Bachelor of Design (Industrial Design) (Honours)

The Bachelor of Design (Industrial Design) (Honours) provides students with an understanding of the underlying principles and concepts of industrial design and its applications in other specialised fields.

Learn how to develop products that meet human needs and expectations, ranging from personal and household items to commercial and industrial equipment.

Develop creative and technological aptitude through a user-centred design program supported by business studies, professional practice, consumer knowledge, sustainability and design ethics.

Successful completion of the Bachelor of Design (Industrial Design) (Honours) requires students to complete units of study to the value of 400 credit points. All units of study are valued at 12.5 credit points unless otherwise stated. View course rules and special requirements

Core studies

16 units (200 credit points)

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Final year (honours)

6 units (100 credit points)

Choose an honours-year option:

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Other studies

8 units (100 credit points)

Choose from a combination of the following course components to complete 100 credit points of other study. Students may also select elective units (12.5 credit points each).

Co-major Advanced minor Minors Elective units Signature Series

Co-major (100 credit points)

A co-major is a major in a field of study outside this course. You can choose one in addition to a first major. Co-majors will not be named on your testamur certificate however will be shown on your transcript of results.

Advanced minor (50 credit points)

Advanced minors are a structured set of 4 units or 50 credit points in a field of study which builds upon your first major. Advanced minors can only be taken in conjunction with specific majors - more information will be available soon.

Minors (50 credit points)

Minors are a structured set of 4 units or 50 credit points and may be chosen from any field of study.

Elective units

Any of the following units may be undertaken.

Signature Series

A Swinburne education prepares you for life. That’s why we’ve developed the Swinburne Signature Series. It’s a suite of study opportunities that embody Swinburne’s ethos – of confidence, clarity and adventure. These opportunities give our students something extra; whether that’s a new perspective on the world through a Study Tour unit, an expanded sense of possibilities through our Innovation Minor, or a deeper understanding and respect for culture through our Indigenous Minor. Like Swinburne University itself, our Signature Series will grow and adapt to reflect the evolving issues of the day.

• Full-time study: 100 credit points/eight standard units of study per year
• Part-time study: 50 credit points/four standard units of study per year
• One credit point is equivalent to one hour of study per week per semester (including contact hours and private study)
• See the course planner for an example degree structure

To qualify for the award of Bachelor of Design (Industrial Design) (Honours), students must complete 400 credit points comprising of:

• 8 core units of study (100 credit points)
• 8 Industrial Design major units of study (100 credit points)
• Industrial Design Honours Stream (100 credit points), students select one of the following streams for their honours year. - Stream 1 – Industrial Design Capstone - Stream 2 – Design Factory Melbourne Projects- Stream 3 – Design Factory Melbourne Global Projects
• 8 units of study comprising of two 25 credit points Professional and Industry Experience* (PIE) units, minor and/or electives (100 credit points)

In the fourth year of the degree, students choose between three elective streams.Stream 1 is offered in Semester 1 only and provides a highly focussed set of research methods and Capstone units in Industrial Design. Streams 2 and 3 offer the opportunity to participate in either local or global projects with Design Factory Melbourne – a multidisciplinary platform for research and development working with industry clients.

Please note that Stream 2 (for local projects) is offered in Semester 1 only and that Stream 3 (for global projects) is offered in Semester 2 only. Design Factory Melbourne (local projects) consists of 25 out of the 100 credit points students earn in their Honours year, while the Design Factory Melbourne (global projects) comprises 87.5 out of the 100 final year credit points earned. Find out more about local and global projects at Design Factory Melbourne.

This course includes an optional placement component for domestic students. Selection processes apply.Placement is a program in which students are placed in paid, supervised employment, for 24 or 48 weeks, relevant to their studies as part of their degree. It aims to provide experiential, discipline-specific learning in an authentic, real-world environment.Through observation, enquiry and practice under the supervision and guidance of professional practitioners and an academic mentor, students will engage in professional experiences and test and critically assess their learning to date. The experience contextualises existing design skills within an understanding of the impact of client, customer, team dynamics and direction in the design process. The placement program is part of the Honours stream. Placement gives students practical experience to add to their academic studies, and is a proven advantage in the graduate job market. All placements are subject to availability of places.

