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3D Design

3D design

Do you love to bring your own stories, worlds or characters to life? The 3D Design major prepares you for careers in animation and design across the interactive media, visualisation, film, gaming and education sectors.

The major teaches you how to present complex information in visually compelling ways. You’ll learn 3D-modeling processes, animation post-production and composition using industry-standard software. Through project-based learning, you’ll gain an understanding of approaches to storyboarding, object modelling, character design, rigging, texturing and rendering.

Career opportunities

2D and 3D animator, concept artist, 2D and 3D generalist, visualisation artist, visual effects (VFX) designer, character designer, environment designer, compositor.

Major (8)

For a major in 3D Design, students must successfully complete 8 courses:

CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
DES101 Coastal Conservation Planning
DES105 Communication and Thought
DES231 Professional Experience: Orientation to the Profession
DES232 Introduction to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education
DES233 Teaching Senior Secondary Science 1
DES234 Teaching Senior Secondary History
DES235 Cell Biology
DES236 Human Physiology

Minor (4)

For a minor in 3D Design, students must successfully complete 4 courses:

CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
DES105 Biodiversity and Ecology
DES231 Individual Learner Needs
DES232 Professional Experience: Managing Learning Environments
DES233 Teaching Junior Secondary Science 1