You will develop technical skills to support your design work, learn to apply conceptual thinking to your design strategies and processes, and effectively represent and communicate your design concepts visually. You will solve design-based problems in the context of live performance, the small and large screen, game design, and digital and online media performance programs, culminating in a major design project across one of these areas.

Careers

Performance designers play a pivotal and collaborative part in the conception and realisation of a performance in an assortment of potential roles such as set designer, costume designer, lighting designer and sound designer.

Entry requirements for the Bachelor of Design

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Access Melbourne can help you gain a place in a course, even if your ATAR is below the Clearly-in Rank. Eligible students must apply through Access Melbourne and meet prerequisites.

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Prerequisites

Units 3 & 4: A study score of at least 25 in English/English Language/ Literature or at least 30 in EAL.

Applicants intending to major in Civil Systems, Computing, Construction, Mechanical Systems, Property or Spatial Systems may be required to undertake a bridging subject in mathematics as breadth in first year. This is equivalent to Units 3 and 4 Mathematical Methods, and entry requires a mathematics background equivalent to Units 1 and 2 Mathematical Methods.