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Students must ensure they have read the study rules related to second majors and minors in the Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering.

Design Minors

 

Design and People-Environment Interactions

Students must ensure they have read the study rules related to second majors and minors in the Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering.

Design and People-Environment Interactions BDP    [This minor is not available to Interior Design students.]
Unit code Unit name Semester offered Prerequisites Credit points Contact hours per week
Introductory Unit
DAB220 Theories and Contexts of Placemaking in Architecture
2
12
4
Subsequent Units
DAB420 Architecture, Culture and Space
2
12
4
DNB402 Socio-cultural Studies
2
12
3
DTB403 Human Environment
2
12
4
DTB502 Environments in Transition
1
12
3
DTB602 Design in Society
2
12
3
           

Design for Community Engagement and Participation

Students must ensure they have read the study rules related to second majors and minors in the Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering.

Design for Community Engagement and Participation  BDO

Selection Notes:

Students must select 4 units comprising of:

  • at least 1 Community Work Professional Studies unit
  • the Design Practice unit
  • 1 or 2 units of WIL and/or Project
Unit code Unit name Semester offered Prerequisites Credit points Contact hours per week
Community Work Professional Studies Units (Faculty of Humanities and Human Services)
HHB212 Community Work
1
12
3
HHB216 The Human Dimensions of Space
2
12
3
Design Practice Unit
DEB500 Participatory Methods and Practices in Design
1
HHB102 or HHB103 and HHB212 or HHB314 or HHB216
12
3
Design Application
BEB701 Work Integrated Learning 1
1 & 2
12
BEB702 Work Integrated Learning 2
1 & 2
12
BEB801 Project 1
1 & 2
12
BEB802 Project 2
1 & 2
12
           

Industrial Design Studies

Students must ensure they have read the study rules related to second majors and minors in the Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering.

Industrial Design Studies BDN
Unit code Unit name Semester offered Prerequisites Credit points Contact hours per week
Introductory Units
DNB101 Industrial Design
1
12
4
DEB102 Introducing Design History*
1
12
3
Subsequent Units
BEB200 Introducing Sustainability*
2
12
3
DNB201 Industrial Design 2
2
12
4
DNB202 Product Usability
2
12
3
DNB301 Industrial Design 3
1
DNB101
12
4
DNB302 Computer Aided Industrial Design
1
12
3
DNB303 Manufacturing Technology
1
12
3
DNB401 Industrial Design 4
2
DNB201
12
4
DNB402 Socio-Cultural Studies
2
12
3
DNB502 Industrial Design History, Theory and Criticism
1
12
3
DNB602 New Product Development
2
12
3
           

*This unit is core to the disciplines of architecture,interior design,industrial design, landscape architecture – students from within these disciplines will not count this unit towards their unit set.

Interior Design

Students must ensure they have read the study rules related to second majors and minors in the Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering.

Interior Design Studies BGN
Unit code Unit name Semester offered Prerequisites Credit points Contact hours per week
Introductory Units
DTB101 Interior Design 1
1
12
4
DEB102 Introducing Design History*
1
12
3
Subsequent Units
DTB201 Interior Design 2
2
12
4
DTB202 Design Technology
2
12
4
DTB301 Interior Design 3
1
DTB201
12
4
DTB302 Colour Studies
1
12
3
DTB303 Technical Design
1
DTB202
12
4
DTB401 Interior Design 4
2
DTB301
12
4
DTB402 Interior Systems
2
DTB202
12
4
DTB403 Human Environment
2
12
4
DTB502 Environments in Transition
1
12
4
DTB602 Design in Society
2
12
3
           

*This unit is core to the disciplines of architecture,interior design,industrial design, landscape architecture – students from within these disciplines will not count this unit towards their unit set.

Landscape Architecture

Students must ensure they have read the study rules related to second majors and minors in the Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering.

Landscape Architecture Studies BAN
Unit code Unit name Semester offered Prerequisites Credit points Contact hours per week
Introductory Units
DLB130 Introducing Landscape Design
1
12
4
DEB102 Introducing Design History*
1
12
3
Subsequent Units
DLB210 Environmental Design 1
2
DLB130
12
4
DLB230 Environmental Design 2
2
DLB130
12
4
DLB310 People and Place
1
DLB210, DLB230
12
4
DLB330 People and Environment
1
DLB210, DLB230
12
4
DLB410 Creative Site Design 1
2
DLB310, DLB330
12
4
DLB430 Physical Site Design
2
DLB310, DLB330
12
4
DLB510 Creative Site Design 2
1
12
4
DLB530 Design Resolution
1
DLB430
12
3
DLB630 Advanced Landscape Construction
2
DLB530
12
3
DLB645 Regulating the Built Environment
2
12
3
           

*This unit is core to the disciplines of architecture,interior design,industrial design, landscape architecture – students from within these disciplines will not count this unit towards their unit set.

Lighting minor

Students must ensure they have read the study rules related to second majors and minors in the Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering.

Lighting Minor (DE40 Students only) BGL
Unit code Unit name Semester offered Prerequisites Credit points Contact hours per week
PCB121 Vision, Colour and Photometry
2
12
PCB122 Lighting Design
1
12
PCB123 Sustainability and Human Factors
1
12
PCB124 Lamps and Luminaires
2
PCB121 (coreq)
12
           

*It is preferred that PCB121 and PCB124 are undertaken before enrolling in the remaining two units.

Multi-Disciplinary Design Studies Foundation

Students must ensure they have read the study rules related to second majors and minors in the Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering.

Multi-Disciplinary Design Studies Foundation – (not available to DE40 students) BMM
Unit code Unit name Semester offered Prerequisites Credit points Contact hours per week
DAB110 Introductory Architectural Design 1
1
12
4
DAB210 Intorductory Architectural Design 2
2
DAB110
12
4
DLB130 Introducing Landscape Design
1
12
4
DLB210 Environmental Design 1
2
DLB130
12
4
DTB101 Interior Design 1
1
12
4
DTB201 Interior Design 2
2
12
4
DNB101 Industrial Design 1
1
12
4
DNB201 Industrial Design 2
2
12
4