Curtin University
Bachelor of Design
If design is your passion, this flexible degree offers a number of exciting majors that will develop your practical skills in a global context, so you can take your career anywhere in the world.
Throughout the three-year program, you will learn through project-based activities and have the opportunity to work with students from other disciplines, mirroring a real industry environment.
You’ll use industry-standard equipment and software, and graduate with a comprehensive portfolio that demonstrates your skills to future employers.
How this course will make you industry ready
In your final year, you will be given the opportunity to complete a capstone unit. You will explore interdisciplinary themes through the creation of design-focused projects, and benefit from strong links with industry across the design majors. The networks and skills you’ll develop in this unit will ensure you graduate industry-ready.
What jobs can the Design course lead to?
- Graphic designer
- Fashion designer
- Electronic game developer
- Creative director
- Illustrator
- Photojournalist
- Photographer
- Design educator
- Entrepreneur
- Production manager
What you’ll learn
- apply discipline knowledge to critically review, analyse, consolidate and contribute to evidence-based practice in their chosen design discipline
- demonstrate cognitive and technical skills in both a broad understanding of design and with depth in at least one discipline
- use and discern between a range of design technologies and media platforms in the production of design-based solutions
- demonstrate effective visual, spoken, written and technical communication appropriate to their chosen design discipline and apply effective self-directed learning skills
- demonstrate personal awareness of a design specific practice and sustain an engagement with contemporary practices, technologies and the creative industries
- develop a predictive overview of future trends that will influence design and design practices
- recognise the importance of social, ethical and cultural diversity and consider local and international perspectives in design activities, studio practice and production
- demonstrate how intercultural awareness and understanding impacts on personal and professional skills and on the ability to lead
- work independently and collaboratively on design projects and respond to project demands
