Bachelor of Design 2024

Design is an ability to question assumptions. Designers are trained to ask, 'why?' because this can lead to exciting changes in the way things are done.

Design is also the ability to think through doing. Like sketching and drawing, making models or quick prototypes to test your ideas through materials. It's satisfying work. And if you're not having fun making, you're doing it wrong!
In our Bachelor of Design course, you can explore design through a specialisation in Visual and Spatial Design or Games and Interactive Design.
You'll develop transferable visual and spatial problem identification, ideation, and prototyping skills to establish your own place in the world, with a personal style, as well as career opportunities and entrepreneurial skills.
And because we have real clients that need our ideas, by the end of your course you'll have real work to show to launch your design career. Or you can go on to further study, such as our Master of Design course.

This course has been accredited by ECU as an AQF Level 7 Bachelor Degree Award.

1. Apply broad discipline knowledge to a range of theoretical and technical/practical Design situations
2. Think critically to analyse, interpret and conceptualise/synthesise complex Design knowledge/problems
3. Think creatively to anticipate challenges and generate Design specific solutions/responses
4. Use digital technologies and Design related literacies to access, evaluate and synthesise relevant information from multiple sources
5. Communicate Design knowledge and ideas clearly, coherently and with independence
6. Demonstrate a global outlook with respect for cultural diversity, including Indigenous cultural competence
7. Work collaboratively and demonstrate initiative to implement social, sustainable, and ethical values through appropriate Design methods
8. Demonstrate autonomy, accountability and judgement for own learning and scholarship and/or professional practice

1. Apply broad discipline knowledge to a range of theoretical and technical/practical Design situations
2. Think critically to analyse, interpret and conceptualise/synthesise complex Design knowledge/problems
3. Think creatively to anticipate challenges and generate Design specific solutions/responses
4. Use digital technologies and Design related literacies to access, evaluate and synthesise relevant information from multiple sources
5. Communicate Design knowledge and ideas clearly, coherently and with independence
6. Demonstrate a global outlook with respect for cultural diversity, including Indigenous cultural competence
7. Work collaboratively and demonstrate initiative to implement social, sustainable, and ethical values through appropriate Design methods
8. Demonstrate autonomy, accountability and judgement for own learning and scholarship and/or professional practice

Employment is available in Service Design, Graphic Design, Spatial Design, Healthcare Design, Strategic Design, UX (User Experience Design), Web Design, Game Design. Increasingly, Design is a valued skill in a range of ancillary industries and students can work in transdisciplinary areas such as designing games for education and training, working with architectural design companies to create visualisations, and plan and manage public space, work with information industries such as libraries, archives and museums. The course equips students in managing projects, clients, and their roles in teams as well as the generic skills required to adapt to a rapidly evolving industry.

Graphic Designer, Spatial Designer, Service Designer, Web Designer, Game Designer, Interior Designer, Conceptual Artist, Illustrator, Sketch-noter, Graphic Facilitator