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Bachelor of Industrial Design (Honours)
Bachelor of Industrial Design (Honours)

Bachelor of Industrial Design (Honours)

  • ID:UWS610016
  • Level:4-Year Bachelor's Degree
  • Duration:
  • Intake:

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Admission Requirements

Entry Requirement

English Requirements

  • IELTS (Academic version): 6.5 overall score, minimum 6.0 in each subtest   

  • TOEFL internet-based score :Total score 82, Writing 21, Speaking 18, Reading 13, Listening 13

  • Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE):  58 overall; No communication skills less than 50               

Course Information

The Bachelor of Industrial Design (Honours) is a four-year program with specialisations that build significant support for the final year research thesis and applied design research project. The Design Research pathway central to Honours is developed to meet the demands of industry and academia in creating new contributions to the body of knowledge in innovation, systems thinking, design thinking, and social innovation. The curriculum offers structured and self-directed learning across standard class formats, studio-based, blended online and experiential Work Integrated Learning with focus on advanced design research methods drawn from industry-based design practice providing graduates with multi-directional employment pathways.

CRICOS Code: 107743E

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Full-time start-year Intake

Year 1

AUTUMN SESSION

  • Human Centred Design Research Methods

  • Designing for Circular Economy

  • Co-Designing Change with Local Communities

  • Design Graphics: Presenting Innovation

Credit Points, 40

SPRING SESSION

  • Designing for User Experience (UX)

  • Drawing Skills for Design Thinking

  • Designing for People: Applied Ergonomics

  • Design Graphics: Engineering Documentation

Credit Points, 40

Year 2

AUTUMN SESSION

  • Sustainable Materials and Smart Manufacturing

  • Design Semantics: Exploring Product Form

  • Design Graphics: Communication for Manufacture

  • Select one major/minor or alternate subject

Credit Points, 40

SPRING SESSION

  • Biomechanics in Product Innovation

  • Design Thinking for Successful Brands and Products

  • Designing for Circular Economy (Advanced)

Select one major/minor or alternate subject

Credit Points, 40

Year 3

AUTUMN SESSION

  • Studio: Interdisciplinary Global

Select three major/minor or alternate subjects

Credit Points, 40

SPRING SESSION

  •  Studio: Design Synthesis Capstone

Select three major/minor or alternate subjects

Credit Points, 40

Year 4

AUTUMN SESSION

  • Industrial Design Applied Research Project (Honours)

  • Design Practice: Sustainable Manufacturing

  • Design Research Methods (Advanced)

Credit Points, 40

SPRING SESSION

  • Industrial Design Research Thesis (Honours)

  • Mentored Practice in Design Innovation

  • Design Practice: Sustainable Components

Credit Points, 40

Total Credit Points, 320

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Career Opportunity

Career Opportunity

As an Industrial Design graduate, you can look forward to career opportunities in:

  • Technological innovation

  • Consumer goods

  • Entertainment and games

  • Online and e-learning solutions

  • Manufacturing

  • Secondary Teaching
    (further study is required)

Ability to settle

Overseas Student Health Cover

OSHC: 629 ($) per year

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