Handbook : Course informationEdith Cowan University

Course Information

Master of Professional Design

Effective from 01-JAN-2021 : Code J72

This course will appeal to non-design related practitioners and graduates who wish to upgrade their practice by including design skills as the means to understand and apply the role of empathy in user-centred innovation. The course provides students with advanced technical and conceptual skills in design, and uses digital media as both a production and a creative tool. In the latter stages of the course, students will focus on an advanced design application through the production of a major piece of work that will fuse contemporary studio-based practice and theory with rigorous critical analysis. Students will be introduced to design thinking as a means of exploring ways of investigating and understanding complex challenges, and user-focused methods of generating ideas. Students will be encouraged to view the design process as a collaborative activity that generates innovation through making and prototyping.

Disclaimer

This course information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester. In particular please check the course requirements and the unit and unit set offerings, as these differ according to course delivery location.

Learning Within Existing Workplace Option

VIS5110 and DES5102 engage real life clients in projects and assessments. DES6010 require students to visit and study existing design practices. Students are encouraged to develop final projects in collaboration with industry partners, or to develop design prototypes that are ready to be launched in the appropriate market.

Course Learning Outcomes

1. Apply advanced design research processes and methods to investigate, evaluate, and synthesise complex problems, concepts and theories in inter-disciplinary design projects.
2. Reflect critically on advanced design philosophies, principles, methods, and processes, to demonstrate master of inter-disciplinary design practice or scholarship.
3. Apply communication and collaboration skills to design innovative contributions to inter-disciplinary design practice or scholarship.
4. Use high level self management skills to initiate, plan, and execute a substantial design project.

Admission requirements

Admission requirement (Band 6)

• Bachelor degree; or
• Equivalent prior learning including at least five years relevant professional experience.

English Language requirement (Band 4)

English competency requirements may be satisfied through completion of one of the following:

• IELTS Academic Overall band minimum score of 6.5 (no individual band less than 6.0);
• Bachelor degree from a country specified in the Admissions Policy;
• Successfully completed 0.375 EFTSL of study at postgraduate level or higher at an Australian higher education provider (or equivalent);
• Where accepted, equivalent prior learning, including at least five years relevant professional experience; or
• Other tests, courses or programs as defined in the Admissions Policy.

Course Duration

• Full Time: 2 Years
• Part Time: 4 Years

Course Delivery

• Mount Lawley: Full Time, Part Time
• Online: Part Time, Full Time

Course Coordinator

Dr Christopher KUEH

Course Structure