2001 Swinburne Undergraduate and TAFE Course Guide

Design – Degrees
Graphic Design
Industrial Design
Interior and Exhibition Design
Course title
Bachelor of Design (Graphic Design)
Duration
Three years full-time.
An honours year is also available.
Location
Prahran.
Entry requirements
Satisfactory completion of an appropriate Victorian
Year 12 or its equivalent.
2001 VCE prerequisites: Units 3 and 4 – a study
score of at least 25 in English. Applicants are
advised to undertake an art-related study, such as
Art or Visual Communication and Design in Units 3
and 4 to assist in the development of a folio.
Application procedure
VTAC code: 36101
2000 ENTER: Individual offer
All applicants must participate in a pre-selection
program and, if selected, attend an interview/folio
presentation in December. For further details, refer
to the VTAC Guide 2001.
Course overview
The aim of the degree course is to educate
designers to work effectively in areas where
information is conveyed by visual means, such as
publishing, publicity, merchandising, multimedia,
advertising, printing, education and research. The
first two years of the course are common to each
of the degree/honours streams, but in the final
degree year areas of investigation include,
production technology, design management,
publication design, multimedia design,
typography, communication design, image
making, packaging, visual identity and digital
production.
Major study
Three dimensional design, communication design,
typographic design, multimedia design,
publication design, image making, design
research, design writing, design management and
visual language.
Career opportunities
Graphic design for, and within, the broad visual
communication industry. Employment in design
consultancies, multi-disciplinary design practices,
communication design, advertising, multimedia
design or independent designer/maker.
Professional recognition
Membership of Design Institute of Australia
Information sessions
Sunday 27 August between 11.00am and 3.00pm.
Attendance is recommended.
Further information
National School of Design
Tel: (03) 9214 6755
Email: lstandley@swin.edu.au
Website: www.swin.edu.au/design
Course title
Bachelor of Design (Industrial Design)
Duration
Three years full-time.
An honours year is also available.
Location
Prahran.
Entry requirements
Satisfactory completion of an appropriate Victorian
Year 12 or its equivalent.
2001 VCE prerequisites: Units 3 and 4 – a study
score of at least 25 in English. Applicants are
advised to undertake an art-related study, such as
Art or Visual Communication and Design in Units 3
and 4 to assist in the development of a folio.
Materials and Technology, and Technological
Design and Development would also be an
advantage.
Application procedure
VTAC code: 36201
2000 ENTER: Individual offer
All applicants must participate in a pre-selection
program and, if selected, attend an interview/folio
presentation in December. For further details, refer
to the VTAC Guide 2001.
Course overview
Students experience a broad range of theoretical
and studio based activities designed to facilitate
career paths within consumer product, furniture,
exhibition, management, transportation and other
areas of three-dimensional design. The program
provides an opportunity for students to work both
in teams and on an individual basis exploring the
integration of new technologies, creativity, theory
and practice. Students gain an understanding of
appropriate vocational skills including computer
software and visual communication techniques
whilst exploring environmental, philosophical and
ethical issues associated with the future direction
of industrial design.
Major studies
The design process, concept and form generation,
computer aided design and technology, design
history and critical theory, management and visual
communication.
Career opportunities
Product design for, and within, manufacturing
industries or design consultancies, exhibition,
environmental and furniture design, stage and set
design, self-employed designers.
Professional recognition
Membership of Design Institute of Australia.
Information sessions
Sunday 27 August between 11.00am and 3.00pm.
Attendance is recommended.
Further information
National School of Design
Tel: (03) 9214 6755
Email: lstandley@swin.edu.au
Website: www.swin.edu.au/design
Course title
Bachelor of Design (Interior and Exhibition Design)
Duration
Four years full-time.
Location
Prahran.
Entry requirements
Satisfactory completion of an appropriate Victorian
Year 12 or its equivalent.
2001 VCE prerequisites: Units 3 and 4 – a study
score of at least 25 in English. Applicants are
advised to undertake an art-related study, such as
Art or Visual Communication and Design in Units 3
and 4 to assist in the development of a folio.
Application procedure
VTAC code: 36031
2000 ENTER: Individual offer
All applicants must participate in a pre-selection
program and, if selected, attend an interview/folio
presentation in December. For further details, refer
to the VTAC Guide 2001.
Course overview
The course aims at a broad design education with
a firm grounding in the technology and science of
the built environment. The Interior and Exhibition
program deals via a series of design projects with
the ideas of the possible. The areas of exhibition,
museum design, theatre, commercial, retail and
furniture are incorporated within the discipline. A
semester of Industry Based Learning (IBL) within
the profession is included in year three. Honours
may be awarded.
Major studies
Studio based design, design history and critical
theory, technology and materials, building science,
CAD drafting, communications, professional and
business practice.
Career opportunities
Interior and exhibition design, hotel/retail design,
theatre design, museum design, computer aided
design, design management.
Professional recognition
Membership of Design Institute of Australia.
Membership of the Society of Interior Designers
of Australia.
Registration as a Building Practitioner.
Information sessions
Sunday 27 August between 11.00am and 3.00pm.
Attendance is recommended.
Further information
National School of Design
Tel: (03) 9214 6755
Email: lstandley@swin.edu.au
Website: www.swin.edu.au/design
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