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Overview

Change the world through design. Study in New Zealand's leading and most comprehensive design plan.

• Level

• Undergraduate, NZQF Level eight

• Credits

• 480

• Duration

• 4 year(southward) total-time. Available function-fourth dimension.

• Other

• Selected entry program

Annotation: This programme may have an on-campus or in-person requirement and therefore requires that students submit a current My Vaccine Laissez passer on enrolment.

Become the full picture

Every bit a Massey design educatee, you volition spend most of your time making and thinking in studios, workshops and media labs.

There are many opportunities to explore other pattern fields from your major through electives (courses you choose). Cross-disciplinary collaboration is encouraged.

Solve existent problems and challenge how we see the globe

Design thinking is virtually reflecting on the globe around yous and considering the needs of diverse people, cultures and contexts. In your fourth year, you lot will accept the opportunity to engage with live briefs and external clients.

Massey's College of Artistic Arts in Wellington offers a wide range of programmes in visual communication design, concept pattern, fashion pattern, industrial pattern, integrated design, spatial blueprint, textile design, and photography. With a history that tin can be traced back to 1886, our School of Design is the largest and most comprehensive pattern school in New Zealand. We have produced many of our country's virtually renowned designers.

How does it work?

As a design caste student, you lot volition enrol in the honours programme. Towards the stop of the tertiary year, you make up one's mind whether you want to stick with the honours route, where your fourth year will be strongly research-led. The non-honours path is less research-focused and gives you room for more than electives in fourth yr.

• Visit the College of Creative Arts website

Specialisations

Majors, subjects or endorsements

Careers and further study

Careers

Yous will graduate from this programme with:

• a portfolio of creative design piece of work
• solid technical and analytic skills
• a strong enquiry ethos
• a great network.

Our design graduates are sought afterward past employers in a range of manufacture, business organisation, and marketing-related activities. 94% of design graduates are employed in relevant industries within six months of completing their caste.

Further study

Further your pattern enquiry and exercise with MFA in Design or the Master of Design at Massey, or go on to create new noesis with a PhD.

International students

New Zealand is a great place to study. Massey University'southward reputation is supported by our international rankings, accreditations and associations. Nosotros are rated five star plus by the QS World University Rankings.

Massey University has small class sizes, and our lecturers and staff are friendly and approachable.

As an international educatee, there are entry requirements that will apply to you. We recommend that you apply at least three months before your anticipated showtime appointment and so your application can be processed in time. There are additional steps you will need to take. These include obtaining a visa and travel bookings if your written report is to exist in New Zealand.

• Find out more about life as an international student at Massey, applying to Massey and getting help.
• Entry requirements for international students.

Entry requirements

Programme admission

Required

This programme is a selected entry programme. This ways there are a number of extra requirements yous must meet.

We are looking for creative, enthusiastic and dedicated students who demonstrate skill and passion for design and the visual arts.

To enter the Bachelor of Pattern with Honours programme you volition:

• submit a portfolio (if you lot exercise well in NCEA Level ii fine art, design or technology (or equivalent) you may not need to submit a portfolio. See details beneath.)

Awarding endmost date

If you are a new-to-Massey student, applications for this plan close on xxx November 2021 (for Semester One start) and 28 June 2022 (for Semester Ii starting time). Tardily applications will exist considered subject to available spaces.

English language requirements

To study this program you must see Massey Academy'south English language standards.

• Massey University English language requirements

Other requirements

Portfolio requirements

At that place are 3 main ways to gain entry to the Available of Design with Honours.

Automatic entry

If y'all accomplished NCEA Level 2 or 3 with Merit or Excellence overall, and a Merit or Excellence endorsement in an canonical art, design or engineering science subject, you lot have automatic entry and will not have to submit a portfolio.

This besides applies for Cambridge International students achieving an Equally grade A or B in an approved art, design or technology subject.

Portfolio pre-approval entry

You can prove work in progress to a Massey College of Creative Arts staff member during a school visit, Massey Open up Twenty-four hours or other University event, or in a video call. They'll look at examples of your work with y'all and if it shows the creative potential we're looking for, they'll sign a portfolio pre-approval letter. So you won't demand to submit a concluding portfolio with your awarding.

Portfolio entry

When you use online, submit a portfolio showing a choice of your creative work that demonstrates your creative potential with your application to study.

• See total details about portfolio requirements and pre-approvals

Prior learning, credit and exemptions

For information on prior learning, exemptions and transfer of credit or other questions:

• review the Recognition of Prior Learning regulations
• contact usa through the Enquire button on this page.

Courses and planning

Credit summary

480 credits

• Compulsory cadre courses – 105 credits
• Major courses – 210 credits
• Studio course selection – 45 credits
• 400-level electives from Schedule C – 30 credits
• Electives – 90 credits

Ensure that overall, yous have:

• Not more than 180 credits at 100 level
• At to the lowest degree 90 credits at 200 level
• At least 90 credits at 300 level
• At least 120 credits at 400 level

This is a parts-based qualification. This means in that location are regulations around your completion of Part One before progressing to Office Two, etc.

