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Diploma of Interior Design

  • Diploma

Turn your creative flair into a career in interior design. This two year course will give you an understanding of the nature of environmental space and spatial ambience with the ability to manipulate the relationship of spaces, objects and products within the surrounding space.

Key details

Degree Type
Diploma
Course Code
MSF50222, 111973A
Study Mode
In person
Domestic Fees
$25,608 per year / $27,108 total
International Fees
$25,608 per year / $27,108 total

About this course

Turn your creative flair into a career in interior design. This two year course will give you an understanding of the nature of environmental space and spatial ambience with the ability to manipulate the relationship of spaces, objects and products within the surrounding space.

You will gain the skills to approach a variety of design problems with creativity and be sensitive to the requirements of a design brief. During your studies you will develop and respond to client briefs, specify furniture, finishes and equipment, colours, lighting, hard and soft materials and fixtures. You will also gain the skills to provide hand drawings, use auto computer-aided design (CAD) applications and illustrate design proposals.

You will work on simulated live projects with many different briefs from a wide range of industry disciplines. There are also opportunities to participate in industry visits and enter competitions that also engages with industry.

Once you complete this diploma you have the opportunity to study for a further year in the MSF60122 Advanced Diploma of Interior Design.

Entry requirements

  • An IELTS score (academic) of 6.0 with no band score less than 5.0 or equivalent.

  • Equivalent to Australian Year 12.

  • OR Completion of CUA30720 Certificate III in Design Fundamentals is required for entry into this course.

Please view Admission requirements for your country of origin.

Study locations

Perth

Career pathways

Career opportunities
  • Design Project Administrator
  • Interior Designer
Career opportunities
  • Design Project Administrator
  • Interior Designer
  • Design Project Administrator
  • Interior Designer
  • Course structure

    To achieve this qualification, students must demonstrate competency in 27 units. These 27 units are comprised of 10 core units and 17 elective units as listed below. Elective units listed below have been selected in consultation with industry.

    Students who enrol into this qualification will be eligible for credit transfer of the units that they have already achieved. Fees paid by international students are set on a commercial basis and are paid as a whole of course fee - no refund will apply to credit transfers. Please refer to your letter of Offer for detailed duration and costings for your enrolment.

    Core units
      National ID
      Unit title
    • CUADES302
      Explore and apply the creative design process to 2D forms
    • CUADES303
      Explore and apply the creative design process to 3D forms
    • CUADES512
      Establish, negotiate and refine a design brief
    • MSFID4013
      Design residential interior lighting
    • MSFID4014
      Produce digital models and documentation for interior design projects
    • MSFID4016
      Design colour schemes for interior and exterior spaces
    • MSFID5020
      Design residential interiors
    • MSFID5021
      Evaluate site structure and services for interior design briefs
    • MSFID5022
      Explore and apply creative design methodology to interior space
    • MSFID5025
      Develop residential interior design project documentation
    Elective units
      National ID
      Unit title
    • BSBCRT413 Collaborate in creative processes
    • BSBCRT512 Originate and develop concepts
    • CUAACD313 Produce technical drawings
    • CUADES411 Generate design solutions
    • CUADES413 Develop and extend design skills and practice
    • CUAILL401 Develop and refine illustrative work
    • CUAPPR513 Present a body of own creative work
    • CUAPPR514 Establish and maintain environmentally sustainable creative practice
    • MSFGN4001 Research and meet ethical and compliance requirements
    • MSFID4012 Decorate residential interiors
    • MSFID4017 Research and recommend furniture and accessories
    • MSFID4018 Research and recommend hard materials and finishes for interiors
    • MSFID4019 Research interior decoration and design influences
    • MSFID4021 Design soft furnishing solutions for interior spaces
    • MSFID5016 Develop decoration proposals for complex sites
    • MSFID5018 Provide interior styling service
    • MSFID5023 Design for all ages and abilities