Find out more about work placements. Placement is not available to students holding an international student visa.For students who enter with exempted credits, a minimum of at least 100 credit points of units in this degree (not including electives and placement units) must be completed to be eligible for an award.* Professional and Industry Experience is not available to students holding an international student visa.

Honours merit calculation

The honours merit calculation will be based on the averaged results of 100 credits points of specified units from a student's last two years of study:

• Bachelor of Design (Industrial Design) (Honours) with High Distinction for students who achieve greater than or equal to 80
• Bachelor of Design (Industrial Design) (Honours) with Distinction for students who achieve 70 – 79
• Bachelor of Design (Industrial Design) (Honours) with Credit for students who achieve 60 – 69
• Bachelor of Design (Industrial Design) (Honours) for students who achieve less than 60

For students who enter with exempted credits, a minimum of at least 150 credits within the Major is required to be eligible for an award and for an honours merit calculation. At least 75 out of the last 100 credits comply with AQF level 8.This Honours merit calculation will be based only on units completed at Swinburne. If a student has not completed the specified units, they will graduate with a Bachelor of Design (Industrial Design) (Honours) as an award title, but will not be eligible for a merit based honours description.The following units will be used in the Honours merit calculation:Stream 1 - Industrial Design DID30002 Socially Responsible Design Studio DPD40004 Professional Design AttributesDDD40001 Methods for Design ResearchDID40001 Capstone: Industrial Design Major Project 1DID40002 Capstone: Industrial Design Major Project 2

Stream 2 -Design Factory Melbourne Projects DDD20007 Design Systems and Services DID30002 Socially Responsible Design StudioDPD40004 Professional Design AttributesDDD40001 Methods for Design ResearchDDD40007 Industry Engagement and the Problem Solving SpaceDDD40012 DFM Toolbox: Innovation and Interdisciplinary Collaboration 1DDD40013 DFM Practice: Innovation & Interdisciplinary Collaboration 2

Stream 3 - Design Factory Melbourne Global ProjectsDDD40004 DFM: Global Innovation & Interdisciplinary Collaboration 2DDD40005 DFM: Design for Science and Technology 1DDD40006 DFM: Design for Science and Technology 2 DDD40010 DFM Global Toolbox: Innovation and Interdisciplinary CollaborationDDD40011 DFM: Global Innovation & Interdisciplinary Collaboration 1DDD40015 Research Methods for Global Design Innovation

Graduates of the Bachelor of Design (Industrial Design) (Honours) will have a broad and coherent body of knowledge about Industrial Design, with depth in the underlying principles and concepts in Industrial Design and its applications in other specialised fields as a basis for independent lifelong learning.This course aims to develop creative and technological aptitude through a user-centred design program supported by business studies, new and emerging manufacturing and material technologies, professional practice, design psychology, consumer knowledge, applied research, sustainability and design ethics.On successful completion of the Bachelor of Design (Industrial Design) (Honours), graduates will be able to:

• analyse, consolidate, synthesise and evaluate design theories and manufacturing principles with a considerable degree of independence
• systematically review and critically evaluate research from a variety of sources to inform their knowledge and conceptual understandings in their chosen area of Industrial Design
• critically analyse information to generate creative solutions that solve complex, self-determined, design problems
• apply tacit knowledge and technical skills to demonstrate a broad understanding of Industrial Design knowledge with depth in product development, digital CAD, manufacturing knowledge and ideation and manual sketching skills
• apply knowledge and cognitive and creative skills to exercise critical thinking and judgement in identifying and solving Industrial Design problems independently and collaboratively
• employ their advanced theoretical and scholarly knowledge to the resolution of diverse design problems
• propose a clear, coherent and independent exposition of knowledge and ideas about Industrial Design to different audiences and stakeholders
• integrate their cognitive and technical skills with principles of sustainability in order to create responsible design solutions
• plan and manage their own time and project work effectively by prioritising competing demands and deadlines.