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Important Enrolment Information:

*Bachelor of Design students will not be permitted to commence a second major or minor until they have completed a minimum of 72cps.

* Minors offered by other faculties can be accessed through 'University Wide Minor Options' and 'Language Minor Options'. Some minors to consider include: Advertising, Architectural Studies, Collaborative Digital Design, Game Design, Entrepreneurship, Information Technology, Integrated Marketing Communication, Interior Design Studies, International Business, Lighting, Management, Marketing, Mathematics, and Public Relations.

*Please refer to the following study sequences to plan your program. You must complete 48 credit points (normally four 12 credit point subjects) from the specified units to achieve a minor, following semester of offer and unit prerequisites (where applicable) to determine order of enrolment. Any unit(s) that appear in these majors and/or minors and are also mandatory elsewhere in your course can not contribute towards the completion of these majors and/or minors. Any unit(s) that appear in multiple majors and/or minors can only contribute towards the completion of one of these majors or minors.

Description: The aim of this minor is to provide you with a broad understanding of animation through the combination of units that encompass drawing for animation with a unit that addresses computer animation processes. This is then contextualized through Animation Practices, which covers the history of animation and considers the cultural significance of the form, and the diversity of practices.

SELECT 48cp from the Animation Unit Options

Not available to DE40 Bachelor of Design (Architectural Studies) students

SELECT 48cp from the Architectural Studies Unit Options

*You may select either KKB345 or KKB350 but only if a project or tour suitable for Design students is being offered.

DEB-coded units can only be selected by NON-DE40 students.

Description: This minor introduces you to the cognate disciplines of art, design and architecture. Aspiring practitioners who wish to understand the historical and intellectual traditions of their fields will benefit from this minor, as will those who are considering future honours and postgraduate study in this field.

SELECT 48cp from the Art, Design and Architecture Unit Options

DEB-coded units can only be selected by NON-DE40 students.

Description: This minor presents an introduction to the Second major art movements and issues in twentieth- and twenty-first century art. It actively fosters skills of visual and textual literacy by combining both in a coherent package of study. It will supplement the study for those interested in the arts as well as cognate disciplines such as design, fashion, media and architecture.

SELECT 48cp from the Art History Unit Options

Description: The value of much creative and business activity is determined by its success with audiences and users and the ability to understand and research the people who engage with your outputs is vital. This minor provides you with a conceptual understanding of how audiences use media and cultural products and teaches practical skills in conducting qualitative and quantitative audience research.

SELECT 48cp from the Audience and User Research Unit Options

SELECT 48cp from the Collaborative Digital Design Unit Options

Description: This minor provides you with opportunity to understand the parameters of the journalism and professional communication fields.

SELECT 48cp from the Communication for the Professions Unit Options

Description: This minor aims to prepare you with skills and knowledge in the area of creative writing and to enhance your critical, analytical and peer-reviewing skills.

SELECT 48cp from the Creative Writing Unit Options

* Please note: KWB204 is permitted to count towards this study area.

Description: This minor provides the opportunity to approach dance as a subject for critical, analytical and contextual study.

Assumed Knowledge: Previously acquired knowledge or skill IS required for you to undertake this minor. For health and safety reasons, admission to this minor is dependent upon an appropriate level of physical fitness to prevent injury, and having no pre-existing injuries or structural/physical issues that would prevent your safe and full participation in all physical activities within its practical units. You may be required to confirm your fitness to attempt this minor. If so, you must obtain a physiotherapists report and have it approved by the Dance Study Area Coordinator before you will be permitted to enrol in this minor.

SELECT 48cp from the Dance Studies Unit Options

Not available to DE40 Bachelor of Design (Interior Design) students

SELECT 48cp from the Design and People-Environment Interactions Unit Options

Description: This minor provides you with the opportunity to understand the guiding principles behind new modes of communication and creative industries practice.

SELECT 48cp from the Digital Media Unit Options

Description: This minor provides you with introductory concepts and practices underpinning contemporary performance-making.

SELECT 48cp from the Drama Unit Options

Description: This minor provides you with an understanding of the characteristics of mainstream commercial culture that appeal to large audiences and an understanding both of business and creative processes.

SELECT Either BSB126 or KPB116. BSB126 is mandatory unless you are already undertaking it as part of another study package.

ENTERTAINMENT CORE UNITS:

Note: KPB101 will be permitted to count towards this study package if completed in 2011 or earlier.

Description: This minor will provide you with an in depth knowledge and understanding of the history, theory and context of international fashion.

