Course details

Summary

Advance your knowledge in the area of design that interests you, enhancing your theoretical and practical design expertise.

You'll further develop your critical thinking and discussion skills, increase your understanding of design and learn to express your own ideas and conclusions within a theoretical framework.

Offered by the School of Design, the Master of Design is an opportunity to explore design-based research under the supervision of staff who are widely acknowledged as leaders in their fields.

You'll need a solid understanding of design research methodology to be successful in your studies. Explore your topic through a written thesis or a research project in the form of a design-based composition.

If you want to do your Master’s via coursework, and work as part of a DRIL research group, you should explore the Master of Design Innovation.

Research topics

Consider your current knowledge of the intellectual, technical, aesthetic and cultural conditions of design theory and practice when choosing your thesis topic.

Past research areas include:

• design-led futures
• gaming
• interaction
• digital imaging
• live theory
• design history
• human factors in design research
• design and culture.

You may be able to study the Master of Design by distance.

Programme requirements

For this programme you’ll need to:

• Complete 120 points either Thesis (DESN 591) or Composition (DESN 592)

Entry criteria

To be accepted into this programme you need:

• A Bachelor of Design or a Bachelor of Design with Honours
• To be accepted by the head of school as being capable of proceeding with the proposed course of study.

Proof of English proficiency

• IELTS: minimum overall score of 6.5 with no sub-score below 6.0
• TOEFL: minimum score of 90 for the internet-based test with a minimum of 20 in writing
• Pearson Test of English: minimum score of 65 (with a ‘Communicative’ score of not less than 58)
• EPP: minimum final scores of 4,4,5,5