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Overview

This specialisation is for students commencing from 2023. The Industrial Design specialisation in the Bachelor of Design at UNSW inspires and challenges you to enhance human and environmental wellbeing through insightful and strategic product design. This three-year specialisation degree, plus a one-year merit-based Honours program, prepares you for a professional … For more content click the Read More button below. In our practical studio classes and theoretical courses, you will explore the technical aspects of design in tandem with user experience through rigorous and empathic design methods. This program teaches you the foundations of design thinking, the basis of innovation across diverse industries. You will develop key professional skills in drawing, ideation, making, and prototyping as you learn about manufacturing technology, materials, sustainability, user interaction, and more. As part of the Bachelor of Design program, you will have the unique opportunity to explore complimentary design disciplines and graduate with the confidence to turn creativity and critical thinking into innovative solutions. Through our strong industry links, you will carry out creative exploration and validation in real-world scenarios and develop meaningful partnerships with leaders in the field. You will graduate as a competitive and job-ready Industrial Designer with the capacity to innovate and to tackle complex problems on the frontiers of societal and technological change.

Learning Outcomes

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Critically reflect as an agile and responsive Industrial Design practitioner working in evolving local, regional and global contexts.
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Work effectively both independently and collaboratively as an Industrial Design professional.
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Demonstrate empathy towards social, cultural and environmental contexts through ethical choices made in the Industrial Design process.
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Apply responsible Industrial Design practice towards social, cultural and environmental issues.
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Interrogate design through an understanding of Industrial Design history, theory, context, tools, and methods.  
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Apply iterative Industrial Design methodology of empathy, ideation, prototyping and testing to explore and solve problems.  
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Demonstrate rigour through sound design research to inform problem identification and problem solving.
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Communicate effectively through a range of specific Industrial Design methods involving graphic, tangible, verbal and written forms appropriate to the audience, purpose and context.
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Develop Industrial Design knowledge and skills via active engagement within and outside the discipline through a framework of lifelong learning.
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Demonstrate entrepreneurial skills in Industrial Design to identify opportunities and propose innovative design solutions.
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Graduate Capabilities

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Available in Program(s)
Single degree program(s) in which this specialisation is available:

Bachelor of Design - BDes4825 - Design

Specialisation Structure

Students must complete 78 UOC.

Level 1 Core Courses30 Units of Credit:
Level 2 Core Courses30 Units of Credit:
Level 3 Core Courses18 Units of Credit:

Enrolment Disclaimer

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You are responsible for ensuring that you enrol in courses according to your program requirements and by following the advice of your Program Authority. myUNSW enrolment checks that you have met enrolment requirements such as pre-requisites for individual courses but not that you are enrolling in courses that will count towards your program requirements.

Additional Information

Students in the Industrial Design Specialisation are encouraged to consider taking FADA6700 ADA Professional Placement or CDEV3000 Practice of Work as a free elective if space allows.

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