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Study Design Studies at Otago

• Overview
• Qualifications
• Papers
• Major Subject and Programme Requirements
• Minor Subject Requirements
• Further Information

Overview

It is difficult to overestimate the importance of design as everything is, in some sense, designed. Design exists as the central feature of culture and everyday life - a provocative language and enabling framework which catalyses international trade, punctuates economic development and articulates individual, community and national identities.

Design is a complex process balancing creative and strategic thought in mapping and selling new ideas and concepts. Design Studies explores the theory, technology, politics, fashion, communications and consumerism which make design such a significant activity. Course options cater for the creative and the curious.

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Qualifications

• Bachelor of Arts (BA)
• Bachelor of Consumer and Applied Sciences (BCApSc) (no new enrolments)
• Diploma for Graduates (DipGrad)
• Postgraduate Diploma in Consumer and Applied Sciences (PGDipCApSc) (no new enrolments)
• Master of Consumer and Applied Sciences (MCApSc) (no new enrolments)
• Master of Design (MDes)

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Papers

See the full list of Design Studies (DESI) papers.

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Programme Requirements

Bachelor of Arts (BA) majoring in Design Studies *

* No new enrolments will be accepted for this major subject; available as a minor subject.

Level	Papers	Points
100-level	DESI 111 DESI 121	18 18
200-level	DESI 212 or DESI 213 DESI 217 DESI 222 or DESI 223 DESI 227	18 18 18 18
300-level	Four 300-level DESI papers including at least one of DESI 315, DESI 325, DESI 335	72
Plus	180 further points; must include 36 points at 200-level or above. Up to 90 points may be taken from outside Arts	180
	DESI 227 may be taken concurrently with DESI 312 or DESI 313
Total		360

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Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA(Hons)) in Design Studies *

* No new enrolments will be accepted for this subject for BA(Hons); available as a minor subject for ordinary bachelors' degrees.

Stage	Papers	Points
1st stage	DESI 111 DESI 121 90 further points	18 18 90
2nd stage	DESI 212 or DESI 213 DESI 217 DESI 221 DESI 222 or DESI 223 DESI 227 36 further points	18 18 18 18 18 36
3rd stage	DESI 321 Four further 300-level DESI papers, including at least one of DESI 315, DESI 325, DESI 335 36 further points	18 72   36
4th stage	DESI 490 DESI 419 DESI 429 DESI 433 DESI 436	48 18 18 36 24

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Bachelor of Consumer and Applied Sciences (BCApSc) majoring in Design Studies *

* No new enrolments will be accepted for this major subject.

* 100- and 200-level DESI papers and DESI 321 are no longer offered. For further information consult academic staff in Design in the Department of Applied Sciences.

Level	Papers	Points
100-level	DESI 111 DESI 121	18 18
200-level	DESI 212 or DESI 213 DESI 217 DESI 222 or DESI 223 DESI 227	18 18 18 18
300-level	Four 300-level DESI papers, including at least one of DESI 315, DESI 325, DESI 335	72
Plus	180 further points; must include 36 points at 200-level or above. Up to 90 points may be taken from outside Consumer and Applied Sciences	180
Total		360

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Bachelor of Consumer and Applied Sciences with Honours (BCApSc(Hons)) in Design Studies *

* No new enrolments will be accepted for this subject for BCApSc(Hons); available as a minor subject for ordinary bachelors' degrees.

100- and 200-level DESI papers and DESI 321 are no longer offered. For further information please contact staff in Design in the Department of Applied Sciences.

Stage	Papers	Points
1st stage	DESI 111 DESI 121 90 further points	18 18 90
2nd stage	DESI 212 or DESI 213 DESI 217 DESI 221 DESI 222 or DESI 223 DESI 227 36 further points	18 18 18 18 18 36
3rd stage	DESI 321 Four further 300-level DESI papers, including at least one of DESI 315, DESI 325, DESI 335 36 further points	18 72   36
4th stage	DESI 490 DESI 419 DESI 429 DESI 433 DESI 436	48 18 18 36 24

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Postgraduate Diploma in Consumer and Applied Sciences (PGDipCApSc) in Design Studies*

* No new enrolments will be accepted for this programme.

Papers
DESI 419, DESI 429, DESI 433, DESI 436, DESI 480

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Master of Consumer and Applied Sciences (MCApSc) in Design Studies*

* No new enrolments will be accepted for this programme.

Papers
DESI 495, DESI 419, DESI 429, DESI 433, DESI 436. DESI 5 (thesis)

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Master of Design (MDes)

The programme requirements for the Master of Design (MDes) degree are available elsewhere on this website.

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Minor Subject Requirements

Design as a minor subject for a Bachelor of Arts (BA), Bachelor of Theology (BTheol), Bachelor of Science (BSc), Bachelor of Applied Science (BAppSc) or Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) degree

Level	Papers	Points
100-level	DESN 101 Also see below	18
200-level	See below
300-level	Four further DESN papers, with at least three above 100-level and one above 200-level 300-level DESN papers are to be introduced in 2013; to complete requirements above 200-level for Design in 2012, students must pass either DESI 313 or DETE 329	72
Total		90

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Design Studies as a minor subject for a Bachelor of Arts (BA), Bachelor of Theology (BTheol), Bachelor of Science (BSc), Bachelor of Applied Science (BAppSc), or Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) degree

Level	Papers	Points
100-level	DESI 111 DESI 121	18 18
200-level	See below
300-level	54 DESI points at 200-level or above, including at least one 300-level paper	54
Total		90
	Note: No new enrolments will be accepted for this minor subject. 100- and 200-level DESI papers are no longer offered. For further information please consult academic staff in Design in the Department of Applied Sciences.

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Further Information

Email us at design@otago.ac.nz or visit our home page http://www.otago.ac.nz/design