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Design (Honours) - 4809

Program Summary

Faculty: Faculty of Art & Design

Contact: http://www.artdesign.unsw.edu.au

Campus: Paddington

Career: Undergraduate

Typical Duration: 4 Years  

Typical UOC Per Semester: 24

Min UOC Per Semester: 6

Max UOC Per Semester: 24

Min UOC For Award: 192

UAC Code: 421100

Domestic Entry Requirements: See Domestic Entry Requirements

International Entry Requirements: See International Entry Requirements

Award(s):

Bachelor of Design (Honours)

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Program Description
This program provides an education to students who wish to enter a range of different areas of the design profession, including graphic design, media design, film and television production and post-production, illustration, publications, interiors, theatre, exhibitions, display, festivals and furnishings, ceramics, textiles, jewellery and object design.

This program recognises UNSW Art and Design's particular strengths to provide an undergraduate program which emphasises an integrated approach to design rather than a focus on narrow vocational specialisations. These strengths are its ability to offer design from a creative and cross disciplinary base, its courses in visual arts, media arts and art theory, its engagement with technology and its relationship with industry.

Program Objectives and Graduate Attributes
This program aims to provide students with a sound knowledge base for entry into a wide range of design related professions. Students will acquire an understanding of the history and theory of design, in addition to design practice.

Program Structure
The degree of Bachelor of Design is awarded as an Honours degree at the completion of four years full-time study.

The BDes (Hons) consists of a design core that provides a depth of engagement with design studies (144 UOC) and an Elective and General Education component (48 UOC) that provides breadth of experience.

The program structure is:
.
Year 1

Students must complete the following core courses:
Breadth courses:

Design prescribed electives: Students must complete
and one from the following list :
Year 2

Students must complete the following core courses:
  • Design Studios (24 UOC)
  • Contextual Studies (12 UOC)
Breadth Courses:
  • Elective (6 UOC)
  • General Education (6 UOC)
Year 3

Students must complete the following core courses:
  • COFA3114 Foundations of Research in Art and Design (6 UOC)
  • Design Studios (24 UOC)
Breadth courses:
  • Elective (6 UOC)
  • General Education (6 UOC)
Year 4

Students must complete the following core courses:
  • SDES4105 Design Honours Studio Project A (6 UOC)
  • Honours Seminar (6 UOC)
Breadth courses:
  • Electives (12 UOC)
Design Studios

Students must choose two from the following Design Studios:

Ceramics (24 UOC)

Graphics Media (24UOC)

Jewellery (24 UOC)

Object Design (24 UOC)

Spatial Design (24 UOC)

Textiles (24 UOC)

Contextual Studies

Students must complete 12 UOC in Contextual Studies, normally in their 2nd year, from approved courses (as listed below):

General Education Requirements
General Education is the completion of two courses (12 UOC) offered outside the Faculty of Art and Design.

Honours
Honours is awarded on the basis of meritorious performance across the whole program, and performance in the Honours Research Project.

Students will be considered for the award of honours according to the following scale, which includes the Weighted Average Mark (WAM) for all completed courses, and results from the Honours research project.
  • Honours Class 1: If WAM greater than or equal to 75.0 and Honours Research Project mark greater than or equal to 85.
  • Honours Class 2 Division 1: else WAM greater than or equal to 70.0 and Project mark greater than or equal to 75.
  • Honours Class 2 Division 2: else WAM greater than or equal to 65.0 and Project mark greater than or equal to 65.
  • Honours Class 3: else WAM greater than or equal to 50.0 and Project mark greater than or equal to 50.

Academic Rules
  • complete 192 units of credit;
  • complete the requirements of the Design core (144 UOC)
  • complete 36 UOC of Free and Prescribed Electives
  • complete 12 UOC of General Education
  • complete at least 30 UOC of Level I courses before enrolling in Level II or Level III courses

Fees
For information regarding fees for UNSW programs, please refer to the following website:  https://my.unsw.edu.au/student/fees/FeesMainPage.html

Important Information
The Academic Rules for the BDesign (Hons) and the online enrolment facility provide students with a wide range of course choices. The online enrolment facility checks that students meet the enrolment requirements for individual courses but not that a course complies with Program Rules. Students are responsible for ensuring they are enrolling in accordance with the Academic Rules outlined above. Students should not assume that because they have enrolled in a course online that the course is automatically credited to their degree program.

Free Electives
A Free Elective is any course offered either within or outside the Faculty of Art and Design in which the student is able to enrol.

Program Schema (pdf download)

Domestic Undergraduate Admission - Selection Criteria
All applicants are assessed on the basis of previous academic achievement, however additional selection criteria are available to some applicants. Please refer to the Admissions Information here.

Related Program(s)


4811 Design (Hons) / Art Education

Area(s) of Specialisation
Design

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