Master of Design (Sustainable Design)

Degree Level Postgraduate

Years

Australian students

Start Date
February
July

Campus
City West

Duration
2 year(s) full-time

Program Code
DMSP

SATAC Code
4CM131 (Internal)

Study as
Full-time or part-time

Fees
Commonwealth Supported

Entry requirements
- Applicants must have completed a three-year Bachelor degree from a recognised higher education institution, or equivalent, in a related discipline. Applicants must also submit a portfolio of work and statement of intent.
- Applicants who have completed the Graduate Diploma in Design from the University of South Australia are eligible to apply and are not required to submit a portfolio of work and statement of intent.
Related design disciplines include:

Communication Design: visual communication design, graphic design, graphic communication, communication design and illustration design.

Design and Construct: architecture, planning and urban design.

Industrial Design: industrial design, product innovation, product design, furniture design.

Interior Architecture: interior architecture, interior design, furniture design.

Sustainable Design: architecture, interior architecture, industrial design, furniture design, planning and urban design.
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Aim

The Master of Design (Sustainable Design) qualifies individuals who apply an advanced body of practical knowledge and specialist theoretical framework of sustainable design for professional practice within ever-changing social, environmental and economic contexts, as well as a pathway for further learning.

Content & Structure

Graduates of the Master of Design (Sustainable Design) will have a body of knowledge of the principles and practices of a more sustainable approach to design. Graduates will have the disciplinary knowledge to critically evaluate and develop progressive approaches to multi-disciplinary design context. Graduates will also have knowledge of research methods and principles applicable to sustainable design in multi-disciplinary projects.

Graduates will have advanced cognitive skills to demonstrate mastery of theoretical knowledge and to reflect critically on sustainable design theory and practice or scholarship, cognitive, technical and creative skills to investigate, analyse and synthesise complex information, problems, concepts and theories and to apply established theories of sustainable design to different bodies of knowledge or practice, communication and technical research skills to justify and interpret sustainable design theoretical propositions, methodologies, conclusions and professional decisions to specialist and non-specialist audiences, technical and communication skills to design, evaluate, implement, analyse and theorise about developments that contribute to sustainable design practice.

Graduates will demonstrate the application of knowledge and skills through a substantial research-based project to demonstrate creativity and initiative to new situations in the design professions relative to sustainability.

The students will complete 72 units of study comprising 36 units of design research studio, 4.5 units of internship, 13.5 units of research methods and project, 4.5 units of sustainable design specialist course, and 13.5 units of electives.

What courses you'll study

Course name	Area and cat no.	Units	Reference
FIRST YEAR
First Semester (Study Period 1, 2 or 3)
Design Research Studio 1	GRAP 5005	9
Introduction to Sustainable Design	ARCH 6005	4.5
Consumer Culture, Technology and Sustainable Design	ARCH 6001	4.5
Second Semester (Study Period 4, 5 or 6)
Design Research Studio 2	GRAP 5006	9
Principles of Sustainable Design	ARCH 6006	4.5
AAD Research Methods	VSAR 4003	4.5
SECOND YEAR
First Semester (Study Period 1, 2 or 3)
Design Research Studio 3	GRAP 6001	9
Masters Project Report 1	ARCH 5036	4.5
Elective		4.5	Note(s): 1,2
Second Semester (Study Period 4, 5 or 6)
Design Research Studio 4	GRAP 6002	9
Masters Project Report 2	ARCH 5037	4.5
Masters Elective		4.5	Note(s): 1,2

Electives

Course name	Area and cat no.	Units
Electives
Marketing Management	MARK 5025	4.5
Arts Environment	BUSS 5218	4.5
Environmental Management Systems	ENVT 3002	4.5
Planning and Professional Ethics	ARCH 3016	4.5
Sustainable Urban Design	ARCH 5013	4.5
Strategic Concepts	BUSS 5074	4.5
Energy Management for Sustainability	MFET 5029	4.5
Design, Production, Presentation	VSAR 5005	4.5
Entrepreneurial Foundations	BUSS 5298	4.5
Global Business Environment	BUSS 5300	4.5
Aboriginal Futures	SOCU 5010	4.5
Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing	SOCU 5011	4.5
Indigenous Perspectives on Globalisation	SOCU 5012	4.5
Law and Land	SOCU 5013	4.5
Design Internship	GRAP 5004	4.5
Construction on Site: Advanced	BUIL 5041	4.5
Construction in the Workshop: Advanced	BUIL 5040	4.5
Masters Electives
Advertising: Planning and Buying Media	MARK 5079	4.5
e-Marketing	MARK 5080	4.5
Business Practice for Artists and Designers	VSAR 5006	4.5
AAD Professional Management	VSAR 5007	4.5
Strategic Concepts	BUSS 5074	4.5

Rules & notes

Rules

1. Within a particular year students may choose to vary the sequence of study, except where there are prerequisites for courses, but they are not permitted to take two Masters Design Studios concurrently.

Notes

1. Electives are selected from those listed above. Electives are designed to extend and expand students' intellectual and professional abilities in core and cognate areas of the curriculum and to provide scope for individual development in particular areas of professional and academic interest. A selection of electives will be offered each year, depending on staff availability and student demand. At least one elective must be chosen from the Masters Electives list. Students may choose to enrol in alternative electives with approval from their Program Director.

2. Students who have a Grade Point Average of 4.5 or more and wish to independently pursue a topic of interest not available in the electives offered in any one study period may choose a research or project based individual elective with the approval of the Program Director.