Design Degrees Online

Being a professional trained to intervene in the production process of the fashion industry and clothing, interacting with the needs of the local market and international cultural and economic realities with creativity, technical capacity and knowledge of all steps for the creation of the fashion product from design to production, marketing and business management fashion.

Academic Degree:
Bachelor of Design and Fashion Management
Obtained a Diploma Academic Degree in Design and Fashion Management at maturity of the curriculum of study, including professional practices and the adoption of the Work or satisfactory final exam grade.

PROFESSIONAL TITLE:
Fashion designer and manager
Title Professional Allowance granted by the National Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport, is given by the presentation of the Academic Diploma awarded by the UPSA.

PROFESSIONAL FEATURES:
Fashion design that forms the UPSA is creative, strategic and communicative techniques. In particular the following features: It is flexible, to search for new signals and anticipate the evolution of taste.
Intellectual curiosity has to identify trends and changing behavioral habits and cultural values.
Is able to detect groups needs to be expressed not interpret the requirement of the market and the productive sector.
Possesses technical skills to introduce and manage innovation in production processes.
Is able to coordinate and control all phases of the production process internally and externally.
Competent to manage for small and medium enterprise dynamics of marketing and communication applied to domestic and international markets.
It is a leader in the ability to manage the various professional skills and enable synergies and relationships with institutions and associations category.

DUTIES:
Designer Fashion and manager can act as: Designer collections of clothing and accessories in the industry.
Planner and coordinator of creative and production process in the industry.
Advisor Marketing and Communications companies in the sector.
Entrepreneur of small businesses.
Teacher training institutions (colleges, universities and other centers).
Promoter of cultural projects related to the rescue and use of traditional designs and textiles.

FIELD WORK: Workshops and one-person companies of Clothing and Fashion.
Clothing industry and local and national fashion destination for the domestic market and for export.
Media and events related to the promotion and diffusion of fashion.
Institutions, programs and public and private projects for promoting the clothing industry.

CONDITIONS OF STUDENT:
Creative and artistic skills. Basic knowledge and skill for drawing and speed in manual work. Capacity for observation, and restless creative spirit. Aesthetic sensitivity, innovativeness and high sense of responsibility and entrepreneurship. Willingness to interact with others and ability to organize their time, teamwork and leading working groups. Leadership.

COURSE INFORMATION
Unique in the UK, these groundbreaking degree courses were conceived and developed at The Glasgow School of Art in partnership with six other leading design universities across Europe and with the Faculty of Arts & Social Science at the University of Glasgow. Aimed at exceptional students with an interest in the professional practice, management and cultural contexts of Product Design, each degree pathway offers exciting and challenging opportunities within an international framework at the cutting edge of design education.

The course typically recruits around 20 students per year, from all over the world including Australia, Japan, Germany, Luxemburg, Norway and Italy. There are now at least as many female students as male in the department, and applications from mature students are welcomed.

The relatively small number of students in each year group, combined with the studio-based nature of the course, creates a friendly and socially coherent dynamic group.

The course offers two principal pathways:
BDes Hons [Bachelor of Design with Honors] over four years
MEDes [Master of European Design] over five years

An additional exit point, BDes [Bachelor of Design], is available after three years.

In order to assess and facilitate the appropriate pathway for each individual, every student follows a common, core programme over the first two years of the course, during which time they are introduced to a range of basic communication and design skills, methodologies, team-building and project management strategies.

THE TWO PATHWAYS
At the conclusion of the second year, students with special abilities and preference for the design elements of the course may choose to follow the four year BDes (Hons) programme. During the 3rd year they can elect to undertake a substantial student placement or competitive internship through the department extensive international academic and professional networks.

Those students who have shown equally high abilities in all the elements of the core programme, including languages, may elect to undertake the five year MEDes. One of the unique features of this Master of European Design degree is that students spend two whole academic years abroad within two of the MEDes european partner schools: for example a student might elect to spend their 3rd year at the Politecnico in Milan and then proceed to UIAH in Finland for their 4th year. All students in the partnership return to their parent institutions for the final year of their Masters degree.

LEARNING AND TEACHING
The course content, both at Glasgow School of Art and its partner institutions, is delivered primarily within the design studio. This approach creates a socially interactive, yet individually driven, working practice, with teamwork & shared experience core to its philosophy. The small size of each year-group, typically 20-25 students, coupled with close & frequent contact with the tutors, creates an informal yet highly effective student-led learning environment.

