UTS course code: C04072
Testamur title: Master of Design
Abbreviation: MDesign
Course fee: $250 per cp (local); $7,500 per semester (international)
Total credit points: 72

Footnotes:
1. This course is subject to change in 2004. Contact the Faculty for details or online at:
www.uts.edu.au/div/publications/dab/index.html

Course aims
Admission requirements
Course duration
Course structure
Course program

Course aims

This course provides practising graduates of design with an opportunity to achieve a Master's degree by a combination of coursework and project work. Coursework areas include the management and marketing of design, the technological and social implications of design, design decision-making, design research methods, computer-aided design and the history of design.

Project work is undertaken in the third year of the course and provides an opportunity for the student to explore an area of particular interest or professional benefit.

Admission requirements

To be accepted for admission to the Master of Design (by coursework) an applicant is normally required to possess a recognised four-year degree (or equivalent) in an appropriate area of design, and have completed not less than two years of appropriate professional experience since graduation. In exceptional circumstances, applicants who do not meet these criteria may be considered for entry by the Postgraduate Committee on the basis of their previous professional and academic experience.

Course duration

The Master of Design is a one-and-a-half-year, full-time, or three-year, part-time course.

Course structure

To qualify for the Master of Design (by coursework), a student must achieve 72 credit points in not fewer than three semesters of study. Twenty-four credit points must be achieved from the project, i.e. by two semesters' successful work on an approved project program.

Twenty-four credit points must be achieved from the core coursework subjects. The remaining 24 credit points must be achieved from an approved program of recommended and elective coursework subjects.

Each student is assisted by the Director of Postgraduate Design Program to develop a pattern of study best suited to their needs, made up of coursework and project work.

Course program

Core studies

Students must complete core subjects to the value of 24 credit points.

82901 Psychology of Design 4cp
82903 Technological Change 4cp
82905 Research Methods 4cp
82917 Information Retrieval 4cp
82918 Design Ethics 4cp
82919 Sustainable Design 4cp

Project

The design project is a program of an individual supervised research and/or design activity undertaken by each student, leading to the submission for assessment of an original body of work. A design project normally consists of four elements or phases – research, development, evaluation and report.

Students must complete the project value of 24 credit points over two semesters part time, or one semester full time.

It is recommended that 12 credit points be achieved from the following subjects:

81020 Management Techniques and Design 4cp
81920 Marketing and Design 4cp
81025 Design History 4cp

The remaining 12 credit points can be achieved from elective postgraduate subjects:

Note: As elective subjects are offered in response to demand, not all subjects are available each semester.