UTS course code: C10057
UAC code: 601060
Testamur title: Bachelor of Design in Interior Design
Abbreviation: BDesign
Course fee: HECS (local); $8,250 per semester (international)
Total credit points: 192

Course duration
Course structure
Course program

Interior design is concerned with the design of all aspects of the interior built environment. Interior design is carried out as a response to needs expressed according to the uses of the built environment. Interior designers work with building construction, building materials and building product supply industries according to their individual theoretical position or that of an employer, to create designs for interior built environments. Interior designers also work with other building design consultants such as engineers and architects. They need to have a thorough understanding of all phases of cultural aspects of designed space, from the objective to the subjective, from the individual to the collective, the material to the non-material and be able to work within the media that represent those aspects of cultural space, in their design work.

Course duration

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

Course structure

The interior design program allows for a broad view of the role of the interior designer. To implement this the course allows for specialised and flexible learning paths in which experimentation, exploration and investigation are offered. The first year of study consists of interior design specific subjects and Design Studies subjects. In Years 2 and 3, the interior design student may choose a specialised sequence of studios from a range of elective core subjects.

A Design Studies project in fourth year offers a collaborative subject to the final year student. The first semester of the final year consists of a single design project and a dissertation. In the single industry project, students investigate the practice of interior design in the course of completing the studio design work. In the dissertation, students carry out research and analysis of a selected design topic. In the final semester of study, students complete an individual semester-long design project in which they demonstrate their particular interior design stance.

Students are required to elect core subjects for the following year during the Spring semester of the preceding year. The program reserves the range of subjects to be offered until the election process takes place. Students may only enrol in subjects that are being offered. The numbers for each subject are limited. The allocation of students to subjects is subject to an equitable distribution process.

Core subjects from other programs may be elected but are subject to the approval of the Director of Program both Interior Design and the program from which the subject is chosen.

Core subjects

Sixty-six credit points are required to be completed in the Interior Design core by the end of Year 3. Students must each undertake a minimum of three subjects from each subject stream. The remaining subject required for Years 2 and 3 can be taken from any of the Interior subject streams. Interior Design core subjects are offered on a student demand basis. Students can study this program part time after consultation with the Director of Program.

Course program

Spring semester
86120 Interior Identity and Space 6cp
86110 Interior Computing 6cp
86111 Interior Technology 6cp
85503 Thinking Design 6cp

Spring semester
86880 Interior Design – Major Project 24cp

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.