Design work is assessed by project review, often in the form of a presentation to the year group and members of staff & relevant visiting speakers, lecturers and critics. These can be lively events, and students quickly learn to communicate and present themselves and their work in a manner both professional and engaging.

The Social Science programme is delivered by the Glasgow School of Art’s department of Historical & Critical Studies and integrated into the studio projects where appropriate. The intention of the course is to provide BDes(Hons) and MEDes students with a design-orientated body of theory and knowledge related to the cultural, social and commercial contexts of professional design activity: not only will the design process be enhanced but so, too, will the designer.

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Description

Landscape Architectural Design at RMIT

Landscape Architectural Design is a program concerned with the design of urban and natural environments. This multifaceted discipline blends art, science, nature and culture with practical knowledge and attracts sensitive and tenacious people who care about the environment.

As professional practices have moved to an interdisciplinary approach, the opportunities for landscape architects have grown. The studio-based program offers theoretical and practical streams in landscape architecture. Bound into geographical places and topographies, landscape architecture continually helps to expose a rich and changing environment, both physically and culturally.

In recent years there has been a global shift in the delivery of Landscape Architectural Design education within universities. This change has been reflected in a move nationally for Landscape Architectural Design programs within Australia to shift to a five year Master of Landscape Architecture, which supersedes the four year bachelor degree (The Bologna Agreement).

In 2009, the RMIT Landscape Architectural Design program will be moving into this structure. The Degree will consist of a three year Bachelor of Design and a two year Master of Landscape Architecture (by coursework). Those students who successfully complete the three year Bachelor of Design will have direct entry into the Master of Landscape Architecture.

The intention of the proposed 3+2 is to equip students with the ability to deal with the complexities of the world that Landscape Architectural Design professionals are now facing in everyday practice, for example climate change, rapid urbanisation, etc. The RMIT model distinguishes itself nationally as a five year specialist degree.

We see this as a very exciting progression for the RMIT Landscape Architectural Design program and for student education within this field and see it as an opportunity to position the program within the international arena. 
Duration

Three years full-time. Most classes are held during the day.
Pathways

Gaining credit for previous study or experience
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) and credit transfer are ways that RMIT recognises applicants’ skills and knowledge gained through formal and informal education and training, work experience, and/or life experience (including volunteer work; committee responsibilities; family duties, hobbies).

Career Prospects

Working independently or as part of a large multidisciplinary team, landscape architects find career opportunities in both the public and private sectors; in government organisations at federal, state and municipal levels; and in the offices of landscape architects, architects, planners, urban designers and engineers throughout Australia. From urban design projects (plazas and pedestrian precincts) to working with large open spaces (parks and nature reserves), the parameters of projects are broad. Graduates may also become involved in smaller projects such as private gardens, historic estates and vineyards.
Professional Recognition

The degree program is a stand alone award. The Bachelor of Design will provide employment options for those who seek to work in landscape design, or design more generally, in roles that do not require professional registration.

The Australian Institute for Landscape Architects (AILA) is the profession’s accrediting body.
Entrance Requirements

Current Year 12prerequisite units 3 & 4—English (any).

Non-Year 12 applicants are encouraged to apply and should either be currently employed in industry or have evidence of experience and/or ability to meet the demands of the program.

Equity admissions schemes
RMIT understands that people’s backgrounds and circumstances can affect their access to education and training. RMIT’s equity admissions schemes allow applicants to explain the circumstances that have adversely affected their education, and demonstrate their capacity for future academic success.

Application Procedures

Semester one

Full-time applicants—VTAC application
Note: All applicants must comply with any extra requirements listed.

VTAC application
Applicants must apply through Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC) and are advised to check detailed information on entrance requirements, application procedures and closing dates. Applicants must meet all extra requirements and selection procedures listed through VTAC.

Note: RMIT program codes listed on this page should not be used when applying through VTAC.

Extra requirements

Selection mode all applicants: Interview/design exercise.

Selection procedures (Semester 1 2009 VTACapplicants)

Interview and design exercise: details will be sent to applicants by 10 November. Applicants who have not been notified must telephone 03 9925 3489 by 21 November. Interstate and overseas applicants who will be unavailable for interview must telephone 03 9925 3489 by 10 November. Applicants must attend between 25 and 28 November. All applicants must bring examples of collections, hobbies or creative interests to this session for discussion.

