C10272v2 Bachelor of Design in Interior and Spatial Design Bachelor of Arts in International Studies
Award(s): Bachelor of Design in Interior and Spatial Design (BDesign)Bachelor of Arts in International Studies (BA)
UAC code: 609280 (Autumn session)
CRICOS code: 071646G
Commonwealth supported place?: Yes
Load credit points: 240
Course EFTSL: 5
Location: City campus
Notes
From 2018, this course will be renamed the Bachelor of Design in Interior Architecture Bachelor of Arts in International Studies.
The mid-year intake for this course is only for students transferring from C10058.
Overview
Course aims
Course intended learning outcomes
Career options
Admission requirements
Assumed knowledge
Course duration and attendance
Course structure
Course completion requirements
Course program
Other information
Overview
The Bachelor of Design in Interior and Spatial Design helps students to re-imagine interior environments and public spaces in local and global contexts. With a strong emphasis on people's experiences of space and the choice of a major in performative space, this degree equips students with the critical skills required to interrogate and transgress the traditional boundaries of commercial interior design.
The combined Bachelor of Design in Interior and Spatial Design Bachelor of Arts in International Studies provides students with additional practical skills, in particular those that raise their awareness of the international contexts of design, by providing the opportunity to acquire knowledge and understanding of a language other than English and another culture.
The course equips graduates with critical thinking, creativity and the skills to engage across the expanded field of interior and spatial design, to take up leading roles in industry. Uniquely, this course emphasises digital technologies of representation and fabrication, internationalisation and design practice. Students also learn a different language and culture, and travel overseas.
Course aims
Through their study, students develop spatial intelligence and excellence in design practice. The program fosters a creative and explorative attitude towards the design process, underpinned by reflective and critical engagement. Students generate a cohesive design approach where research and practice are consolidated in design outcomes.
The course has:
- an emphasis on creative, innovative spatial practice and international networks
- practice-oriented and research-integrated learning regarding specific projects
- engagement with innovative and creative technologies
- an emphasis on emerging design practices
- close links with creative practitioners.
Course intended learning outcomes
| 1.1 | Graduates will have the capacity to operate in intercultural professional contexts |
| 1.2 | Graduates will demonstrate the application of international knowledge as adaptable, flexible and resourceful practitioners. |
| 1.3 | Graduates will have a broad and coherent understanding of the historical, political, cultural, social and economic situations of their host country |
| 2.1 | Graduates will be able to creatively design and conduct independent, engaged and ethical research in and about other cultural contexts and societies |
| 2.2 | Graduates will possess critical problem-solving and research-led analytical skills in international and intercultural change. |
| 3.1 | Graduates will be able to personally reflect upon the relationship between diverse cultures in Australia while confidently engaging successfully with cultures overseas, particularly in this region |
| 4.1 | Graduates will have the capacity to reflect upon and contextualise Indigenous peoples' experiences and circumstances |
| 5.1 | As informed and engaged international citizens graduates will demonstrate cosmopolitan openness, with an awareness of, and commitment to, ethical practices |
| 6.1 | Graduates will possess a high-level of oral and written communication skills in English and at least one other language. |
| A.1 | Ability to take autonomous responsibility for actions and decisions |
| A.2 | Ability to develop and establish an informed and ethical understanding and/or position toward social, technical and environmental practices |
| A.3 | Ability to recognise cultural diversity including Indigenous, gender and multicultural perspectives |
| C.1 | Ability to work cooperatively as part of a team, initiate partnerships with others, take a leadership role when required and constructively contribute to peer learning and critique |
| C.2 | Ability to communicate ideas effectively including oral, written, visual, analogue and digital presentations (2D and 3D) |
| I.1 | Ability to apply experimentation in thinking and practice as a means toward developing an individual design approach |
| I.2 | Ability to understand and generate design propositions across a diverse range of design scenarios and negotiate final propositions with multiple stakeholders |
| I.3 | Ability to initiate and execute meaningful self-directed iterative processes |
| P.1 | Ability to apply and utilise appropriate communication techniques,knowledge and understanding to enable practical applications in spatial design |
| P.2 | Ability to rigorously explore, apply and extend multiple representational techniques |
| P.3 | Ability to apply and deploy disciplinary learning, with a continuing commitment to professional development |
| R.1 | Ability to independently select and apply appropriate research methodologies to carry out investigative study |
| R.2 | Ability to analyse, formulate and synthesise complex ideas, arguments and rationales and use initiative to explore alternatives |
| R.3 | Ability to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of interior and spatial design precedent and to contextualise one's work within the extended discipline |
| R.4 | Ability to reflect on, challenge and interrogate theoretical speculation |
Career options
Career options include commercial and residential interior design, interactive and responsive environment design, museum and exhibition design, production design for film and television, theatre and performance design, and visual and spatial branding.
