This minor enables students to develop digital literacy and material knowledge by focusing on cutting-edge practice at the intersection of material and digital domains. A flexible structure allows students to bring together digital and material practices, in ways that broaden and deepen their skills, knowledge and design agility.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful
completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
- Demonstrate an understanding of the technical,
cultural and conceptual aspects of design practice. - Generate, develop and evaluate ideas and
concepts using critical, technical and creative skills through design
projects. - Critically reflect upon and evaluate design
artefacts. - Interpret,
communicate and present ideas in modes suited to a range of audiences.
Relevant Degrees
Requirements
This minor requires the completion of 24 units, which must include:
A maximum of 12 units may come from completion of courses from the following list:
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| DESA1021 | Precise Drawing and Model Making | 6 |
| DESN1001 | Making Online: Context & Presence | 6 |
| DESN1002 | Visual Communication: Design and Production | 6 |
| DESN1003 | Contemporary Design In Context | 6 |
A minimum of 12 units must come from completion of courses from the following list:
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| DESN2001 | Digital Form and Fabrication | 6 |
| DESN2002 | Foundations of Creative Code | 6 |
| DESN2003 | Creative Data Visualisation: Representing Data in Visual and Material Form | 6 |
| DESN2004 | Dynamic Design and Generative Systems | 6 |
| DESN2005 | Form and Fabrication in Context | 6 |
| DESN2006 | Front-End Web: Crafting Online Experience | 6 |
| DESN2007 | Design Fiction: Speculative and Critical Design | 6 |
| DESN2008 | Design Thinking: Human-Centred Design Methodologies | 6 |
| DESN2009 | Typography in Context: digital typographic design | 6 |
| DESN2012 | The Ethics of Making: Design for Reuse and Repair | 6 |