UTS course code: C10053
UAC code: 601050
Testamur title: Bachelor of Design in Industrial Design
Abbreviation: BDesign
Course fee: HECS (local); $8,250 per semester (international)
Total credit points: 192

Course aims
Course duration
Course structure
Course program

Industrial designers are concerned with the design of products to be produced by manufacturers. Employed by design consultants and industry, industrial designers are responsible for the visual and tactile qualities of products, their efficiency and cost effectiveness, and the wider implications the product may have to the society and the environment.

Course aims

This course aims to produce graduates who can adapt successfully to industrial and social change and be capable of taking leadership roles in industry.

The program is designed to reflect the many changes occurring in industrial design. The increasing reliance on information systems and the development of powerful computing tools are changing the way designers work and how they relate to their clients and the users of products. The program expresses these developments through an emphasis on collaborative work, information handling and use of electronic technologies. Understanding the place of design in the context of the sociocultural, economical and environmental systems provides the foundation for the design of products which are sustainable over the long term.

Course duration

This course is offered on a four-year, full-time basis.

Course structure

The curriculum is based on a problem-solving approach and self-directed learning.

Lectures, seminars and tutorials support students engaged in projects and in workshops which are run concurrently with the projects. The workshops focus on subjects ranging from manufacturing and ergonomics to marketing and engineering science. A strand of Design Studies subjects runs throughout much of the course as does elective study which provides an opportunity to develop expertise in another area of design such as transport or film and video.

Course program

Spring semester
84113 Problem Solving in Industrial Design 6cp
84114 Industrial Design Digital Communication 6cp
84115 Informing Industrial Design 6cp
85503 Thinking Design 6cp

Autumn or Spring semester
84121 Computer-aided Industrial Design 6cp

Spring semester
84123 Material Manipulation 6cp
84124 Sustainability and Design 6cp

Autumn or Spring semester
84131 Industrial Design Directions 6cp

Spring semester
84133 Industrial Design Theory 6cp
84134 Industrial Design Professional Communication 6cp

Footnotes:
1. Refer to the Design Studies subjects.
2. A total of 24 credit points (4x6cp) of electives are to be completed during Years 2 and 3.
3. Year 4 is subject to change in 2004. Contact the Faculty for details or online at:
www.uts.edu.au/div/publications/dab/index.html