Major : Design and Technologies

Credit points

80

Major available at

• Brisbane
• Melbourne
• Strathfield

Note:

Not available on the Brisbane and Melbourne campuses (2022)

Available on the Brisbane and Melbourne campuses from 2023.

Additional information

Design and Technologies is the study of product design and manufacturing, it is underpinned by the philosophical principle of user-centred design and aims to improve specific product design factors including sustainability. Technologies students consider past, present and emerging technologies and investigate how people use and why they develop specific technologies, as well as the potential impacts on individuals and communities and the environment. In this sequence students, design, and safely manufacture their design solutions, demonstrating a capacity to refine and renew skills in response to change and emerging technologies. Students develop their skills in areas, including Textiles, Food, Industrial Design using timber, metal, plastics, 3-d printing and electronics and will work toward developing independent product innovation design projects. The Australian Government regards high-quality science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education as critically important for current and future productivity, as well as for informed personal decision making and effective community, national and global citizenship.

The Design and Technologies major is available to students in the Bachelor of Creative Arts course. Students will have the opportunity to select from the following sequences: Food Technology, Textiles and Design, Industrial Timber and Metal), Generic Design and Technology.

Admission requirements

Completion requirements

A Major is 80 cp in prescribed units in one discipline or approved interdisciplinary area, normally including at least 10 cp at 100-level, at least 40 cp at 200-level and at least 20 cp from 300-level.

A student must complete 80 cp from Part A or Part B or Part C or Part D.

Part A : Food and Technology

Complete exactly 80 credit points from the following:

Part B : Textiles and Design

Complete exactly 80 credit points from the following:

Part C : Industrial (Timber and Metal)

Complete exactly 80 credit points from the following:

Part D : Generic Design and Technology

Complete exactly 80 credit points from the following:

Students may wish to extend their major to 10 units by taking two electives in one area.

For Food Technology TECH210 and TECH213; Textiles and Design TECH209 and TECH212 and two Industrial (Timber and Metal) units, either: TECH205 Design in Timber and TECH206 Design in Metal Metal or TECH315 Engineering Technologies.