Bachelor of Design
Edith Cowan University
Key Information
Campus location
Mount Lawley, Australia
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
6 semesters
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
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Application deadline
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Earliest start date
Jul 2024
Introduction
Design is an ability to question assumptions. Designers are trained to ask, why?’ because this can lead to exciting changes in the way things are done.
Design is also the ability to think through doing. Like sketching and drawing, making models or quick prototypes to test your ideas through materials. It’s satisfying work. And if you’re not having fun making, you’re doing it wrong!
In our Bachelor of Design course, you can explore design through a specialisation in Visual and Spatial Design, Games and Interactive Design, or Fashion.
You’ll develop transferable visual and spatial problem identification, ideation, and prototyping skills to establish your own place in the world, with a personal style, as well as career opportunities and entrepreneurial skills.
And because we have real clients that need our ideas, by the end of your course you’ll have real work to show to launch your design career. Or you can go on to further study, such as our Master of Design course.
In this course, students can specialise in one of three areas: Fashion, Visual and Spatial Design, and Games and Interactive Design.
Curriculum
In the Bachelor of Design students can specialise in one of two areas: Visual and Spatial Design, making visual and spatial products, services and environments through graphic and spatial design thinking to improve communities; or Games and Interactive Design, creating original digital interactive products and services that impact on audiences and address user experiences (UX). Students will explore the impact design has on history and on the future development of local, national and global communities. The course will provide opportunities for students to collaborate locally and internationally. The design majors, run by experienced graphic, spatial, digital and service design professionals and researchers at the forefront of design in Western Australia, encourage the sustainable use of materials, images and ideas as vehicles for exploration in relation to environments and individual people in real world and online contexts. Students develop transferable visual and spatial problem identification, ideation, and prototyping skills to establish their own place in the world, with a personal style, career opportunities and entrepreneurial skills. Applicants who do not meet the standard course entry requirements can be considered through the Creative Arts Portfolio Entry pathway as per https://www.ecu.edu.au/future-students/course-entry/creative-arts-portfolio-entry.
Course Structure
Students will be required to complete eight core units (120 credit points)
Students are also required to complete an eight-unit major (120 credit points) from within the Bachelor of Design: Visual & Spatial Design, Fashion or Games and Interactive Design.
Students are required to complete a further eight units (120 credit points) in the form of an eight-unit major, minor(s), and/or elective units. These may be selected from anywhere within the university.
Majors you can study in this course
- Fashion
- Games and Interactive Design
- Visual and Spatial Design
Course Learning Outcomes
- Think creatively to anticipate challenges and generate Design specific solutions/responses.
- Think critically to analyse, interpret and conceptualise/synthesise complex Design knowledge/problems.
- Apply broad discipline knowledge to a range of theoretical and technical/practical Design situations.
- Communicate Design knowledge and ideas clearly, coherently and with independence.
- Demonstrate a global outlook with respect for cultural diversity, including Indigenous cultural competence.
- Demonstrate autonomy, accountability and judgement for own learning and scholarship and/or professional practice.
- Use digital technologies and Design related literacies to access, evaluate and synthesise relevant information from multiple sources.
- Work collaboratively and demonstrate initiative to implement social, sustainable, and ethical values through appropriate Design methods.
Scholarships and Funding
All our international academic scholarships are assessed automatically at the time of application, making it easier for you to apply direct into your course and to be assessed for a scholarship at the same time. If you have been successful, our Admissions Office will issue a separate letter relating to your scholarship, along with a Letter of Offer for your course.