C10058v4 Bachelor of Design in Interior Design Bachelor of Arts in International Studies

Award(s): Bachelor of Design in Interior Design (BDesign)
Bachelor of Arts in International Studies (BA)
UAC code: 609280 (CSP), 619280 (DFEE)
CRICOS code: 043295B
Commonwealth supported place?: Yes
Load credit points: 288
Course EFTSL: 6
Location: City campus
Faculty/institute responsible: Design, Architecture and Building
Collaborating faculty/institute: Institute for International Studies

Overview
Course aims
Career options
Additional admission requirements
Additional assumed knowledge
Course duration and attendance
Course structure
Course completion requirements
Course program
Other information

Overview

The combined degree program in Interior Design and International Studies provides students with additional practical skills, in particular those that make them aware of the international contexts of interior design, by providing them with the opportunity to acquire knowledge and understanding of a language and culture other than English.

Course aims

The aim of the combined degree in Interior Design and International Studies is to produce graduates who have developed perspectives and skills that enable them to meet the professional demands of an internationalised marketplace.

Career options

Career options include interior designer (self-employed or within an interior design or architectural practice), or in exhibition design, furniture design, marketing or film and television set design. Career options are enhanced by international experience, making students more marketable to prospective employers.

Additional admission requirements

International students (excluding those studying in an Australian high school) must submit an application to the UTS International Office (in person, by mail or online) or through an accredited UTS representative. The application must include a portfolio of the student's work (preferrably provided on CD or DVD).

There is a range of entry levels to the various Language and Culture programs. Students are admitted to the International Studies program with no guarantee of entry to a specific major, although every effort is made to meet students' preferences.

In addition to the standard application requirements, all non-current school leaver applicants to this course are required to submit online a compulsory Personal Statement directly to UTS by the end of September. For further information, see UTS Personal Statements.

Additional assumed knowledge

There are no prior language requirements, except for programs within the Heritage major.

Course duration and attendance

The Bachelor of Design in Interior Design, Bachelor of Arts in International Studies is a six-year, full-time degree. Students spend their fourth year of study at a university overseas.

Course structure

Students must complete 288 credit points of study, comprising 192 credit points relating to the Bachelor of Design in Interior Design (C10057) and 96 credit points relating to the Bachelor of Arts in International Studies.

The Interior Design program allows for specialised and flexible learning paths in which experimentation, exploration and investigation are offered. In Years 2, 3 and 5, the Interior Design student may choose a specialised sequence of study from a range of elective core subjects.

In the first semester of the final year of study, students complete a research dissertation, two Interior Professional Core subjects and an interdisciplinary Design Theory subject. In the final semester of study, students complete an individual semester-long design project in which they demonstrate their particular interior design stance.

The Bachelor of Arts in International Studies requires undergraduates to study a major – a region or country – over a minimum of three years. Students study language and culture in the second and third year and spend their fourth year of study at a university overseas.

The Bachelor of Arts in International Studies is not offered as a separate degree, but is completed only in combination with the professional degree program.

Course completion requirements

CBK90132 Design Discipline subjects		18cp
CBK90133 Interior Industry subjects		18cp
CBK90134 Interior Theory and Elements subjects		18cp
CBK90135 Interior Science and Systems subjects		18cp
CBK90136 Year 2 and 3 subjects		6cp
CBK90005 Country major choice		96cp
STM90371 Core subjects		90cp
CBK90242 Sub-major / Electives DAB		24cp
Total		288cp

Course program

The example program below is for a student commencing in Autumn semester and undertaking the course full time with the Germany major as the International Studies major. Other countries may be chosen from the list of majors in CBK90005; the program would have the same structure but with subjects specific to the chosen country major.



Year 1
Autumn semester
85502 Researching Design History		6cp
86000 Interior Methodology and Space		6cp
86320 Material Science and Interior Space		6cp
86420 Interior Communications		6cp
Spring semester
85503 Researching Design Processes		6cp
86110 Interior Computing		6cp
86111 Interior Technology		6cp
86120 Interior Identity and Space		6cp
Year 2
Autumn or Spring semester
Select 12 credit points of electives		12cp
Autumn semester
50140 Comparative Social Change		8cp
97601 German Language and Culture 1		8cp
Spring semester
97602 German Language and Culture 2		8cp
Year 3
Autumn or Spring semester
Select 12 credit points of electives		12cp
Autumn semester
97603 German Language and Culture 3		8cp
Spring semester
97604 German Language and Culture 4		8cp
976421 Contemporary Germany		8cp
Year 4
Autumn semester
977420 In-country Study 1: Germany		24cp
Spring semester
978420 In-country Study 2: Germany		24cp
Year 6
Autumn semester
86780 Interior Design Research Dissertation		6cp
86871 Professional Practice for Interior Designers		6cp
86872 Interior Design Seminar		6cp
Select 6 credit points from the following options:		6cp
85500 Design Futures: Creative Technologies	6cp
85504 Design Futures: Sustainable Lifestyles	6cp
85505 Design Arguments: Making Theories	6cp
85506 Design Differences: Intercultural Asia	6cp
85507 Theories of Change	6cp
85508 Design Arguments: Critical Judgements	6cp
85509 Design Differences: Other Identities	6cp
85700 Interdisciplinary Project	6cp
Spring semester
86880 Interior Design Major Project		24cp

In addition, two subjects in Year 2, 3 or 5 from:
85500 Design Futures: Creative Technologies		6cp
85504 Design Futures: Sustainable Lifestyles		6cp
85505 Design Arguments: Making Theories		6cp
85506 Design Differences: Intercultural Asia		6cp
85507 Theories of Change		6cp
85508 Design Arguments: Critical Judgements		6cp
85509 Design Differences: Other Identities		6cp
85700 Interdisciplinary Project		6cp

In addition, three subjects in Year 2, 3 or 5 from:
86215 Digital Technology and Space		6cp
86331 Environment and Interior Space		6cp
86340 Light and Space		6cp
86351 Sound and Space		6cp
86360 Body and Space		6cp
86370 New Materials, Systems and Space		6cp
86390 Special Interior Science Project		6cp

In addition, three subjects in Year 2, 3 or 5 from:
86212 Modern and Contemporary Space		6cp
86213 Interpreting Cultural Space		6cp
86230 Historical Models of Space		6cp
86231 Classical Space		6cp
86232 Eastern Space		6cp
86233 Free Space		6cp
86250 Behaviour and Space		6cp
86280 Interior Theory and Space		6cp
86290 Special Elements Project		6cp

In addition, three subjects in Year 2, 3 or 5 from:
86131 Hospitality Design/Food Services		6cp
86132 Hospitality Design/Accommodation		6cp
86133 Interior Building Systems and Details		6cp
86140 Residential Interior Design		6cp
86150 Corporate Identity/Retail Design		6cp
86160 Workplace Design		6cp
86170 Conservation/Intervention for Interior Designers		6cp
86190 Special Industry Project		6cp
86211 Adaptive Reuse for Interior Designers		6cp

In addition, one subject in Year 2, 3 or 5 from:
86133 Interior Building Systems and Details		6cp
86190 Special Industry Project		6cp

Other information

For further information on the Interior Design component, contact the Faculty Student Office on:

telephone + 61 2 9514 8913
email dab.info@uts.edu.au

For further information on the International Studies program, contact the Institute on:

telephone +61 2 9514 1574
fax + 61 2 9514 1578
email iisinfo@uts.edu.au