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Course
code: 2128
Campus and mode: Caulfield campus. Full-time; three years plus one year for
honours.
The
Bachelor of Design course provides a multidisciplinary design education. Its
focus is on the fundamental principles that underlie all designer activities.
Some graduates are likely to work in a multidisciplinary design role - retail
design; others may choose to work in an interdisciplinary role such as in
design computing or design management. The Bachelor of Design (Honours) is
available for students who want to pursue design research.
The Bachelor of Design is likely also to be available in double degree mode.
Design project work is generally broadly based and deals with the design
process as an integrating and synthesising medium which is applied to a range
of experiences and problems concerned with objects, spaces and images.
The design studio subjects are supported by electives selected from the range
of subjects offered in design studies, interior architecture, industrial
design, visual communications and the specialisation within these disciplines,
such as typography, transport design, etc.
The course provides a flexibility to develop individual focuses and programs of
study.
The course is focused on producing graduates who have the capability to work
across conventional design and industry boundaries and who are capable of
responding flexibly and creatively to the changing commercial and cultural
context of design activity. Designers often face challenges in commercial
contexts which demand skills across several borders in professional design, for
example, television and retail theatre.
To
educate graduates who have:
1 a knowledge and understanding of the design disciplines;
2 skills in design strategy, concept forming, problem solving,
design development, detailing and communication;
3 understanding of the socio-economic and cultural contexts of
design activity and the ethical responsibilities of the designer;
4 the capability to practice as a designer;
5 knowledge and understanding of the aesthetic aspects of design
and a capability at aesthetic resolutions;
6 a basic knowledge and understanding of the range of design
activities and their interrelation;
7 knowledge of project and business management;
8 the capability to critically assess and understand contemporary
discourse on design.
For the Bachelor of Design (Honours) degree, the same objectives as the
Bachelor of Design degree, with the addition of:
9 the capability to contribute to contemporary discourse on
design;
10 understanding of research concepts, strategies and methods and
the skills to apply them in the fields of design.
This three-year full-time course is structured to give the following areas of study.
This is the major study of the course. There are studios at each year stage. Subjects commence at a basic level of understanding and designing and progress to the achievement of competence in undertaking design projects. The knowledge and capabilities acquired in the other subjects of the course are progressively incorporated into the work of the studio subjects and integrated into design solutions. Includes the equivalent of six credit points (over the first three years of the course) of design seminar taken during each semester.
Students take at minimum eighteen credit points of electives selected from the range of subjects offered in interior architecture, industrial design, visual communications and the specialisation within these disciplines.
Students study the theory, context and cultural aspects of art and design.
Students take one compulsory six-point subject in the first year. These studies are concerned with the development of perception, communication and visual concepts primarily using drawing media. It is anticipated that many students will take further studies in the drawing studio. This will be determined by the course director in consultation with the student.
The core subject is provided from the faculty's common program. It is anticipated that students will take further elective studies which are likely to include 'Effective communication' (written and oral), 'Project and business management' (for design consultancies), and 'Project research and planning'.
Students
take the faculty's common subject 'Introduction to digital imaging'. Students
who have not taken an introduction to basic computing, or its equivalent
elsewhere, will need to take as a prerequisite for the above subject a three
credit-point subject 'Introduction to computing' as an elective subject.
All students take further computing and digital imaging electives selected on
the basis of their design focus.
Eighteen credit points are available for elective studies which are selected in consultation with the course director. It is anticipated that subjects will generally be taken from those available within the faculty. However, subjects elsewhere in the university are available.
Three years of full-time study. The expected number of hours per week for a full-time student is forty-eight (contact and non-contact) with appropriate adjustment for any part-time study. An 80 per cent attendance record for studios, lectures, seminars etc. is required before a student may present for assessment in any subject. Exceptions will be subject to the approval of the course coordinator.
One year of full-time study, or two years part-time. Workload as for the pass degree.
The course will be offered through the VTAC system. Entry on the basis of portfolio, interview and ENTER. Completion of English units three and four with an average grade of at least C is also required. Applications will also be considered on the basis of other qualifications assessed as equivalent to the VCE.
Completion of the Bachelor of Design or the Bachelor of Visual Arts with a major study in design, pass degree at an average level of credit or higher. Depending upon the number of places available, students may also be required to submit a portfolio of studio work for selection into the course.
Credit will be granted for equivalent studies completed elsewhere at approved institutions. Advanced standing in the course for students who have completed part of similar courses at Australian or international universities will be considered up to a maximum of two years and in accordance with other regulations of Monash University. Each application for credit or advanced standing will be considered on its own merits.
Students who are Australian residents enter under HECS band one. International students may be admitted under the fee described by the vice-chancellor from time to time. (Currently $12,500 per annum.)
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