Bachelor of Design Computing
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Table B: Bachelor of Design Computing - Core units of study |
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| Candidates are required to complete all the core units of study listed in this table. | |||
Junior units of study |
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| DECO1012 Design Programming |
6 | N DECO2011 or SOFT1001 |
Semester 1 |
| DECO1006 Design Thinking |
6 | N IDEA9106 |
Semester 1 |
| DECO1008 3D Modelling and Fabrication |
6 | N DECO2103 This unit is for students enrolled in the Bachelor of Design Computing only. Students enrolled in other programs should enrol in DECO2103. |
Semester 2 |
| DECO1013 Physical Computing |
6 | P DECO1006 N DECO2012 This unit is for students enrolled in the Bachelor of Design Computing only. Students enrolled in other programs should enrol in DECO2012. |
Semester 2 |
| DECO1014 Digital Media Production |
6 | N : DECO1100 |
Semester 1 |
| DECO1015 Visual Communication |
6 | N DECO1100 This unit is for students enrolled in the Bachelor of Design Computing only. Students from other programs should enrol in DECO2101. |
Semester 1 |
| DECO1016 Web Design and Technologies |
6 | N DECO2102 This unit is for students enrolled in the Bachelor of Design Computing only. Students enrolled in other programs should enrol in DECO2102. |
Semester 2 |
| DECO1017 Principles of Animation |
6 | N DECO3006 This unit is for students enrolled in the Bachelor of Design Computing only. Students enrolled in other programs should enrol in DECO3006. |
Semester 2 |
Senior units of study |
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| DECO2014 User Experience Design Studio |
12 | P DECO1006 N DECO2010 or DECO3005 Enrolment numbers are limited by teaching resources. If you attempt to enrol is unsuccessful, please seek permission from the Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning Student Administration Centre (SAC). First preference is given to Bachelor of Design Computing students. |
Semester 1 |
| INFO2120 Database Systems 1 |
6 | P INFO1003 OR INFO1103 OR INFO1903 OR INFS1000 OR DECO1012. N INFO2905, COMP5138, INFO2820 |
Semester 1 |
| DECO2200 Interaction Design Studio |
12 | P DECO1006 |
Semester 2 |
| DECO3100 Information Visualisation Design Studio |
12 | P DECO1006 and DECO1012 |
Semester 1 |
| DECO3200 Interactive Product Design Studio |
12 | P DECO1006 and DECO1012 |
Semester 2 |
Electives |
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| Candidates are required to complete a maximum of 42 credit points of electives from the following list. Students who have completed 96 credit points with a WAM of at least 70 may substitute, with the permission of the unit coordinator concerned, units from Table G, Graduate units of study. | |||
Design Computing electives |
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Senior units of study |
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| DECO3441 Design Computing Independent Study A |
6 | P 48 credit points and WAM of at least 70. Note: Department permission required for enrolment Departmental Permission will be required to enrol in this unit. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| DECO3442 Design Computing Independent Study B |
6 | P 48 credit points and WAM of at least 70. Note: Department permission required for enrolment Departmental Permission will be required to enrol in this unit. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| DECO3443 Design Computing Independent Study C |
6 | P 48 credit points and WAM of at least 70. Note: Department permission required for enrolment Departmental Permission will be required to enrol in this unit. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| DECO3444 Design Computing Independent Study D |
6 | P 48 credit points and WAM of at least 70. Note: Department permission required for enrolment Departmental Permission will be required to enrol in this unit. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| DECO3665 Graduation Show |
6 | P 48 credit points Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| DECO3666 Graduate Internship |
