS2010 |
| AWSS2015 Creative Drawing Practices in Design |
6 | |
| ARIN2610 Internet Transformations |
6 | P (6 credit points at 1000 level in ARIN) or (12 credit points at 1000 level in MECO or SIEN or DECO) or (12 credit points in WRIT1001 and (ATHK1001 or ATHK1901)) N ARIN2100 |
| ARIN2620 Everyday Digital Media |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in ARIN or MECO or SIEN or DECO or DESN or 12 credit points in WRIT1001 and (ATHK1001 or ATHK1901) N ARIN2200 |
| ARIN3610 Technology and Culture |
6 | P (6 credit points at 2000 level in ARIN and (12 credit points at 1000 level in ARIN or 1000 level in MECO)) or (12 credit points at 2000 level in DECO) or (6 credit points at 1000 level and 6 credit points at 2000 level in SIEN or INFS) N ARIN2600 |
| ARIN3620 Researching Digital Cultures |
6 | P (6 credit points at 2000 level in ARIN and (12 credit points at 1000 level in ARIN or 1000 level in MECO)) or (12 credit points at 2000 level in DECO or DESN) N ARIN2000 |
| ARIN3630 Digital Arts |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in units with an ARIN or ARHT or FILM or DECO prefix or (6 credit points at 1000 level and 6 credit points at 2000 level in units of study with SIEN prefix) N ARIN2630 |
| ARIN3640 Games and Play |
6 | A No prior programming experience necessary P (6 credit points at 2000 level in ARIN and (12 credit points at 1000 level in ARIN or 1000 level in MECO)) or (12 credit points at 2000 level in DECO) or (6 credit points at 1000 level and 6 credit points at 2000 level in SIEN) N ARIN2640 |
