UndergraduateArts & Design
Diploma of Design
Torrens University Australia, Multi-campus, national, Australia
About this program
The one-year diploma runs four core subjects plus four electives, built as a broad taste of Torrens' design school rather than a single specialisation: electives can be drawn from Branded Fashion Design, Fashion Marketing and Enterprise, Communication Design, Interior Design or Architectural Technology, or mixed across areas.
The course is built for direct-entry students undecided on a specialisation, and gives full credit into the corresponding bachelor's degree once a direction is chosen.
Delivered on campus at Sydney and Melbourne and online, 1 year full time or 2 years part time.
Fees & duration
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Course structure
Study plan in 3 parts
- Introduction to Design Studies
- Design Context
- Design Studio 2
- Design Drawing
- Electives (choose from, by specialisation area): Bespoke Decoration
- Product Knowledge
- History of Architecture Interior Design and Decoration
- Digital Environments and Human Scale
- Principles of Structure
- Fashion Illustration
- Introduction to Branded Fashion Technical Drawing
- Fashion vs Clothing
- Design Studio 3
- Typography
- Publishing and Media
- Interaction Design
- Motion Design
- Marketing in the Digital Era
- Introduction to Entrepreneurship
- Fashion Concepts
- Customer Experience Management
- Construction and CAD
- Interior Design Practice
- 4 core subjects and 4 electives
- 1 year full time
Career & PR pathway
Which careers in Arts & Design lead to skilled migration depends on the occupation, not the degree title. See the skilled occupation lists guide for which occupations are on each list, and the points calculator to check where you stand.
Admissions
Successful completion of at least 0.25 EFTSL at AQF level 6 or 0.5 EFTSL at AQF level 5 or above, or equivalent; OR an Australian secondary school certificate, equivalent Senior Secondary qualification, or Baccalaureate Diploma
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