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Core Major in Design

Faculty	Discipline	Credit points
Faculty of Arts and Design	School of Design and the Built Environment	24

Introduction

The core major includes an introduction to the fundamentals of design and design practice with essential transferable employability skills. These include design related communication skills, design and creative approaches to problem identification and problem solving, the understanding of the user as a central focus of design and the importance of understanding cultural and society in the context of design.

Professional Practice Units include industry relevant orientation, authentic project-based learning, culminating in a capstone/major project and/or exhibition.

Assumed knowledge

None.

Additional information

Core majors are only available to students in the course for which the major is required.

Referenced courses

Requirements

Professional Orientation (Design) (10336) | 3 credit points — Level 1

Visual Representation Techniques (11041) | 3 credit points — Level 1

Design Culture and Society (11044) | 3 credit points — Level 1

Professional Evidence (Design) (11045) | 3 credit points — Level 3

Introduction to Interaction Design (11655) | 3 credit points — Level 1

Design Thinking and User Centered Design (11656) | 3 credit points — Level 1

Professional Practice (Internships A) (11829) | 3 credit points — Level 2

Professional Practice (Specialist Skills) (11830) | 3 credit points — Level 2

Professional Practice (Internships B) (11832) | 3 credit points — Level 3

Professional Practice (Industry and Creative Projects) (11833) | 3 credit points — Level 3

Professional Practice (Industry Studios) (11831) | 3 credit points — Level 2

Professional Practice (Internships B) (11832) | 3 credit points — Level 3

Professional Practice (Industry and Creative Projects) (11833) | 3 credit points — Level 3

Professional Practice (Industry Studios) (11831) | 3 credit points — Level 2

Professional Practice (Advanced Industry Studios) (11834) | 3 credit points — Level 3

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