About
Digital Innovation
The
Bachelor of Digital Innovation is a three year program that prepares students for a career in the digital content industries – designing the multimedia of the future. This program provides students with a combination of creative and technical knowledge, focused on innovation, necessary for success as digital developers, creators, evaluators, researchers and producers. Graduates from the program will be able to apply and manage digital content tools and technologies in a rapidly changing environment for communication, education, creative production, research and commercialisation.
Career Opportunities
Graduates of the Bachelor of Digital Innovation will find employment opportunities in the digital content industries, including:
*games design and development;
*multimedia/web design and development;
*interaction and information design;
*project management;
*creative online product researchers; and
*online education.
Program Structure
To be eligible to graduate, students must complete 24 courses/144 units of credit.
Students wishing to graduate with a
Bachelor of Digital Innovation degree must successfully complete 24 courses (144 units of credit) as follows:
Course Code Course Name
The following 6 Faculty core courses
EDED11449 Principles of University Learning
FAHE11001 Managing E-Learning
FAHE12001 Communication in the Digital Age
FAHE12002 Work in the 21st Century
FAHE13001 Professional Skills
FAHE13004 The Global Future
The following 6 compulsory program courses
DGTL11001 Foundations of Animation
DGTL11003 Interaction, Information & Interface Design
MMST11002 Web Design
MMST11003 Design Perspectives
MMST11009 Digital Video and Audio
MMST12009 Web Application Development
The following 2 collaborative multi-media projects
MMST13015 Collaborative Multimedia Project Part A
MMST13018 Collaborative Multimedia Project Part B
One of the following 6 course pathways
Digital Media Production (6 course)
Course Code Course Name
COMM12116 Contemporary Photomedia
DGTL11004 Digital Design and Communication
DGTL12002 Interactivity and Social Networks
DGTL13003 Advanced Media Production
MMST11010 Illustration and Visualisation
MMST12019 3D Animation
New Media Studies (6 course)
Course Code Course Name
COMM11005 New Media Studies
COMM12023 Screen Studies
COMM12116 Contemporary Photomedia
COMM12117 New Media Arts
COMM19114 Working with New Media
CULT11012 Image and Text
4 general electives
Recommended study schedule
Course Code Course Name
Yr 1 - T1
EDED11449 Principles of University Learning
DGTL11001 Foundations of Animation
MMST11003 Design Perspectives
Plan Elective
Yr 1 - T2
FAHE11001 Managing E-Learning
MMST11002 Web Design
DGTL11003 Interaction, Information & Interface Design
Plan Elective
Yr 2 - T1
MMST12009 Web Application Development
FAHE12001 Communication in the Digital Age
FAHE12002 Work in the 21st Century
MMST11009 Digital Video and Audio
Yr 2 - T2
Plan Elective
Plan Elective
General Elective
General Elective
Yr 3 - T1
MMST13015 Collaborative Multimedia Project Part A
Plan or General Elective
Plan or General Elective
Plan or General Elective
Yr 3 - T2
MMST13018 Collaborative Multimedia Project Part B
FAHE13001 Professional Skills
FAHE13004 The Global Future
Plan or General Elective
Year 1: 6 core courses and 2 elective
Year 2: 4 core courses and 4 electives
Year 3: 4 core courses and 4 electives
Students may determine their own schedule based upon credit transfers and personal study requirements. It is important to note that full-time students usually enrol in 4 courses or in 24 units of credit per term and part-time students usually enrol in 2 courses or in 12 units of credit per term.