6 | P 96 credit points Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Intensive February Intensive July Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| DECO3551 Design Computing General Elective A |
6 | P 48 credit points of units of study Note: Department permission required for enrolment Departmental Permission will be required to enrol in this unit. |
Semester 1 Semester 1a Semester 1b Semester 2 Semester 2a Semester 2b |
| DECO3552 Design Computing General Elective B |
6 | P 48 credit points of units of study Note: Department permission required for enrolment Departmental Permission will be required to enrol in this unit. |
Semester 1 Semester 1a Semester 1b Semester 2 Semester 2a Semester 2b |
| DECO3553 Design Computing General Elective C |
6 | P 48 credit points of units of study Note: Department permission required for enrolment Departmental Permission will be required to enrol in this unit. |
Semester 1 Semester 1a Semester 1b Semester 2 Semester 2a Semester 2b |
| DECO3554 Design Computing General Elective D |
6 | P 48 credit points of units of study Note: Department permission required for enrolment Departmental Permission will be required to enrol in this unit. |
Semester 1 Semester 1a Semester 1b Semester 2 Semester 2a Semester 2b |
Faculty electives |
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Junior units of study |
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| AWSS1001 Architectural Sketching and Drawing |
6 | N DESA1601, DESA1602 Students may incur costs for materials in some Art Workshops units. |
Semester 1 |
| DESA1004 Designing with Surfaces and Light |
6 | N DESA2612 |
Semester 2 Summer Main |
Senior units of study |
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| AWSS2015 Generative Drawing |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| AWSS2020 Object Design |
6 | C DESA1555 N DESA2643 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| AWSS2023 Architectural Photography 1 |
6 | N DESA2629 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| AWSS2026 2D Print Processes in Design |
6 | N DESA2638 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| AWSS2027 Architecture and Design Material Processes |
6 | N DESA2636 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| DAAE2011 Intro to Visual Communication Design |
6 | P DAAE2009 |
Semester 1 Summer Main |
| DESC9011 Audio Production |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment Departmental Permission will be required to enrol in this unit. |
Semester 1 |
Other electives |
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Junior units of study |
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| ANTH1001 Cultural Difference: An Introduction |
6 | N ANTH1003 |
Semester 1 Summer Main |
| ARHT1001 Style and Substance: Introducing Art History |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| ARHT1002 Modern Times: Art and Film |
6 | Semester 2 Summer Main |
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| ENGL1011 Introduction to Film Studies |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| GCST1601 Introduction to Cultural Studies |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| LNGS1002 Language and Social Context |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| PHIL1013 Society, Knowledge and Self |
6 | N PHIL1010 |
Semester 2 |
| PRFM1601 Performance: Process and Collaboration |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| SCLG1001 Introduction to Sociology 1 |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| SCLG1002 Introduction to Sociology 2 |
6 | Semester 2 Summer Late |
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| WRIT1000 Writing: Style and Method |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 Summer Early |
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| INFS1000 Digital Business Innovation |
6 | N ISYS1003 or INFO1000 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 Summer Main |
| MKTG1001 Marketing Principles |
6 | N MKTG2001 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| MKTG1001 Marketing Principles |
6 | N MKTG2001 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ELEC1103 Fundamentals of Elec and Electronic Eng |
6 | A Basic knowledge of differentiation & integration, and HSC Physics |
