USC’s industry-focused Graphic Design major prepares you to work as a professional designer. Learn how graphic designers create graphics that communicate messages and evoke responses through the use of colour, texture, typography, images and symbols.
This major allows you to experience all aspects of the design process, specialise in a particular field, or combine interests in layout design, advertising, photography, illustration or branding.
Learn the analytical and problem-solving skills you need to create dynamic ideas, using the theoretical principles and aesthetic design concepts that underpin good design. As part of your major, you will undertake industry projects and internships and create a professional portfolio to display in a shared graduate exhibition.
Career opportunities
Graphic designer, art director, creative director, advertising designer, book designer, illustrator, product designer, photographic editor.
Major (8)
For a major in Graphic Design, students must successfully complete 8 courses:
| Course | Semester of offer | Units | Requisites |
|---|
| DES101 Migrants' Lives in the World | | | |
| DES105 20th Century and Beyond: A History | | | |
| DES211 Riots and Rebellions: Conflict in Australian History | | | |
| DES212 Cultural Heritage | | | |
| DES213 Upfront: History of Film in Australia | | | |
| DES214 Research Project in History and Australian Studies | | | |
| DES215 Historical Geographies | | | |
| DES216 Questioning History: Explorations in the Thinking and Practice of History | | | |
Minor (4)
For a minor in Graphic Design, students must successfully complete 4 courses:
| Course | Semester of offer | Units | Requisites |
|---|
| DES105 History of Australian popular culture: The Twentieth Century and Beyond | | | |
| DES211 Global Citizens: A History of Humanity | | | |
| DES212 Introduction to Indigenous Australia | | | |
| DES213 Life and Death in the City: From Settlement to Federation | | | |
