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QUT (Queensland University of Technology)

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Bachelor of Design (Interaction Design)/Bachelor of Information Technology

  • Bachelor

Combine interaction design and IT for roles including interactive media designer, usability specialist, information architect or graphic designer.

Key details

Degree Type
Bachelor
Duration
4 years full-time
Course Code
409452, 096570E
Study Mode
In person
Intake Months
Feb, Jul
ATAR
70

About this course

Highlights
  • Learn interaction design so you can be prepared for diverse and agile career pathways in design, technology and innovation. It focuses on cutting-edge design skills, knowledge and capabilities needed for a contemporary designer to work across multiple fields, practices and contexts.
  • Build an information technology qualification that supports your interests and career aspirations and equips you with the skills to transform and shape the future.
  • Combine your interaction design and information technology skills to work in a range of creative and commercial industries including advertising, education and gaming, or in cultural institutions. Roles include interactive media designer, usability specialist, information architect or graphic designer.
Highlights
  • Learn interaction design so you can be prepared for diverse and agile career pathways in design, technology and innovation. It focuses on cutting-edge design skills, knowledge and capabilities needed for a contemporary designer to work across multiple fields, practices and contexts.
  • Build an information technology qualification that supports your interests and career aspirations and equips you with the skills to transform and shape the future.
  • Combine your interaction design and information technology skills to work in a range of creative and commercial industries including advertising, education and gaming, or in cultural institutions. Roles include interactive media designer, usability specialist, information architect or graphic designer.

Entry requirements

Year 12 early offer scheme

If you're a current Queensland Year 12 student you may be eligible to receive an offer for this course on the last day of Queensland Year 12 before receiving your ATAR or selection rank.

Find out more about the QUT Year 12 Early Offer Scheme

Prerequisites

Satisfactory completion of Year 12 in an Australian school system or equivalent.

Study locations

Kelvin Grove

Gardens Point

What you will learn

Bachelor of Design (Interaction Design)

This course prepares you for diverse and agile career pathways in design technology and innovation. It focuses on cutting-edge design skills knowledge and capabilities needed for a contemporary designer to work across multiple fields practices and contexts.

You'll undertake a series of interaction design studios focusing on industry-leading practices in human centered design design thinking experience design service innovation and augmented reality.

Opportunities for industry work experience international study tours and to network with design industry professionals nationally and internationally will ensure you graduate with one of the most versatile and contemporary skill sets in the sector.

Career pathways available to you beyond the design industries include roles in game design information technology health education science and engineering as well as business and enterprise.

You will be prepared for employment opportunities across interaction design industries and in roles that are yet to emerge including in areas such as web and mobile app design interface design user experience (UX) design or interaction (IxD) design wearable fashion technology interactive exhibition design health technology innovation data visualisation smart home and virtual reality environments design robotics design communication design and many more.

Bachelor of Information Technology

Build a qualification that supports your interests and career aspirations and equips you with the skills to transform and shape the future through information technology.

When you combine your interaction design and information technology skills you can work in a range of creative and commercial industries including advertising education and gaming or in cultural institutions. Roles include interactive media designer usability specialist information architect or graphic designer.

Get hands-on experience in state-of-the-art facilities and the skills required to be in demand as a problem solver.

As part of this course you must choose a major in:

  • computer science
  • information systems.

Career pathways

Careers and outcomes

Work in a range of creative and commercial industries including advertising education and gaming or in cultural institutions. Roles include interactive media designer usability specialist information architect or graphic designer.

Possible careers
  • Interaction designer
  • Interface designer
  • Programmer
  • User experience designer
  • User researcher
  • Web designer

Course structure

In order to complete this course you must complete a total of 384 credit points made up of 192 credit points from the Bachelor of Design (Interaction Design) and 192 credit points from the Bachelor of Information Technology. You will undertake the two components of the double degree concurrently.

Design component

You will complete:

  • four school-wide impact lab units (48 credit points)
  • the interaction design major (144 credit points) including:
    • four shared foundation units (48 credit points)
    • seven units (96 credit points) from the discipline.
Information technology component

You will complete:

  • six core units (72 credit points)
  • ten major core units (120 credit points) from one of the specified majors: computer science or information systems.
Study overseas

Study overseas while earning credit towards your QUT degree with one of our worldwide exchange partners.

Overseas study can be for one or two semesters (or during the semester break) and the units you take can be in either degree area depending on how they match with your QUT course.

In order to complete this course you must complete a total of 384 credit points made up of 192 credit points from the Bachelor of Design (Interaction Design) and 192 credit points from the Bachelor of Information Technology. You will undertake the two components of the double degree concurrently.

Design component

You will complete:

  • four school-wide impact lab units (48 credit points)
  • the interaction design major (144 credit points) including:
    • four shared foundation units (48 credit points)
    • seven units (96 credit points) from the discipline.
Information technology component

You will complete:

  • six core units (72 credit points)
  • ten major core units (120 credit points) from one of the specified majors: computer science or information systems.
Study overseas

Study overseas while earning credit towards your QUT degree with one of our worldwide exchange partners.

Overseas study can be for one or two semesters (or during the semester break) and the units you take can be in either degree area depending on how they match with your QUT course.