Semester two (midyear intake)

RMIT University has places available for the midyear intake in many TAFE and degree (bachelor and postgraduate) programs. From 1 May check to see if this program offers a midyear intake
Note: Applicants must confirm availability of program offered at midyear prior to applying. All applicants must comply with any extra requirements listed.

RMIT direct application
Applicants must apply directly to RMIT University using an RMIT direct application form.

Fees

Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP)
A CSP is jointly funded by the Commonwealth Government and the student. In 2009, the fees ranged between $4,162 and $8,677 per year for a standard full-time program. The exact cost varies according to each course.

Changes to fee paying undergraduate places in 2009
The Australian Government has announced that it will phase out fee paying domestic undergraduate places from 1 January 2009 in public universities. However, the Government has announced that it will replace fee paying places with up to 11,000 new Commonwealth Supported Places (CSP) by 2011. Therefore, expectations are that there will be more HECS (Higher Education Contribution Scheme) places on offer at RMIT University in 2009.

There will be no full-fee places at RMIT University offered through VTAC (Victorian Tertiary Admission Centre) for new domestic students in undergraduate programs in 2009. There are some exceptions to the Government’s prohibition on new full-fee undergraduate places which will affect a very small number of students.

Scholarships

Record spend on RMIT scholarships
RMIT University will spend more than $60 million on student scholarships over the next five years. RMIT has many scholarships and funding opportunities to offer students.

Additional Expenses

Estimated material costs are between $2,000 and $2,500 for the year. Students will be encouraged to purchase a computer of a minimum configuration costing approximately $2,000.

An optional material fee for the first year is $300 towards the study materials supplied by the School; second year is $70; third year is $110; and in fourth year no fee applies.
Program Structure

The three-year Bachelor of Design is designed to provide a range of opportunities for you to experience and undertake the process of design research. You will develop strong foundation knowledge and abilities in the field of Landscape Architecture.

The program aims to:
lay the foundations for graduate specialisation in Landscape Architecture
provide you with the practical and intellectual skills necessary for work in landscape design, or design more generally, in roles that do not require professional registration. For example: planning, garden design, landscape management, landscape construction, urban design, environmental sustainability roles, local and state government roles.

As a Bachelor of Design graduate you will be prepared to undertake the Master of Landscape Architecture.

The following program structure(s) are linked to this program.

Owning School

Architecture & Design
Disclaimer

Although RMIT endeavours to ensure the accuracy of this information, there is no guarantee it will remain accurate all year. Applicants are advised to confirm program details with the appropriate school before making an application.

Description

Design (Furniture) at RMIT

One of the newest qualifications offered in Australia, the associate degree combines theoretical content with selected employment-related skills to enable graduates to gain employment in the global furniture industry. The Associate Degree in Design (Furniture) brings together the essential parts of the Bachelor of Design (Industrial Design) and the Diploma of Furniture Technologyto deliver design-focused learning with underpinning production and craft knowledge. A broad range of topics are covered within the program to enable graduates to design with deep understanding of the many aspects of modern furniture making and enables students to investigate contemporary, cultural and environmental aspects of the professional practice of furniture design.

The teaching staff are drawn from professional design and production backgrounds and are extremely experienced in the development of furniture for industrial production. The program is particularly suited to students who are genuinely curious, want to be challenged, and are keen to explore professional opportunities whether in a major production company or as independent designers.

Duration

Pathways

Graduates of the Associate Degree in Design (Furniture) who have been successful in gaining a place in the Bachelor of Design (Industrial Design) program will be eligible to continue their studies into the program’s third year. This enables student to gain two qualifications in four years on a 2 plus 2 model.

Graduates of Diploma of Furnishing Technology and Diploma of Arts (Furniture Design) who have been successful in gaining a place in the program will be eligible to apply for exemptions.

Gaining credit for previous study or experience
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) and credit transfer are ways that RMIT recognises applicants’ skills and knowledge gained through formal and informal education and training, work experience, and/or life experience (including volunteer work; committee responsibilities; family duties, hobbies).

Further information about gaining credit for previous study or experience

Further information about pathways

Career Prospects

Manufactures companies in Australia and overseas employ furniture designers as a consultants or employees in their product development teams. Many manufacturers employ furniture technologists/developers to develop and improve product ranges with their production departments. Graduates who have continued to on through the Bachelor of Design (Industrial Design) are employed as designers in design studios and design consultancy firms or as entrepreneurs making products or servicing other design related areas. Research institutions like environmental agencies and universities also employ designers to work on many aspects of products and services.

