Postgraduate Diploma in Design

at Media Design School

Modules
 

• Design Research: Connecting Texts, Deciphering Context
• Interdisciplinary Design Project: Emerging Contexts
• Contemporary Design Issue: Creative Futures
• Special Topic Project: Creative Entrepreneurship
• Special Topic Project: Design and Economies

In order to be admitted to the Master of Design an applicant must have completed the following or equivalent:
 

• An Honours degree that is of relevance to design (such as Design - Graphic, Industrial, Product, Fine Arts, Cognitive Science/Psychology, Software Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering); or
• An appropriate international equivalent design or allied professional qualification requiring at least three years full-time tertiary study at an appropriate level as approved by the Academic Board; or
• Relevant professional experience (considered to be equivalent to a Bachelor’s degree ~ six plus years experience in a design related field showing career progression and increasing responsibility) as approved by the Academic Board.

International Full Time Fees Per Year
$35,091

Possible career pathways for graduates of the Postgraduate Diploma in Design include both strategic and design positions within design studios, companies and consultancy agencies:
 

• Design Project Manager
• Systems Designer
• Merchandising and Branding Developer or Strategist
• Sustainability Designer
• Interactive Designer
• Mobile Technologies Designer