Semester 1 |
| ELEC1601 Foundations of Computer Systems |
6 | A HSC Mathematics extension 1 or 2 |
Semester 2 |
| INFO1003 Foundations of Information Technology |
6 | N INFS1000, INFO1000, ISYS1003, INFO1903 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| INFO1103 Introduction to Programming |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| INFO1105 Data Structures |
6 | P INFO1003 or INFO1103 or INFO1903 or INFS1000 |
Semester 2 Summer Main |
| INFO1903 Informatics (Advanced) |
6 | P ATAR sufficient to enter BCST(Adv), BIT or BSc(Adv), or portfolio of work suitable for entry Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
| MTRX1702 Mechatronics 1 |
6 | A MTRX1701 N ELEC2602, ELEC1101, COSC1002, COSC1902 |
Semester 2 |
| PSYC1001 Psychology 1001 |
6 | Semester 1 Summer Main |
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| PSYC1002 Psychology 1002 |
6 |
This unit is also offered in the Sydney Summer School. For more information consult the web site: http://sydney.edu.au/summer/ |
Semester 2 Summer Main |
| MUSC1503 Fundamentals of Music 1 |
6 | N MUSC1000 or MUSC1001 or MUSC1002 or MUSC1003 or MUSC1004 or MUSC1005 or MUSC1501 or MUSC1502 or MUSC2699 or MCGY1008 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| MUED1002 Creative Music Technology |
3 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| MUSC1507 Sounds, Screens, Speakers: Music and Media |
6 | N MUSC1000 or MUSC1001 or MUSC1502 |
Semester 2 |
Other electives |
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Senior units of study |
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| ARIN2610 Web Transformations |
6 | P 18 Junior credit points from (Anthropology, Art History, Computer Science, Design Computing, English, Gender and Culture Studies, History, Information Systems, Information Technology, Linguistics, Media and Communication, Philosophy, Psychology or Sociology) N ARIN2100 |
Semester 2 |
| ARIN2620 Cyberworlds |
6 | P 18 junior credit points from (Anthropology, Art History, Computer Science, Design Computing, English, Gender and Culture Studies, History, Information Systems, Information Technology, Linguistics, Media and Communication, Philosophy, Psychology or Sociology) N ARIN2200 |
Semester 1 Summer Main |
| ARIN2630 Digital Arts |
6 | P 18 junior credit points from (Anthropology, Art History, Computer Science, Design Computing, English, Gender and Culture Studies, History, Information Systems, Information Technology, Linguistics, Media and Communication, Philosophy, Psychology or Sociology) N ARIN2300 |
Semester 2 |
| ARIN2640 Games and Play |
6 | P 18 junior credit points from (Anthropology, Art History, Computer Science, Design Computing, English, Gender and Culture Studies, History, Information Systems, Information Technology, Linguistics, Media and Communication, Philosophy, Psychology or Sociology) N ARIN3640 |
Semester 1 |
| ARIN3620 Researching Digital Cultures |
6 | P 12 Senior credit points from Digital Cultures N ARIN2000 |
Semester 2 |
| JPNS2660 Introduction to Japan This unit of study is not available in 2016 |
6 | P JPNS1121 or JPNS1612 N JPNS2622 or JPNS3622 or JPNS3632 |
Semester 2 |
| PHIL2642 Critical Thinking |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points |
Semester 2 |
| PRFM2601 Being There: Theories of Performance |
6 | P 18 Junior credit points from subject areas listed in Table A N PRFM2001 |
Semester 1 |
| PRFM2602 Performance: Production and Interpretation |
6 | P 18 Junior credit points from subject areas listed in Table A N PRFM2002 |
Semester 2 |
| SCLG2606 Media in Contemporary Society |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points from Sociology N SCLG2018 or SCLG2537 |
Semester 2 |
| INFS2010 People, Information and Knowledge |
6 | A INFS1000 or equivalent N INFS3015 |
Semester 2 |
| INFS2020 Business Process Modelling and Improvement |
6 | A INFS1000 N INFS2005 |
Semester 1 |
| INFS2030 Digital Business Management |
6 | A INFS1000 N ACCT3006 or INFS3020 |
Semester 1 |
| MKTG3110 Electronic Marketing |
6 | P MKTG1001 or MKTG2001 N MKTG3010 |
Semester 1 |
| MKTG3114 New Products Marketing |
6 | P MKTG1001 or MKTG2001 N MKTG3004 |
Semester 2 |
| MKTG3121 Advertising: Creative Principles |