SELECT 48cp from the Fashion Unit Options

Note: KFB106 and KFB206 will be permitted to count towards this study package if completed in 2011 or earlier.

Description: This minor aims to prepare you with skills and knowledge in the area of visual design and communication for a range of print and electronic media contexts. It will provide you with a foundation in the conceptual and theoretical aspects of visual communication, graphic design and print media, and the technical skills required to apply them in studio projects.

SELECT 48cp from the Graphic Design Unit Options

Not available to DE40 Bachelor of Design (Industrial Design) students

SELECT 48cp from the Industrial Design Studies Unit Options

*You may select either KKB345 or KKB350 but only if a project or tour suitable for Design students is being offered.

DEB-coded units can only be selected by NON-DE40 students.

Description: This minor aims to provide you with a foundational understanding of the design concepts and principles, practical skills and working methods needed by a contemporary designer of visual and interactive media, including an introduction to visual communication, print media, web and interactive media and temporal digital media formats.

SELECT 48cp from the Interactive and Visual Design Unit Options

Note: KIB104 will be permitted to count towards this study package if completed in 2011 or earlier.

Not available to DE40 Bachelor of Design (Interior Design) students

SELECT 48cp from the Interior Design Studies Unit Options

*You may select either KKB345 or KKB350 but only if a project or tour suitable for Design students is being offered.

DEB-coded units can only be selected by NON-DE40 students.

Description: This minor will introduce you to a range of key journalistic principles, approaches and writing styles.

SELECT 48cp from the Journalism Unit Options

Not available to DE40 Bachelor of Design (Landscape Architecture) students

SELECT 48cp from the Landscape Architecture Studies Unit Options

*You may select either KKB345 or KKB350 but only if a project or tour suitable for Design students is being offered.

DEB-coded units can only be selected by NON-DE40 students.

Description: This minor will provide you with a thorough grounding in a range of texts, literary, cultural and popular.

SELECT 48cp from the Literature Unit Options

* Please note: KWB307 is permitted to count towards this study area. KWB109, KWB206 and KWB208 are permitted to count towards this study area if completed in 2010 or earlier.

Description: This minor will provide you with a thorough grounding in a range of modern, cultural and popular texts.

SELECT 48cp from the Modern and Popular Literature and Culture Unit Options

* Please note: KWB108 is permitted to count towards this study area if completed in 2010 or earlier.

Description: This minor provides you with understandings of new directions in music across styles, genres, cultures, disciplines and beliefs.

SELECT 48cp from the Music Studies Unit Options

* Please note: KMB002 is permitted to count towards this study area.

Description: This minor provides you with understandings and skills in creative industries performance and management.

SELECT 36cp from the Performance Events and Festivals Unit Options

SELECT One unit from the Performance Events and Festivals Additional Unit Options

Description: The aim of this minor is to provide you with skills and knowledge in a variety of genres in the area of professional writing and to understand the demands of the writing and publishing industry.

SELECT 48cp from the Professional Writing, Publishing and Editing Unit Options

Description: This minor will provide you with the practical and theoretical skills associated with the scenographic arts. It has been designed to deliver a learning model that imparts broad design related skills for live performance. The focus will be on the traditional arts of model making, text analysis and drafting, incorporating contemporary approaches to current scenographic demands in the industry. These include the creation and control of time based media content and the display of the moving image.

Note: This minor is only available to Creative Industries Faculty single degree and IF27 students.

Description: The aim of this minor is to provide students with an understanding of film and media, and their influence in social and cultural contexts.

SELECT 48cp from the Screen Studies Unit Options

* Please note: KPB203 is permitted to count towards this study area.

Description: This minor introduces you to the practical world of sound production tools and techniques together with a secure theoretical underpinning.

SELECT 48cp from the Sound Design Unit Options

* Please note: Units completed as part of the Sound Studies minor (KKB004, KMB106, and KMB301) are permitted to towards this study area if completed in 2010 or earlier.

Description: The aim of this minor is to provide students with theoretical and practical understandings of television production, distribution and reception.

SELECT 48cp from the Television Unit Options

Description: This minor introduces you to the essential principles of visual literacy. You will develop the fundamental skills of working with 2D and 3D media and understand the frameworks of display and audience engagement in the visual arts.

SELECT 48cp from the Visual Arts Practice Unit Options

The Advanced Interactive Media Minor was discontinued at the end 2011. Students who commenced this minor prior to the end of 2011 will be permitted to complete it.