Courses for this programme

Schedule A: Core courses

Function 1

xxx credits
237130	Communication for Makers	15
237131	Conversations in Creative Cultures	15

60 credits
198157	Studio I (Object)	15
212157	Studio I (Dress)	xv
213157	Studio I (Fine art Lab)	fifteen
213158	Studio I (Art Identify)	15
221157	Studio I (Lens)	15
222157	Studio I (Screen)	15
222158	Studio I (Blazon)	15
223157	Studio I (Material)	15
224157	Studio I (Space)	xv
296157	Studio I (Imagine)	fifteen

Part Two

15 credits
237230	Creative Cultures & Contexts I	15

15 credits
197288	Creative Collaboration	15
237231	Creative Cultures & Contexts II	xv

Integrated Design major students must take

197288	Creative Collaboration	15

Role Iii

15 credits
237330	Creative Cultures & Ideas	fifteen

15 credits
197388	Creative Communities	fifteen
237331	Artistic Cultures & Display	15

Integrated Pattern major students must take

197388	Artistic Communities	xv

Part Four

15 credits
197465	Creative Leadership	fifteen
213465	Exhibition	15
237465	Creative Exposition	15

Schedule B: Majors

Please refer to individual specialisation folio for a list of courses for your specialisation.

Schedule C: Elective courses

197119	Coding for Creative Practice	15
197122	Digital Fabrication	xv
197123	Visual Identity Systems	xv
197191	Art and Design: Special Topic I	fifteen
197193	Contemporary Blueprint Projection 1A	15
197194	Gimmicky Design Project 1B	xv
197211	Rapid Ideation	15
197228	Contemporary Design Projection A	xv
197229	Contemporary Design Project 2A	15
197238	Interaction and Interface I	xv
197270	Creative Ecologies I	xv
197288	Creative Collaboration	15
197291	Art and Blueprint: Special Topic II	15
197331	Contemporary Pattern Project B	15
197332	Contemporary Pattern Project C	15
197338	Interaction and Interface 2	xv
197370	Creative Ecologies II	15
197379	Service and Feel Design	15
197383	Internship	15
197388	Artistic Communities	xv
197433	Designing Science Fiction	15
197434	Design Awards and Competitions	15
197435	Pattern for Festivals and Events	15
197436	Play, Inquiry and Blueprint	15
197440	Contemporary Design Projection D	15
197441	Contemporary Design Projection East	xv
197442	Contemporary Blueprint Project F	xv
197443	Contemporary Design Project G	fifteen
197470	Creative Ecologies	15
197471	Social Interventions Through Design	15
197490	Design Special Topic A	xv
197495	Design Independent Study	15
197499	Design Special Topic	xxx
198124	Modelling and Prototyping for Product Design	15
198212	Production Design Visualisation	fifteen
198213	Furniture Pattern	15
198308	Industrial Design Special Topic A	fifteen
198315	Product Evolution	15
198320	Open up Pattern & Digital Fabrication	xv
198463	Industrial Design Digital Representation	fifteen
198490	Industrial Design Special Topic C	xv
198495	Industrial Design Independent Written report	xv
212100	Manner Pattern Making	fifteen
212101	Fashion Construction	15
212200	Garment Cake Design Drafting and Grading	15
212226	Mode Communication	15
212228	Way Special Topic A	15
212304	Drape for Blueprint	15
212309	Contoured and Knit Dress	15
212321	Digital Applications for Way Production	15
212328	Fashion Special Topic B	15
212403	Wearing apparel Production Research	fifteen
212495	Fashion Design Independent Study	xv
213150	Painting	fifteen
213151	Gimmicky Sculpture	xv
213154	Contemporary Drawing	fifteen
213155	Cartoon the Body I	xv
213211	Fine Arts Special Topic Two	15
213254	Drawing in Exercise	15
213255	Drawing the Trunk Two	fifteen
213256	Contemporary Art Projects A	15
213257	Contemporary Fine art Projects B	xv
213258	Contemporary Art Projects C	15
213259	Contemporary Art Projects D	xv
213260	Fine Arts Special Topic IIB	thirty
213261	Gimmicky Art Projects F	15
213262	Gimmicky Art Projects G	fifteen
213263	Gimmicky Art Projects H	15
213264	Contemporary Art Projects I	15
213265	Contemporary Art Projects J	15
213311	Fine Arts Special Topic 3	15
213356	Contemporary Fine art Projects E	15
213358	Fine Arts Internship	xv
213359	Contemporary Art Projects G	15
213360	Fine Arts Special Topic IIIB	30
213411	Fine Arts Special Topic Iv	15
213464	Art in Context	fifteen
221100	Photography as an Agent of Modify	15
221220	Photography and the Studio	15
221221	Photography and Digital Practices I	15
221222	Photography and the Darkroom	15
221291	Photography Special Topic A	15
221320	Photography and the Body	15
221321	Photography and Digital Practices II	15
221322	Photography and the Advanced Darkroom	15
221391	Photography Special Topic B	15
221456	Photography and the Archive	15
221457	Photography and Visuality	15
221495	Photography Independent Study	15
222103	Social Media Culture	15
222104	Printmaking	15
222208	Letterpress	15
222215	Brand Advice	15
222225	Narrative Illustration	15
222232	Illustrated Characters	15
222248	Typographic Systems	15
222312	Art Direction	15
222313	Copywriting	15
222326	Sequential Fine art	xv
222333	Concept Design for Imaginary Worlds	15
222347	Editorial Blueprint	15
222348	Narrative Data Pattern	15
222390	Visual Advice Design Special Topic A	15
222408	Experiential Information Design	xv
222409	Contemporary Letterpress	xv
222417	Image and Identity	15
222425	Illustration Studio Practice	15
222449	Spatial Type	fifteen
222490	Visual Communication Design Special Topic D	15
222491	Visual Communication Blueprint Special Topic Eastward	fifteen
222496	Visual Communication Design Special Topic F	fifteen
222499	Independent Visual Communication Design Study	xv
223207	Materials Lab	15
223211	Mode Textiles	15
223301	Contemporary Wallcoverings	15
223312	Cloth Print Projection	xv
223328	Textile Pattern Special Topic B	15
223411	Embroidered Textiles	xv
223412	Sustainable Colouration	15
223490	Textile Blueprint Special Topic C	fifteen
223495	Cloth Design Independent Study	15
224204	Design for Functioning	xv
224205	Design for Display	15
224302	Spatial Design Special Topic A	15
224306	Game Infinite	15
224490	Spatial Design Special Topic C	fifteen
224495	Spatial Design Independent Report	fifteen
237117	Māori Art and Design Studio I - Toi Atea	15
237130	Advice for Makers	15
237131	Conversations in Creative Cultures	fifteen
237211	Māori Visual and Material Culture - Toi Atea	xv
237217	Māori Fine art and Design Studio IIA - Toi Atea	xv
237218	Māori Art and Design Studio IIB - Toi Atea	15
237230	Creative Cultures & Contexts I	15
237231	Creative Cultures & Contexts 2	15
237317	Māori Art and Blueprint Studio IIIA - Toi Atea	15
237318	Māori Art and Design Studio IIIB - Toi Atea	15
237330	Creative Cultures & Ideas	15
237331	Creative Cultures & Display	15
237401	The Material Turn	15
237402	The Visual Field	15
237403	Studies in Fabric Culture B	15
237404	Studies in Visual Culture B	xv
237417	Māori Fine art and Design Studio 4 - Toi Atea	thirty