6 | P MKTG1001 or MKTG2001 |
Semester 1 |
| COMP2007 Algorithms and Complexity |
6 | A MATH1004 or MATH1904 P INFO1105 or INFO1905. |
Semester 2 |
| COMP2129 Operating Systems and Machine Principles |
6 | A INFO1105 OR INFO1905. P INFO1103 or INFO1903. |
Semester 1 |
| COMP3109 Programming Languages and Paradigms |
6 | P COMP2007 or COMP2907 |
Semester 2 |
| COMP3308 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence |
6 | A COMP2007. Programing skills (e.g. Java, Python, C, C++, Matlab) N COMP3608 |
Semester 1 |
| COMP3419 Graphics and Multimedia |
6 | P (COMP2007 or COMP 2907), and 6 credit points of Junior Math |
Semester 1 |
| COMP3520 Operating Systems Internals |
6 | P COMP2129 |
Semester 1 |
| ELEC2104 Electronic Devices and Circuits |
6 | A Knowledge: ELEC1103. Ohm's Law and Kirchoff's Laws; action of Current and Voltage sources; network analysis and the superposition theorem; Thevenin and Norton equivalent circuits; inductors and capacitors, transient response of RL, RC and RLC circuits; the ability to use power supplies, oscilloscopes, function generators, meters, etc. |
Semester 2 |
| ELEC3506 Data Communications and the Internet |
6 | N NETS2150 |
Semester 2 |
| ELEC3607 Embedded Systems |
6 | A ELEC1601 AND ELEC2602. Logic operations, theorems and Boolean algebra, data representation, number operations (binary, hex, integers and floating point), combinational logic analysis and synthesis, sequential logic, registers, counters, bus systems, state machines, simple CAD tools for logic design, basic computer organisation, the CPU, peripheral devices, software organisation, machine language, assembly language, operating systems, data communications and computer networks. P ELEC1601 and ELEC2602 |
Semester 1 |
| ELEC3610 E-Business Analysis and Design |
6 | N EBUS3003 |
Semester 1 |
| INFO2110 Systems Analysis and Modelling |
6 | A Experience with a data model as in INFO1003 or INFO1103 or INFS1000 |
Semester 2 |
| INFO2315 Introduction to IT Security |
6 | A In order to enter this unit, students should have at least one semester of tertiary study of IT. In particular, we assume familiarity with the value of information, and with the varied uses of IT in business and personal activities. We also assume an introductory level of skill in using a computer (for example, creating and moving files and folders, downloading and installing files, etc). The assumed background would be achieved by completing INFO1003 Foundations of IT. We also assume previous instruction in verbal presentations and teamwork. |
Semester 2 |
| INFO3315 Human-Computer Interaction |
6 | A Background in programming and operating systems that is sufficient for the student to independently learn new programming tools from standard online technical materials. Ability to conduct a literature search. Ability to write reports of work done. |
Semester 2 |
| INFO3402 Management of IT Projects and Systems |
6 | A INFO2110 or INFO2810 or INFO2900 |
Semester 1 |
| ISYS2140 Information Systems |
6 | P INFO1103 or INFO1903 or INFS1000 or INFO1003 |
Semester 1 |
| PSYC2013 Cognitive and Social Psychology |
6 | P PSYC1001 and PSYC1002 N PSYC2113 |
Semester 2 |
| CAEL2047 Animation |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| CAEL2052 Introduction to Digital Publishing |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| CAEL2070 Composite Worlds: Digital Video This unit of study is not available in 2016 |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| CATE2007 The Art of Memory |
6 | P (THAP1201 and THAP1202) or (CATE1001 and CATE1002) or (12 senior credit points of Art History and Theory) |
Semester 1 |
| CATE2012 Animation: Theories and Histories This unit of study is not available in 2016 |
6 | P (THAP1201 and THAP1202) or (CATE1001 and CATE1002) or (BDES1001) or (12 senior credit points from Art History and Theory) |
Semester 1 |
| CMPN3635 Writing Music for the Moving Image |
6 | P MUED1002 or MUSC2653 or MUED4002 |
Semester 1 |
| MUSC2653 Introduction to Digital Music Techniques |
6 | P 18 Junior credit points N MUSC2053 An ability to read music at a basic level and an understanding of fundamental musical terminology is an advantage in this unit of study. |
Semester 1 |