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BP115 · RMIT University · Bachelor degree

Bachelor of Graphic Design

College of Design and Social Context

Minimum ATAR
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Full time
3 years
Part time
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Credit points
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Campus
Melbourne City
Mode
On campus

Overview

Graphic design is the foundational discipline of visual communication. It is how ideas and thinking take form through typography, image, layout and interaction across everything from branding and publishing to digital products, services and systems.

Shape the way our world communicates. Learn how spaces and sectors can be utilised to effectively start important conversations.

Course structure

Open a major, minor or specialisation to see its units.

Year One of Program

72 cp

Students must complete a series of compulsory onboarding modules during their first semester or study period. Complete 72 credit points from the following: AND Complete 24 credit points from your chosen combination.

  • GRAP3090Graphic Design Tools and Techniques12 cp
  • GRAP2258Professional Practice in Graphic Design12 cp
  • GRAP3043Introduction to Illustration and Typography12 cp
  • GRAP3044Introduction to Experience Design and Branding12 cp
  • GRAP2199Graphic Design Studies12 cp
  • GRAP3042Design Citizenship12 cp

Year Two of Program

96 cp

Complete 96 credit points from your chosen combination.

Year Three of Program

12 cp

Complete 12 credit points from the following: AND Complete 12 credit points of Program Option courses. AND Complete 72 credit points from your chosen combination.

Major: Typography

AND AND

Major: Illustration

AND

Major: Branding

AND AND

Major: Experience Design

AND

  • GRAP3064Experience Design Research12 cp
  • GRAP3063Service Design12 cp
  • GRAP3053Experimental Experience Design Studio12 cp
  • GRAP3049Industry-Partnered Experience Design Studio12 cp
  • GRAP3071Storytelling through Design12 cp
  • GRAP3065Experience Design Major Project24 cp
  • GRAP3066Social Design12 cp
  • GRAP3068Wayfinding and Placemaking12 cp

Graphic Design Minors

List of Minors:

Minor: Typography

Minor: Illustration

Minor: Branding

Minor: Experience Design

  • GRAP3064Experience Design Research12 cp
  • GRAP3063Service Design12 cp
  • GRAP3049Industry-Partnered Experience Design Studio12 cp
  • GRAP3053Experimental Experience Design Studio12 cp

Interdisciplinary Minors:

List of Interdisciplinary Minors:

Minor: Advertising

Minor: Strategy & Innovation

  • BUSM2709Fundamentals of Business Strategy and Innovation12 cp
  • BUSM2541Critical, Ethical and Innovative Thinking12 cp

Minor: Social Impact

  • BUSM2656Principles of Social Impact12 cp
  • BUSM4702Social Enterprise and Innovation12 cp
  • BUSM2655Designing Social Futures12 cp
  • BUSM1789Information and Accountability for Social Impact12 cp

Minor: New Business Creation

Minor: Foundations in Sustainability

AND

  • ENVI1153Sustainable Futures12 cp
  • ENVI1211The Science of Climate and Biodiversity12 cp
  • ENVI1049Environmental Management and Assessment12 cp
  • ENVI1048Building Relationships with Country12 cp
  • ENVI1137Communicating Sustainability12 cp
  • ECON1259Development Economics12 cp
  • PHYS2066Energy and Earth's Environment12 cp
  • ENVI1179Environmental Policy Project12 cp

Minor: Photography

AND

  • VART3596Photographic Lighting and Representation12 cp
  • VART1704Alternative Photographic Processes12 cp
  • VART3823Photography and Environment12 cp
  • VART3826The Performed Image: Photography and Identity12 cp
  • VART3817Documentary Photography12 cp
  • VART3825Picturing Power12 cp
  • VART3815Counter Investigations12 cp
  • VART1710Editorial Photography12 cp
  • VART3820Fashion Photography Futures12 cp
  • VART3828Translating Spaces: Architectural and Interior Photography12 cp
  • VART3827Transforming Objects: Contemporary Product Photography12 cp
  • VART3594Photography Histories and Theories12 cp

Minor: Chinese

Minor: Japanese

Minor: Spanish

Minor: French

Minor: Gender Studies

  • COMM2925Introduction to Gender12 cp
  • HUSO2092Gender, Development and Globalisation12 cp
  • HUSO2388Global Feminisms12 cp
  • COMM2926Rethinking Masculinities12 cp
  • COMM2879Feminist and Queer Perspectives12 cp
  • COMM2927Gender, Communication and Social Change12 cp

Minor: Foundations in Project Management

AND

  • BUSM3307Project Management Concepts12 cp
  • BUSM3308Techniques for Project Planning and Management12 cp
  • BUIL1156Project Administration12 cp
  • BUSM4168Project Systems and Process Management12 cp
  • BUSM3132Quality Management12 cp
  • BUSM4303Project Risk Management12 cp

Minor: Regenerative Futures

AND

  • ENVI1241Regenerative Fundamentals12 cp
  • ENVI1242Regenerative Challenge12 cp
  • ENVI1243Systems Thinking for Sustainable Futures6 cp
  • ENVI1244Eco-Literacy6 cp
  • ENVI1245Regenerative Design6 cp
  • ECON1629Regenerative Value Systems6 cp
  • HWSS2262Social Equity and Regeneration6 cp
  • BUSM2779Regenerative Business Models6 cp
  • ECON1630Design for the Circular Economy6 cp
  • COSC3158AI Ethics for Sustainable Futures6 cp
  • ENVI1246Regenerative Design for Built Environment6 cp
  • PERF2076Storytelling for Speculative Futures6 cp
  • PROC2131Biomaterials and Biofabrication6 cp
  • COMM3024Reimagining Futures in Media and Culture6 cp
  • ENVI1247Regenerative Supply Chain Management6 cp
  • EMPL1008Linking Life and Learning6 cp
  • BUSM2777Leading Regenerative Action6 cp
  • ENVI1248Regenerative Futures Incubator6 cp
  • ENVI1249Reworlding for Creative Place Keeping6 cp
  • HUSO2459Planetary Pedagogies and Civics6 cp

Minor: Artificial Intelligence in Practice

AND

  • COSC3156Generative AI (GenAI) in Practice: Tools and Methods12 cp
  • COSC3157Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Action: Industry Project12 cp
  • COSC1127Artificial Intelligence12 cp
  • COSC2673Machine Learning12 cp
  • MATH2305Applied Bayesian Statistics12 cp
  • BIOL2585Wearable Technologies in Health12 cp
  • REHA2284Business and Entrepreneurship in Health12 cp
  • EEET1416Digital Signal Processing for Communication Engineering12 cp
  • EEET2169Image Processing12 cp
  • EEET2171Intelligent Systems12 cp
  • OART1118AI for Creative Practice12 cp
  • COSC2785Fashion AI12 cp
  • INTE2687Digital Fluency12 cp

Careers

  • graphic designer
  • UX or UI designer
  • brand designer or strategist
  • illustrator
  • publication or editorial designer
  • creative roles in agencies or in-house teams