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Graduate Certificate in Digital Design (Electronic Media)

Program summary

Award abbreviation: GCDigitalDes(E-Media)
Degree type: postgraduate coursework program
Mode of study: on campus
Duration: 2 years minimum, 4 years maximum part-time
(program is not available full-time)
Fee type 2009: postgraduate coursework places
Total courses:
4
Commence: Semester 2
Program code: AR512
CRICOS code: this program is not available to international students

Program overview

The Graduate Certificate in Digital Design (Electronic Media) offers an opportunity to:

  • gain a qualification that has industry relevance and provides practical skills
  • develop creative approaches to digital media for use in a range of professional applications
  • utilise software for web design, digital video and sound capture, vector-based illustration and bitmap-based image editing
  • work with traditional and electronic design methodologies to create workable solutions to new media communication challenges, including projects to design information architecture, navigation, interactive software, online learning, entertainment and advertising, and virtual tourism

This program is designed for people who have already completed an undergraduate degree or its equivalent in an area different from digital design and multimedia. It is intended to provide studies in digital design equivalent to those available within the higher levels of a Bachelor degree.

Admission requirements

A student entering the Graduate Certificate in Digital Design (Electronic Media) requires an undergraduate degree from a recognised higher education institution in an area different from digital design and multimedia. Entry by non-graduates who have extensive relevant industry experience may be considered on a case-by-case basis by the Dean, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.

Applicants must demonstrate a level of computer literacy equivalent to that required for successful completion of DES101 Visual Literacy: Design Principals and Practice, DES105 Introduction to Design and DES106 Typography. For this purpose, TAFE introductory courses or equivalently accredited programs may be considered acceptable, or the student may demonstrate, to the Program Leader, equivalent skill through the presentation of a suitable portfolio or example of work.

Program structure

4 required courses:
DES221 e-Media A
DES222 e-Media B
DES223 e-Media C *
DES224 e-Media D *

Program requirements

Students are required to successfully complete 4 courses as specified in the Graduate Certificate in Digital Design (Electronic Media) program structure. Refer to the Academic Rules for further information.

How to apply

Apply for a postgraduate program.

Enquiries

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Tel: +61 7 5430 1259

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