Bachelor of Design
with a Major in Communication Design

Course rules

To qualify for the award of Bachelor of Design (Communication Design) (Honours), students must complete 400 credit points comprising of:

12 Core units of study (150 credit points)
a combination of 12.5 and 25 credit point units from one of the Communication Design major streams (200 credit points):
– Communication Design stream
– Design Factory Melbourne Projects
– Design Factory Melbourne Global Projects
4 units of study (50 credit points) comprising of a minor or electives

Industry placement

This course includes an industry experience component. Selection processes apply. This may be an external Industry Placement, Industry Projects completed at Swinburne or working in the Design Factory Melbourne.

External Industry Placement

This is a program in which students are placed in paid, supervised employment, for 24 or 48 weeks, relevant to their studies as part of their degree. It aims to provide experiential, discipline-specific learning in an authentic, real-world environment.

Through observation, enquiry and practice under the supervision and guidance of professional practitioners and an academic mentor, students will engage in professional experiences and test and critically assess their learning to date. The experience contextualises existing design skills within an understanding of the impact of client, customer, team dynamics and direction in the design process.

Industry Placement gives students practical experience to add to their academic studies, and is a proven advantage in the graduate job market. All Industry Placements are subject to availability of places.

Students entering the program with 250 credit points or more are unable to undertake the Industry Placement component of the course.