Bachelor of Interior Design (Honours)

This program has been designed to give you a specialised knowledge in relation to interior design so that you are able to undertake professional work and/or pursue a pathway into research and further learning.

The program promotes interior design as a practice conderned with spatial relations between people and the surrounding environment.

Different interiors are considered from architectural interiors to retail, exhibition and urban environments;

digital and filmic spaces;

performance and theatre design;

art installations;

ephemeral and fictional interiors.You will learn how to design through the process of actual designing - developing your own design response in relation to a range of design briefs from the conceptual to real life situations.

With an emphasis on idea-led and research-informed design you will study histories and theory of design, visual arts, film, architecture and other related areas.

You will be provided with technical and communication tools such as Autocad, 3D imaging, hand drawing, film production and model making as well as verbal presentation skills.

The knowledge and skills you will develop will enable you to work in diverse contexts locally and globally with an advanced level of knowledge that will enable you to challenge existing assumptions about interior design and engage design as an agent of social and cultural change.A research based major project will enable you to synthesize and integrate your knowledge, skills and experience from the previous three years of study.

It will also establish a point of departure into a specialized area of professional practice and/or further research in post graduate qualification.On completion of the program, you will be able to enter the profession with a specialised knowledge of interior design as an expanded practice.

You will be able to engage with complex issues in a creative and conceptual way, confidently take initiative on projects and be able to work both independently and in collaboration with others.Graduates may be employed in commercial design and architectural practices where commissions include houses, restaurants, hotels, retail spaces, corporate offices and public buildings.

Interior Designers also work in film and television design, set design for theatre, furniture design, exhibition design and curating, event planning and journalism.

Design practices are increasingly becomming multi disciplinary with interior designers, landscape architects, architects, industrial designers and graphic designers collaborationg on large scale projects.

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To graduate you must complete the following:

All courses listed may not be available in each semester

Year One of Program

Complete the following Six (6) Courses:

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Year Two of Program

Complete the following Six (6) Courses:

AND

Year Three of Program

Complete the following Five (5) Courses:

Select and Complete One (1) of the following Course:

Select and Complete One (1) Course from:

AND

Year Four of Program

Complete the following Two (2) Courses:

Select and Complete One (1) of the following course:

Select and Complete One (1) Courses from:

Complete the following Two (2) Courses:

Select and Complete One (1) of the following Course

Select and Complete One (1) Course from:

Academic entrance requirements: Successful completion of an Australian Year 12 senior secondary certificate of education or equivalent.

VCE prerequisites: Units 3 and 4 – a study score of at least 30 in English (ESL) or at least 25 in any other English.

International English language requirements:

• IELTS (Academic): 6.5 (no band less than 6.0)
• TOEFL (Paper based): 580 (TWE 4.5)
• TOEFL (Internet Based Test – iBT): Overall score of 92 with minimum of 20 in any sections
• Pearson Test of English (Academic) (PTE(A)): 58 (no band less than 50)
• Cambridge English – Advanced (CAE): CAE Grade B
• RMIT English Worldwide (REW) – English for Academic Purposes (EAP) programs: Advanced Plus certificate

Extra requirements Applicants must complete and submit a pre-selection kit. Short listed and exempt applicants will be required to present their folio to a selection panel. There are no requirements for the folio. Applicants can submit a folio of their choice.

Note: Applicants may be exempt from the Interior Design pre-selection kit if they have completed tertiary study in architecture, interior design, industrial design, or landscape architecture.

On the successful completion of this program you will be capable of practising professionally within interior design or related industries and/or entering into postgraduate study.

As a graduate of this program you will be able to:

• work in diverse contexts and be able to identify and address complex design problems with initiative and advanced knowledge to produce innovative interior design outcomes.
• conceptualise and engage in research through design as part of the creative process to open the potential for new understandings, experimentation and innovation.
• communicate your ideas and designs verbally, visually and textually through a range of media to your peers, the profession, and academic and public audiences.
• reflect, analyse, synthesise, critique and evaluate your own work as well that of your peers and apply your knowledge and skills with initiative and insight in professional practice and/or scholarship.
• engage in research with an enhanced appreciation and understanding of theoretical, environmental, social, historical, cultural and technical contexts in relation to the activity of interior design and be able to adapt and extend this knowledge through the practice of design.
• use technology as an intrinsic part of the design process and have the ability to identify relevant techniques, skills, materials and technologies for specific designs.
• understand and value your individual abilities and way of working as an interior designer; to initiate independent strategies with the ability to plan and time manage projects; to develop a personal work ethic based on initiative and self-motivation.
• enter professional practice and/or postgraduate study with the ability and confidence to execute a project and/or piece of research with independence including the ability to plan and time manage projects.