Career options are enhanced by international experience, making students more marketable to prospective employers.
Admission requirements
Applicants must have completed an Australian Year 12 qualification, Australian Qualifications Framework Diploma, or equivalent Australian or overseas qualification at the required level.
Students must refer to the inherent requirements for all degrees offered by Design and Architecture in the Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building.
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: 176-184.
Eligibility for admission does not guarantee offer of a place.
International students
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.
Assumed knowledge
There are no prior language requirements for the international studies program.
Course duration and attendance
The course is offered on a five-year, full-time basis. There are generally up to 20 contact hours a week. Lectures and studios are on campus during session. Sessions focus on design studios that incorporate advanced communication and technology skills with innovative design thinking and practice.
Students spend two sessions of study at a university or other higher education institution in the country of their major.
Course structure
Students must complete 240 credit points comprising 96 credit points of core subjects, a 24-credit-point sub-major, 24 credit points of electives in interior and spatial design, and 96 credit points of international studies subjects.
Overseas study
Students spend their fourth year of study at a university overseas.
Course completion requirements
| CBK90823 Elective choice | 24cp | |
| STM91203 Core subjects (Interior and Spatial Design) | 120cp | |
| CBK90005 Country major choice | 96cp | |
| Total | 240cp |
Course program
An example program is shown below for students commencing in Autumn session and undertaking the course with the Germany major as the international studies major.
| Year 1 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 86004 Design Studio: Foundations in Interior and Spatial Design | 12cp | |
| 86008 Context: Image and Making (Representation) | 6cp | |
| 85503 Design Thinking | 6cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 86005 Design Studio: Inhabitations | 12cp | |
| 86009 Context: Image and Making (Generative Methods) | 6cp | |
| 85502 Researching Design History | 6cp | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 976001 Foundations in International Studies | 8cp | |
| 97601 German Language and Culture 1 | 8cp | |
| Select 6 credit points of options | 6cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 97602 German Language and Culture 2 | 8cp | |
| 86113 Context: Experimentations | 6cp | |
| 86530 Design Studio: Spatial Agency | 12cp | |
| Year 3 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 97603 German Language and Culture 3 | 8cp | |
| 86529 Design Studio: Performative Spaces | 12cp | |
| 86114 Context: Inhabitations | 6cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 97604 German Language and Culture 4 | 8cp | |
| 976421 Contemporary Germany | 8cp | |
| Select 6 credit points of options | 6cp | |
| Year 4 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 977420 In-country Study 1: Germany | 24cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 978420 In-country Study 2: Germany | 24cp | |
| Year 5 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 86221 Context: Explorations | 6cp | |
| 86533 Design Studio: Industry | 12cp | |
| Select 6 credit points of options | 6cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 86222 Context: Interdisciplinary | 6cp | |
| 86223 Design Studio: Interior and Spatial Design Major Project | 12cp | |
| Select 6 credit points of options | 6cp | |
Other information
Further information is available from the UTS Student Centre on:
telephone 1300 ask UTS (1300 275 887)
or +61 2 9514 1222
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