C07119v1 Graduate Diploma in Design
Award(s): Graduate Diploma in Design (GradDipDesign)CRICOS code: 071750G
Commonwealth supported place?: No
Load credit points: 48
Course EFTSL: 1
Location: City campus
Notes
This is an exit-only course. There is no direct admission to it. Current UTS students may be able to submit an Internal Course Transfer (Graduating) application to exit with this course. Check with your faculty's student centre.
Overview
Course aims
Career options
Course intended learning outcomes
Applications
Course duration and attendance
Course structure
Course completion requirements
Exit award
Other information
Overview
Unique in Australia, this course is intellectually vibrant, socially engaging, visionary, practice-focused and actively linked to industry. The course centres on building a design community network. It has two main components: specialised master classes led by a studio leader and industry partners; and theory and technology subjects taught across the program.
The program focuses on and integrates research, industry collaboration, internationalisation and a design culture through the delivery of specialist, core and transdisciplinary subjects. It provides a postgraduate education that is flexible in both its practice orientation and research integration.
With a focus on design evolution, innovative integration of new technologies, practice and student experimentation, the course is delivered by experienced studio leaders who are acknowledged leaders in their industries and professions.
Course aims
Designed to produce a balance between high levels of specialisation and lateral thinking, the program enables students to examine design from a transdisciplinary perspective.
It enables students to explore design issues under the supervision of a practice leader, to learn new strategies and the application of research and theory. It supports best practices in postgraduate design education through learning and research strategies that critically examine design practice.
Graduates of this course are leaders in design and related industries through their expertise in product and service development. They are able to utilise strategic processes, creative tools and research skills for innovation in design.
The program provides a suite of subjects for postgraduate designers in the areas of interaction, strategy and enterprise, lighting design, techno-textiles, and text and image. Common subjects explore related conceptual challenges and questions of visual expression in the quest to develop useful, usable and resonant designs. These include understanding and articulating the importance of user experience; the role of design in humanising information; the aesthetic and conceptual dynamics of effective communication; strategic thinking; and aspects of design management, branding and communication.
Career options
Graduates' careers are enhanced by high-level professional knowledge and skills for the workplace, with possession of specialised knowledge in advanced textiles, space and materials, interaction, sustainable design and innovation.
Course intended learning outcomes
| A.1 | Understanding of the designer's role as a global citizen |
| A.2 | Ethical practices in relation to acknowledgment of sources and the work of others |
| A.3 | Awareness of, and concern for, social and cultural diversity |
| C.1 | Professional attitude to clarity and accuracy of communication |
| C.2 | Capacity to make a positive contribution to a team |
| C.3 | Ability to present work appropriately to context |
| I.1 | Ability to work conceptually |
| I.2 | Ability to appraise, develop or redirect design ideas |
| I.3 | Ability to re-imagine human practices through design |
| P.1 | Ability to independently develop new skills and areas of knowledge |
| P.2 | Ability to independently cultivate aesthetic sensibility |
| P.3 | Developing craft skill |
| R.1 | Ability to develop a well-supported argument |
| R.2 | Ability to analyse complex ideas |
| R.3 | Ability to critically reflect on work by self and others |
Applications
Students must refer to the inherent requirements for all degrees offered by Design and Architecture in the Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building.
Course duration and attendance
The course is offered on a one-year, full-time or two-year, part-time basis.
Course structure
Students must complete 48 credit points of subjects.
Course completion requirements
| CBK90669 Design Expertise choice | 48cp | |
| Total | 48cp |
Exit award
This is an exit-only course for students enrolled in the Master of Design (C04243).
This course enables students enrolled in the master's course to exit after completing 48 credit points of study and gain a graduate diploma qualification.
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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UTS: Design, Architecture and Building