Postgraduate courses

2023

 Students should use My Programme Requirements to view the courses that can be taken as part of your degree. The programmes pages also contain indicative degree structures as a visual reference for how you can progress through your degree. 

The grey boxes below provide the overall enrolment requirements that need to be completed for each programme:

120-point Master of Design:

  • Taught degree:
    • DESIGN 703, 708, and
    • 30 points from DESIGN 700-702, 704-707
  • Research degree:
    • DESIGN 700, and
    • DESIGN 701 or 704 or 705, and 
    • 90 points from DESIGN 794AB or DESIGN 795AB

More information can be found in the Calendar Regulations.

180-point Master of Design:

  • Taught degree:
    • DESIGN 700, 701, 702, 703, 708, and
    • 30 points from: DESIGN 704-707
  • Research degree:
    • DESIGN 700, 701, 702, and
    • 30 points from: DESIGN 704-706, and
    • 90 points from: DESIGN 794AB or DESIGN 795AB

More information can be found in the Calendar Regulations. 

Postgraduate Certificate in Design:

  • DESIGN 700, 701, and 702

More information can be found in the Calendar Regulations. 

Courses offered this year

DESIGN 700 - Design Research Methodologies

  • Course prescription: A study of how to adopt and adapt different methodologies for context analysis, concept development, design iteration, deployment and evaluation.
  • Semester availability: Semester One
  • Points: 15

DESIGN 701 - Design Practices

  • Course prescription: A survey of current contexts, resources and networks to be applied in advanced design practice.
  • Semester availability: Semester One
  • Points: 15

DESIGN 702 - Design Technologies

  • Course prescription: A studio-based study of process and production technologies for advanced design outcomes.
  • Semester availability: Semester One
  • Points: 30

DESIGN 703 - Project Design

  • Course prescription: The application of design methods, models and technologies to formulate a design specification for prototype development.
  • Prerequisites: DESIGN 700-702
  • Semester availability: Semester Two
  • Points: 30

DESIGN 704 - Design Impacts

  • Course prescription: A studio-based investigation that considers design as a catalyst for change and the models for measuring the impacts of design interventions.
  • Prerequisites: DESIGN 700-702
  • Semester availability: Semester Two
  • Points: 15

DESIGN 705 - Design Futures

  • Course prescription: Applying speculative design methods to develop future scenarios and solutions for emerging societal and environmental challenges.
  • Prerequisites: DESIGN 700-702
  • Semester availability: Semester Two
  • Points: 15

DESIGN 706 - Design Enterprise

  • Course prescription: A studio-based study of enterprise practices for the stable deployment and viable adoption of design products and services.
  • Prerequisites: DESIGN 700-702
  • Semester availability: Semester Two
  • Points: 30

DESIGN 707 - Internship

  • Course prescription: An approved internship in design with a commercial or community organisation. Design staff can assist with guidance on this. 
  • Prerequisites: DESIGN 700-702
  • Semester availability: Semester Two
  • Points: 30

DESIGN 708 - Capstone Project

  • Course prescription:  An independent studio-based project that critically investigates a specific contemporary issue in design or an issue that would benefit from an advanced design-based solution. Students will develop a project and document the process and impact of their solution to the underlying issue.
  • Prerequisites: DESIGN 703
  • Semester availability: Semester One and Two
  • Points: 60

Research courses

These are double-semester courses. A student must enrol into both the A and B components of the course. Please note:

  • Enrolment in the A component of a double-semester course confirms enrolment in the B component, even if in a future year (e.g. part-time).
  • You have until the fourth Friday of the first semester in which you enrol into the A component to make changes without penalty. 
  • After this point, you are liable for the total fees for the whole course (full or part-time), and this includes if you withdraw from the course.

If you are enrolling on a part-time basis, contact the Student Hubs for assistance.

DESIGN 794A&B - Thesis 

  • Prerequisites: 
    • DESIGN 700-702, and
    • for the 180-point MDes, a B average or higher across DESIGN 700-702.
  • Note: Students must enrol in DESIGN 794 A and B as this is a double-semester course.
  • Semester availability: Semester One and Two
  • Points: 30 (DESIGN 794A) + 60 (DESIGN 794B)

DESIGN 795A&B - Research Portfolio

  • Prerequisites: 
    • DESIGN 700-702, and
    • for the 180-point MDes, a B average or higher across DESIGN 700-702.
  • Note: Students must enrol in DESIGN 795 A and B as this is a double-semester course.
  • Semester availability: Semester One and Two
  • Points: 30 (DESIGN 795A) + 60 (DESIGN 795B)

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