Associate Degree in Applied Design

In this course you'll combine foundational design knowledge - in design thinking, processes, forms and language - with a skills focus in one of three design streams: Communication, Digital and Business. You'll engage with industry-connected projects, practices and expectations, and explore design ethics and histories to contextualise your design work.

Our practice-based learning approach with a diverse, creative community supports you to develop valued and transferable skills of collaboration, reflective and critical thinking essential for problem framing and solving. It also means that tapping into your life and work experience - no matter its length or bent - is encouraged and nurtured because design is at work everywhere!

Your tutors are established designers in Tasmania applying design to care for people and place. We see opportunities for individuals, communities and businesses to thrive by designing the transitions we all need to make swiftly, for local and global resilience. We're inspired to design for positive social and environmental outcomes as part of our creative livelihoods - not as trade-offs. Connecting people and planet is how we do design.

Graduates of the course may take on work roles involving: inclusive user experience design; web design and digital content creation; creative direction of projects and events; visual design strategy for new and existing organisations; or launch their own creative enterprise.

On completion, you can also choose to expand and deepen your design learning and gain credit towards the Bachelor of Design. This course offers five stream options: Communication Design, Digital Design, Business Design, Object Design and Spatial Design, with engaging opportunities for cross-pollination and networking across our design, art, media, business and architecture disciplines.

The Associate Degree in Applied Design (Z2E) includes:

• eight compulsory units as a core in applied design,
• a choice of four units within an aligned stream in either Business, Digital, or Communication, and
• four elective units.

A student will opt into one of the streams at the commencement of their course. In both years of the degree a student would undertake four core applied design units, two stream units, and two electives.

A student may exit at the end of the first year of the course (minimum eight units) with a Diploma of Applied Design.

You may be eligible for advanced standing (i.e. credit) in this associate degree if you:

• Have completed an award such as a Diploma or Advanced Diploma at the University, from TAFE or another institution;
• Are currently studying another associate degree at the University or at another institution;
• Have completed studies towards a Bachelor degree at the University or from another institution.

Find out more information about how to apply for a credit transfer/advanced standing at Recognition of Prior Learning, or talk to us on 1300 363 864 or enquire online about your credit transfer.