Program Overview

Explore the intricacies of design and discover how creativity, form and function can inspire and influence; and combine it with the theoretical knowledge and practical skills of business to forge a career full of meaning, purpose and quantifiable results with the Bachelor of Business / Bachelor of Design double degree.

As a student of design, your job is to create an experience that is functional, beautiful, intuitive, and accessible. As a business student your challenge is learn a range of core business applications and strategies to manage positive outcomes in the context of work, organisations and business.

Combined, these two disciplines will give you the knowledge and skills to establish your own unique career pathway that reflects your passion for design within a structure based on years of business management and strategy.

Taught within a small, more personalised class, this course offers an individually tailored learning environment that ensures that each student receives the highest level of support and encouragement throughout the entire UC study journey.

Study a Bachelor of Business / Bachelor of Design at UC and you will:

• Acquire theoretical knowledge to reflect critically on professional practice in the areas of business analysis, change management and implementation
• Identify the different stages of the ‘design for manufacture’ process
• Gain the knowledge and skills necessary to launch your own interaction design business or seek employment within global markets across all industries.
• Select appropriate methods, materials and processes for designing and prototyping products
• Employ innovative use of different visual and emerging media types across print, screen and packaging
• Develop effective design solutions for specific audiences
• Select appropriate methods, materials and processes for designing and prototyping products
• Learn to apply advanced 2D and 3D digital design technologies
• Acquire image-making expertise and the ability to develop visual design artefacts using a range of analogue and digital media.

Core Major: Design

The core major includes an introduction to the fundamentals of design and design practice with essential transferable employability skills. These include design related communication skills, design and creative approaches to problem identification and problem solving, the understanding of the user as a central focus of design and the importance of understanding cultural and society in the context of design.

Professional Practice Units include industry relevant orientation, authentic project-based learning, culminating in a capstone/major project and/or exhibition.