Course code: 0472
The Bachelor of Technology (Industrial Design) is a three-year, full-time degree program of product design, technology and business skills education. The major product design subjects are supported by a cluster of relevant subject modules which include design communications, ergonomics, technical design principles (mechanics and electronics), materials technology, transportation design studies, architectural products and interior space design, computer-aided design and graphic modelling and business studies.
The main objectives of the course are:
(i) to produce graduates who are:
(iii) to link industry, design, engineering, commerce and the arts for the improvement of design standards in Australian culture;
(iv) to provide the academic basis for postgraduate research and higher degree studies consistent with international standards of scholarship in design.
Each year of the course is designed to provide continuity in the development of knowledge, skills and attitudes to the stage that graduates are confident to begin careers in the industrial design profession.
Accordingly, the emphasis in the first year of the course is on developing a basic understanding of the design process on the one hand and, on the other, acquiring related knowledge and skills to an introductory level of technical and design expertise. Experimental learning exercises, through simple design project assignments, promote the ability to conceptualise and express design ideas simply and quickly whilst appreciating technical constraints.
In the second year, students are expected to develop their design and technical knowledge to the extent that this can be used to mediate creative design process and validate the social, practical and economic values of design proposals. Compared to first-year work, the design projects focus on the social implications, practical feasibility and viability of product designs.
At the third-year level, the emphasis is on design planning and projects at a near-professional level undertaken with the cooperation of external organisations acting as sponsors. An underlying theme is to focus on experimental learning under industrial conditions which will prepare students for employment in the profession and for postgraduate studies.
Graduates of the course will have the professional, creative, technical, marketing and entrepreneurial knowledge and skills to manage the design process, and design products and services in a highly competitive international environment, as well as the basis to proceed with postgraduate research and development in the field of industrial design.
All applicants for the March intake must apply through VTAC (Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre). In addition to filling in and lodging the VTAC form, applicants must contact the Centre for Industrial Design by 30 September to arrange a compulsory interview and examination of a portfolio (telephone (61) (3) 9903 2072, (61) (3) 9903 2843; facsimile (61) (3) 9903 2206).
Applicants for the July intake must apply directly to the university by 31 May on forms available from the Centre for Industrial Design (telephone (61) (3) 9903 2072, (61) (3) 9903 2843; facsimile (61) (3) 9903 2206). A compulsory interview and examination of a portfolio are also required for this intake. Guidelines for portfolio preparation are available from the centre's office.
Progression through the course will depend on the successful completion of all subjects in each semester. Only in exceptional circumstances will a student who has failed in a subject be allowed to undertake more advanced studies; this will be subject to the approval of the director of the centre together with the director of the College of Art and Design.
1 An 80 per cent attendance record is required before a student may present for assessment in any subject. Exceptions will be subject to approval of the director of the centre.
2 An 80 per cent submission record is generally required for assignment material set in any subject before a student may present for assessment. Major design projects submissions are all compulsory; exceptions will be subject to the approval of the director of the centre.
The Bachelor of Technology (Industrial Design) is a three-year, full-time degree program of product design, technology and business skills education. The major product design subjects are supported by a cluster of relevant subject modules which include design communications, ergonomics, technical design principles (mechanics and electronics), materials technology, transportation design studies, architectural products and interior space design, computer-aided design and graphic modelling and business studies.
First year
First semester
First semester
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