StudyQA — Bachelor: Design Innovation — Victoria University of Wellington

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The Bachelor of Design Innovation (BDI) is a three-year undergraduate degree designed to prepare you for a career in one of the many expanding design-related industries.

At Victoria, Design is about innovation. While developing the skills and knowledge that industry currently demands, you'll also be pushing the limits and, in a sense, forging the future of design practice. During studio classes and seminars your teachers will show you how to take an experimental approach to design that encourages creative and thoughtful design solutions.

You'll major in one of three areas—Culture+Context Design, Industrial Design or Media Design. A feature of this degree is that it's cross-disciplinary, meaning you'll be encouraged to study and work with subject areas outside Design. This will make sure you gain a thorough grounding in design and its connections with the real world.

Complete four core courses at 100 level (and the other 100-level major courses):

Design Visualisation (DSDN 101)
Ideas and Principles of Design (DSDN 111)
Design in Context (DSDN 171)
Either Writing at University (WRIT 101) or Writing in English as a Second Language (WRIT 151)

Complete Digital Creation (DSDN 104) and Experimenting with Materials (DSDN 141).

Complete Object Based Experiments (INDN 211) and Product Based Experiments (INDN 212).

Complete four courses at 300 level:

Digital Form (INDN 311)
Brand + Identity (INDN 312)
Either Tangible Interactions Design (INDN 321) or Mass Production + Digital Manufacturing (INDN 341)

One course from:

Live Theory (CCDN 331)
Computer Generated Culture (CCDN 344)
Future under Negotiation (INDN 332)

Students completing a major in Industrial Design may obtain a specialisation in Design for Digital Making by including the following three courses:

Design Physiology (INDN 252)
Mass Production + Digital Manufacturing (INDN 341)
Digital Fabrication (INDN 342).

Students completing a major in Industrial Design may obtain a specialisation in Design for Future Technologies by including the following three courses:

Speculative Design (CCDN 242) or Computer Generated Culture (CCDN 344)
Design Physiology (INDN 252)
Future under Negotiation (INDN 332)

Students completing a major in Industrial Design may obtain a specialisation in Tangible Interactions Design by including the following three courses:

Design Psychology (DSDN 251)
Brand + Identity (INDN 312)
Tangible Interactions Design (INDN 321)

Non-BDI students doing the Industrial Design major must also complete either Design Visualisation (DSDN 101) or Ideas and Principles of Design (DSDN 111).

Requirements

Achievement of the International Baccalaureate Diploma
Submit your completed application to be assessed for New Zealand entrance equivalency
IELTS: minimum overall score of 6.0 with no sub-score below 5.5
TOEFL: minimum overall score of 80 (internet-based test)
Pearson Test of English: minimum score of 58 (with a 'Communicative score' of not less than 50)
EPP: minimum final scores of 4,4,4,3