ID Student Webpages
Discussion Boards, Links and Resources for ID students
These online resources are to assist with helping ID students in various ways: sharing resources and information (such as information regarding where to purchase materials), a forum for student discussion (each year level has its own Discussion), links to design websites (design competitions etc), timetables for the Workshop etc.
ID Links: http://www.unisanet.unisa.edu.au/learn/archdesign/?PATH=/Resources/ID/ID+Links/&default=Welcome.htm
ID Resources: http://www.unisanet.unisa.edu.au/learn/archdesign/?PATH=/Resources/ID/ID+Resources/&default=Welcome.htm
ID Discussions: http://www.unisanet.unisa.edu.au/learn/archdesign/?PATH=/Resources/ID/ID+Discussions/&default=Welcome.htm
The Industrial Design Program - some notes to help you through...
(Download the Industrial Design Program guide in PDF printer friendly format [PDF, 94K])
Course Points
Courses are allocated points according their study load. Course points, contact time and expected time spent outside of contact time working on projects.
Points Contact Time outside class (min)
6 points 6 hours
6 hours
9 points 9 hours
9 hours
4.5 points 3 hours
6 hours
A full time study load is 18 points a semester, 36 points a year.
Prerequisites
Some courses have pre-requisites; you cannot do them unless you have completed and passed other courses. This is particularly important for the Industrial Design Studio stream, if you fail any studio you cannot go on to the next studio.
Electives & BUGES
Electives are courses offered within the Louis Layborne Smith School of Architecture & Design, you choose which courses to take (hence electives). They are design related and are offered by LLS School staff in areas of Industrial Design, Architecture and Interior Architecture. There is a complete list of the electives offered by the school in the university Calendar; they are not all run every year. The electives being offered each year are published on the enrolment web pages. In order to complete the degree and graduate, you require to complete 3 electives- (students who commenced the program prior to 2007 will need to consult with the Program Director regarding their elective requirements)
A total of 9 units must conform with the Broadening Undergraduate
Education Matrix as Contrasting Studies. Students must complete ARCH 3048
Indigenous Design Perspectives and GRAP 2026 Introduction to Graphics to
satisfy university requirements for BUGE content.
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Minors
As part of the elective stream you can choose to do a minor stream in a
particular design specialisation. To complete a minor you need to
complete 2 elective courses in the minor stream and an Advanced
Independent study in 4th year under the guidance of the lecturer
responsible for the minor stream. If you are not doing a minor you can
take any of these electives, except for the Advanced Independent study.
It is not compulsory to do a minor stream; they are for students who
have a strong desire to specialise in a particular area. Many students
benefit from taking a broad range of courses and exposing themselves to
as many different experiences as possible.
Minors are offered in these areas:
- Aesthetics & Form
- Furniture Design
- Sustainable Design
Students doing a minor who go on to do honours can complete their minor by having their honours topic related to their minor.
Honours
Students with a GPA of 5 and above (to do this you need a Credit average for all of your courses) are given the opportunity of undertaking honours courses in their final year. The honours courses take the place of the electives in study period 5 in 3rd year and study period 2 in 4th year. Students who complete these courses and have a GPA of 5 and above in their final year receive a degree with honours. Honours will be discussed with you more in 3rd year.
Course Coordinators & the Program Director
Each course you study has a course coordinator; they are responsible for the delivery and administration of the courses. If you have any problems or queries about the course please contact them. The program director (PD) is responsible for the administration of the Industrial Design undergraduate program. Peter Schumacher is currently the PD.
You need to contact the PD for the following
- Credit for previous studies
- Deferring (taking leave) from the program
- Withdrawing from the program
- To discuss your progress through the program
- Academic counselling
- Any other queries or concerns you may have about the program
To contact the PD call Vanessa Ursino on 8302 0216. Vanessa can take care of many of the day-to-day issues; if she is unable to assist you she will make an appointment for you to see the PD.