Ian Gillespie Faculty of Design + Dynamic Media

We believe that enhancing understanding of social context and connections best prepares us to respond to the complex world around us.

We offer interdisciplinary design studies in: sustainability; health care; regional and recreational products; systems and information design; typography, visual communications and storytelling; commercial, experimental and 3D animation; film and video; and interactive and integrated design.

Graduates have the opportunity for further studies including a Master of Fine Arts and Master of Design.

Bachelor of Design

Focusing on the social, technological, and experiential needs of contemporary society, our Bachelor of Design program has evolved into a human-centred practice.

Three majors are offered in the Bachelor of Design degree:

• The Communication Design Major combines theory and practice, exploring cultural, historical, technical, ecological, and theoretical issues in order to solve communication challenges. Electives include print design, interactivity, and motion graphics.
  
• In the Industrial Design Major, you will learn how we communicate, find pleasure, comfort, and safety with others through activities and products, and how we overcome our physical and psychological limitations through design.
  
• Prepare to create innovative design solutions for everyday life with an Interaction Design Major. Demand is high for interaction designers to envision new and interactive products, systems, services and spaces in all industries.

Minor in Ecological Design Practice

All design majors are eligible to pursue an Ecological Design Practice Minor. For students seeking to situate their design practice in relation to ecological needs and develop a deeper understanding of sustainable, earth and land-based practices, the minor offers and experimental and forward-thinking space for crafting emergent approaches of design practice.

Minor in Art + Text

If you're a creative interested in the intersection of images and words, consider the Art + Text Minor. This minor examines how text functions in image-making, printed texts, artists books, typography, public artworks, recorded speech, and more — and will challenge how you think about the relationship between text and visuals in your own work.

Minor in Curatorial Practices

Curating is not just a job — it's an artistic practice in its own right. Our Curatorial Practices Minor combines research and practice to teach the history, theory, and real-world issues shaping the curatorial field today. Through your coursework, you'll developed an informed perspective on the art world.

Minor in Social Practice + Community Engagement (SPACE)

Engage with real-world issues through applied art, design, and media. For students who want to embed their work in the community, the Social Practice and Community Engagement (SPACE) Minor offers you the opportunity to do just that. It complements your studies with a focus on social practice, ecology and sustainability, documentary practices, and community projects.

Bachelor of Media Arts

With a Bachelor of Media Arts degree, you will have the skills and confidence for conceptual risk-taking in one of the fastest growing art forms in the world.

Four majors are offered in the Bachelor of Media Arts degree:

• Embrace diverse animation media and crafting practices with the 2D & Experimental Animation Major.
  
• The 3D Computer Animation Major provides an intensive curriculum to foster a comprehensive understanding and in-depth expertise in 3D animation and digital media
  
• For aspiring film-makers, we offer the Film + Screen Arts Major. This major is dedicated to the exploration of contemporary digital media and historic analog and mechanical processes and practices.
• Focusing on the relationships between arts, new technologies, and critical studies, the New Media + Sound Art Major generates new knowledges, sensations and artistic expressions. NMSA emphasizes experience - feeling, seeing, and hearing - inviting students to create worlds of difference.