C09059v1 Bachelor of Design (Honours) in Integrated Product Design
Award(s): Bachelor of Design (Honours) in Integrated Product Design (BDesign(Hons))CRICOS code: 077332K
Commonwealth supported place?: Yes
Load credit points: 48
Course EFTSL: 1
Location: City campus
Notes
The first intake for this course will be in 2016.
Overview
Course aims
Career options
Admission requirements
Course duration and attendance
Course completion requirements
Course program
Other information
Overview
The Bachelor of Design (Honours) in Integrated Product Design prepares students for a career in the global industrial design sector at all levels, from boutique design practice and service design to large-scale industrial production and beyond.
Structured around design studios, this dynamic course allows the development and realisation of major projects, as a professional design outcome. With a strong emphasis on creativity and technology, graduates move seamlessly from the design of material objects to the design of associated services together with the skills to maintain a specialist role within an interdisciplinary team.
Course aims
The Bachelor of Design in Integrated Product Design (Honours) centres on the integration of research and high-level design project engagement. This provides students with an opportunity to be challenged by high-level engagement with design, research and practice. Honours projects are managed by structuring technology-driven, practice-orientated and research-integrated learning.
Students explore design issues, learn and implement new strategies and combine theory and practice in the context of a rapidly changing technological and social environment. They are encouraged to develop intellectual independence and a research-driven methodology to product development that explores the boundaries of their profession.
Career options
Career options include in-house designer with large multinationals and small boutique manufacturers; industrial designer; interaction designer; furniture, lighting or homewares designer; sport and leisure product designer; smart object, system and service designer; medical, health and scientific product designer; self-employed design entrepreneur; and production and distribution manager. Graduates also work in emerging fields such as service and strategic design, digital interaction design, and adapting advanced technologies for new experiences and networked environments.
Admission requirements
Applicants must have completed a UTS recognised bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline at an appropriate level.
The English proficiency requirement for international students or local applicants with international qualifications is: Academic IELTS: 6.5 overall with a writing score of 6.0; or TOEFL: paper based: 550-583 overall with TWE of 4.5, internet based: 79-93 overall with a writing score of 21; or AE5: Pass; or PTE: 58-64; or CAE: 58-66
Eligibility for admission does not guarantee offer of a place.
Local students
External local applicants must also attend an interview with the program director. Academic transcripts and portfolio are required at the interview.
Internal UTS applicants require a weighted average mark of above 72.5 across the three years of the Bachelor of Design in Integrated Product Design (C10304) to secure guaranteed entry. A student with a weighted average mark of above 70 can enrol in the course with the permission of the program director.
International students
International applicants must also attend an interview (via Skype) with the program director. Digital copies of both the academic transcripts and portfolio must be sent to the program director prior to the interview.
Visa requirement: To obtain a student visa to study in Australia, international students must enrol full time and on campus. Australian student visa regulations also require international students studying on student visas to complete the course within the standard full-time duration. Students can extend their courses only in exceptional circumstances.
Course duration and attendance
The course is offered on a one-year, full-time or part-time equivalent basis.
Course completion requirements
| STM90789 Core subjects (Honours) | 24cp | |
| CBK90874 Project options | 24cp | |
| Total | 48cp |
Course program
The typical course program is shown below.
| Year 1 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| 84905 Design in the Wild | 12cp | |
| 84902 Industrial Design Major Project: Research and Conceptualisation | 12cp | |
| Spring semester | ||
| Select 24 credit points from the following: | 24cp | |
| 84906 Professional Studio | 12cp | |
| 84907 Integrated Product Design Major Project: Realisation | 12cp | |
| 84900 Superstudio | 24cp | |
Other information
Further information is available from the Building 6 Student Centre on:
telephone 1300 ask UTS (1300 275 887)
or +61 2 9514 1222
Ask UTS www.ask.uts.edu.au
www.dab.uts.edu.au
