Multimedia Design
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Associate Degree in Multimedia Design
Provider Code: 00246M
CRICOS Course Code: 055859E
Duration: 2 years
Description:

The Associate Degree in Multimedia Design is similar to the Advanced Diploma of Communication Design  - Multimedia Design stream in that it also focuses on the traditional areas of visual communication. However, it does so from a different perspective. The main difference between this course and the Advanced Diploma is that you'll be approaching your studies in a broader, more analytical way.

In the first year, you will study such areas as design culture and theory, multimedia technologies, language and systems, Internet design and 2D and 3D design. In the second year, you will be studying such areas as design research, digital video composition and storytelling, title and credit design, 3D design, advanced Internet design, advanced animation and game interface design.
Subjects:

Year 1
• Design Culture and Theory
• Ideas Generation in Visual Communication
• Multimedia Technologies, Language and Systems
• Introduction to Studio Practice
• The Frameworks of Design
• Typography as Visual Communication
• Internet Design Technologies
• Form and Object Studio

Year 2
• Introduction to Design Research
• 3D Design I: Theory, Planning and Concept Development
• Digital Video Composition and Storytelling
• Advanced Internet Design Studio
• Design Research and Emergent Expression
• Title and Credit Design
• 3D Design II: Applied 3D in Game Design
• Social Design Studio

Bachelor of Design (Multimedia Design)

Awarded by Swinburne University of Technology
Provider Code: 02364M
CRICOS Course Code: 050843J
Duration: 1 year (after successful completion of the two-year Advanced Diploma or Associate Degree)
Description:

This program is structured to produce imaginative designers for careers in digital film and video production, web site design, video game design, interactive media and more. Students graduate with highly developed skills that cut across a range of mediums and disciplines, supporting the shape and direction of employment in a unique and exciting industry.

Delivered at the Billy Blue campus in North Sydney, the program has been developed by Swinburne University’s Faculty of Design and is managed by the university in partnership with Billy Blue program coordinators and lecturers.

The degree, awarded by Swinburne University’s Faculty of Design, is widely recognised by the visual communications industry, both nationally and internationally, as being of the highest standard. The reputation of the program and the experience it fosters help place graduates among the leading design industry-entrants worldwide.
Subjects:

Semester 1
HDCM008S - Design Systems and Services
HDCOM311S - Individual Research Project
HDCOM312S - 3D Character Design Animation
HDMMD121S - Typography for Publication

Semester 2
HDC007S - Communicating Practice
HDC009S - Design and Business Strategy
HDCOM323S - Group Research Project
HDCOM321S - Multimedia Design: Advanced Technology

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