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Overview
- Study web design, interactive media, interface design, visual communication, motion graphics and interaction design.
- Opportunities to design for electronic media, web technologies, games and physical computing, for personal and mobile platforms, and public installations.
- Take your career into new and emerging technologies.
- Prepare for new roles such as Web Designer, Information Designer, and Experience Designer in emerging areas like multiplatform interactive entertainment, multimedia installation production, and games design.
- Create a portfolio of individual design work and collaborate on industry-based team projects.
- Opportunities to work on projects at The Cube, QUT’s new state-of-the-art public digital interactive learning and display space.
| QUT course code | KK88 |
| Attendance | Part-time or Full-time |
| Course duration | 1.5 years full-time
3 years part-time |
| Start month | 2013 February, July |
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| CRICOS code | 064900A |
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Details
Visual and interaction design plays a pivotal role in the rapidly expanding fields of contemporary communication and new technologies. Careers in this area provide opportunities to design for electronic and print media, web and mobile technologies, games and physical computing, for personal and mobile platforms, and public installations, as well as for new technologies as they continue to emerge.
Interactive and visual design study area
This course is targeted at mid-career professionals looking to immerse themselves in creative practice or to convert existing knowledge through engagement with new media theories and practices.
You can choose units that contribute to your design interests and career progression from Web design, interactive media, interface design, visual communication, motion graphics and interaction design. QUT’s internationally recognised teaching staff will help you to develop practical techniques and skills and graduate with enhanced creative industries networks.
Studio-based teaching replicates the real world by providing opportunities for you to apply your knowledge and skills in practical settings and encouraging you to interact with others to solve design problems. Prepare for new roles such as Web Designer, Information Designer, and Experience Designer in emerging areas like multiplatform interactive entertainment, multimedia installation production, and games design.
You'll create a portfolio of individual design work and collaborate on industry-based team projects, as well as have opportunities to work on projects at The Cube, QUT’s new state-of-the-art public digital interactive learning and display space.
Units
Entry requirements
An undergraduate degree with an overall minimum grade point average of 5.0 or above (on a 7-point scale). Students whose undergraduate degree is in a related creative industries discipline may apply for the Previously Studied Pathway. Applications without the requisite entry requirements will be considered for special entry. Please contact the Creative Industries Faculty for more information.
Course fees
Your actual fees may vary depending on which units you choose. All fees are based on current fixed fee prices. We review fees annually.
2013: $9,000 (indicative) per Semester (subject to annual review)
Student Services and Amenities Fee
You'll need to pay the Student Services and Amenities Fee (SSAF) as part of your course costs.
FEE-HELP: loans to help you pay your course fees
You may not have to pay anything upfront if you're eligible for a FEE-HELP loan.
Find out if you're eligible for a FEE-HELP loan
Scholarships and financial support
You can apply for scholarships to help you with study and living costs.
You may also be eligible for Centrelink payments
Apply
How to apply for Master of Creative Industries (Interactive and Visual Design)
You apply directly to QUT for all our postgraduate courses.
Are you ready to submit your application?
You're ready if you have:
- Found all the courses you want to apply for. You can apply for up to 3.
- Checked important dates.
- Checked you meet the entry requirements
- Checked course costs and if you're eligible for financial support
- Checked if you're eligible for credit for prior learning
- Collected supporting documents (see application form)
All done? Then you're ready to apply.
Application for postgraduate course admission form (PDF file, 362.47 KB)
