Bachelor of Design (Digital Technologies)
Deakin University
About
Creative problem-solvers with a love of design and an aptitude for technical IT skills should explore our Bachelor of Design (Digital Technologies).
Learn about user experience (UX), design strategies, digital technologies and interactive media, to deliver impactful digital solutions for creative and social issues in our changing world.Explore core themes including technological entrepreneurship and innovation, design thinking and collaborative practice.Then customise your degree by choosing electives that spark your interest, such as creative coding, robotics and 3D motion.
This unique combination of technical and artistic skills allows you to forge a creative and rewarding career beyond the traditional IT and creative arts streams.Do you eat, sleep and breathe design – and love to work in a team environment?
Structure
To qualify for the award of Bachelor of Design (Digital Technologies) a student must complete 24 credit points including:
- 17 credit points of core units
- 2 credit points of course elective units
- 5 credit points of open elective units
- No more than 10 credit points at level 1
- Minimum of 6 credit points at level 3
- Academic Integrity AAI018
- Academic Integrity (0-credit-point compulsory unit)
Entry requirements
If you are currently studying Year 12 in 2020 or completed Year 12 in 2018 or 2019 and have not attempted higher education or VET study since, your selection is based on the following.
Prerequisite subjects
Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 25 in English EAL (English as an additional language) or at least 20 in English other than EAL.
ATAR
Selection will be based on your performance in a Senior Secondary Certificate of Education.
Folio and folio presentation
All applicants must complete the online Deakin University folio requirement. Learn more about the folio requirements
Selection is competitive and meeting the minimum entry requirements does not guarantee selection. Our Admission Criteria and Selection Policy outlines the principles of selection.
Learning outcomes
Deakin's graduate learning outcomes describe the knowledge and capabilities graduates can demonstrate at the completion of their course. These outcomes mean that regardless of the Deakin course you undertake, you can rest assured your degree will teach you the skills and professional attributes that employers value. They'll set you up to learn and work effectively in the future.
| outcome type | outcome description |
|---|---|
| Discipline specific knowledge and capabilities | Utilize agile, practical and theoretical proficiencies in the unified application of digital design technologies for information, immersion and augmentation. Graduates will be able to meet client requirements in a rapidly changing industry setting. |
| Communication | Interpret and transmit ideas and interactions employing specific language, concepts and technologies to response to intelligent digital application scenarios. |
| Digital literacy | Utilize theoretical knowledge and practical skills to evaluate digital applications with regard to software development. |
| Critical thinking | Develop skills in critical thinking and the analytical evaluation of digital applications. Creatively engage with a range of strategies to demonstrate professional prototyping and industry outcomes. |
| Problem solving | Utilize design thinking methods to empathise, analyse, ideate, prototype and test complex interactive, augmented and human centred design products. |
| Self-management | Initiate autonomous and self-directed management techniques; demonstrating professional responsibility and accountability to a wide range of digital applications. |
| Teamwork | Lead, deliver and perform within a collaborative team to produce broad professional outcomes within a multidisciplinary and agile creative environment. |
| Global citizenship | Critically engage designs capacity to act as an agent of change in multiple contexts. To identify and develop proposals for personal and corporate social, cultural and ethical responsibilities in a global and domestic context |
Institution