RMIT University has a reputation as a centre of excellence for Learning, Teaching and Research. The Bachelor of Design (Communication Design) [BDCD] programme is unique in that, while they retain the distinctive identity and design culture of each discipline, opportunities for collaboration across the disciplines are incorporated into each programme.

Recognition and Global Connections
A fully accredited design degree that is recognised professionally worldwide
The programme is supported by regular visits by RMIT University academic staff
Students have access to a resident lecturer who has extensive industry experience
The programme structure allows completion of the programme within a twelve-month period
Opportunities to articulate into Masters of Design by Coursework or Research
The programme includes a study tour to melbourne with airfare and accommodation included in the course fee
The programme allows students to have productive interactions with other cultures giving them a broader view of communication design set in a global context.

Graduate’s Testimonial
Communication Design, as the name suggests, places a great emphasis on critical thinking, conceptual development, communication and their impact on the environment around us, apart from form making. This, I feel, is the core of design and what makes BDCD different from traditional Graphic Design programmes. Lecturers from RMIT University and SIM constantly challenged me to think out of the box and understand my role as a communication designer. The balance of practical and thinking skills, together with regular presentation of projects, had given me the confidence in developing my ideas and delivering them in a professional arena.

College: Design, Construction and Planning
Degree: Bachelor of Design
Hours for the Degree: 120
Minor: No
Combined-Degree Program: Yes
Website: www.dcp.ufl.edu/interior

Consistently ranked as a top10 program nationally, UF’s interior design program is recognized as the top one in the South. Interior design is an excellent major for students with strong creative and analytical skills who are self-motivated and work well in teams. This program prepares students for careers in areas such as office design, retail, healthcare, residential and hospitality design. Examples of interior design specializations include historic preservation and environmental sustainability.

To give students first-hand design exposure, the department organizes trips to interact with designers and experience firms, installations, significant buildings and exhibitions in cities such as Atlanta and Chicago. During the summer, upper-division students have opportunities to enroll in the Preservation Institute located in Nantucket. The department offers academic credit to explore professional opportunities through a required internship. Interior design students may consider pursuing graduate studies in the program’s 4+1 option to receive a Master of Interior Design.

Organized trips to experience interior design, architecture and art in urban settings are required in the junior and senior years. Students should plan to have adequate funds for these required field trips and design studio project materials. Internships must be completed by the fall semester of the senior year of the program.

The four-year program is accredited by the Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA).

Core courses

Select 2 courses from:
COR109 Communication and Thought
COR110 Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship
COR111 Environment, Technology and Sustainability
Introductory courses

CMN102 Communication Theory and Practice
DES101 Visual Literacy: Design Principles and Practice
DES102 Ways of Seeing: Understanding Images
DES103 Digital Photographic Practice
DES104 Visual Worlds: An Introduction to Arts and Design History
DES105 Introduction to Design
DES106 Typography
Advanced courses

CMN213 Editing for the Communications Professional

Plus select 6 advanced courses from one of the following streams for a major and 4 advanced courses from a second stream for a minor:
Graphic design:

DES211 Graphic Design A *
DES212 Graphic Design B *
DES213 Graphic Design C *
DES214 Graphic Design D *
DES215 Graphic Design E (internship/project) *
DES216 Graphic Design Portfolio *

e-Media:

DES221 e-Media A *
DES222 e-Media B *
DES223 e-Media C *
DES224 e-Media D *
DES225 e-Media E (internship/project) *
DES226 e-Media Portfolio *

3D design:

DES231 3D Design A
DES232 3D Design B
DES233 3D Design C *
DES234 3D Design D *
DES235 3D Design E (internship/project) *
DES236 3D Design Portfolio *

This professionally oriented program offers practical and theoretical studies in print design, online media, and 3D design, including modelling and animation. Students are taught in small workshop groups and those enrolled in courses which require the use of computers have 24-hour access to dedicated computing facilities. The program allows study to be combined with courses in advertising, public relations, journalism, communication studies, creative writing, marketing or other areas, which allow students to pursue individual interests.

Knowledge and skills acquired through the Bachelor of Design are transferable across many sectors such as government, education, the arts, commerce, media, and industry. Depending on courses selected, opportunities may include advertising, graphic design, information visualisation, interpretive design, 3D modelling, animation, rapid prototyping, multimedia design and development, packaging, publishing, visual communication, and web design.