Majors and minors

Near specialisations

Completing a major in the Available of Design with Honours is compulsory. Y'all will need to complete the requirements for the BDes with Honours and laissez passer specified major-related courses equally outlined in the regulations.

About minors

Completing a pocket-size is optional and may be a way for you to show the latitude of your degree.

A pocket-size must exist in a dissimilar field of study from your major and exist made up of at least 60 credits.

If yous're interested in doing a small-scale you should contact united states using the enquire button on this page. Our student advice team will exist able to talk yous through your options and aid you program your caste.

• More on minors

Planning your program

Planning overview

If you lot study full-time, in your showtime yr, you'll take viii 15-credit courses, making a total of 120 credits.

If you wish to study over 2 semesters, yous should aim for sixty credits per semester. Y'all may be able to take some courses at summer school. Brand sure you include courses that are prerequisites for the side by side level of courses you wish to study.

The Bachelor of Design with Honours is the best training for becoming a well-rounded designer, whatever your chosen field of practice. Regardless of what major you lot choose, your degree has the same bones structure:

Yr One: central pattern skills & principles

Studio courses in different blueprint/art disciplines (your choice of four, totalling 60 credits) + theory (30 credits) + electives (30 credits).

Year Two: focus on techniques, skills, processes in your major and important issues in design

Studio in your Major (60 credits) + theory/enterprise (30 credits) + electives (30 credits).

Year Three: increasing collaboration across majors

Studio (60 credits) + theory/enterprise (30 credits) + electives. (30 credits).

Year Four: pattern research & development project

Studio (75 credits) + an externally focused course (15 credits) + electives (xxx credits).

More information:  'Yellow Book'.

Maximum time limits for completion

There are maximum time limits to complete some undergraduate and all postgraduate qualifications. If you lot do not consummate within the maximum time, you lot may exist required to re-apply for the programme if you wish to proceed your studies.

Fourth dimension limits for Honours, Distinction and Merit

If you lot complete this programme within the stated time limit, you volition normally be able to graduate with a class of Honours.

Look for further data under 'Student Progression' in the regulations for this programme.

More information

• Read the regulations for this programme thoroughly
• Contact us through the Enquire push button on this page if you have whatsoever questions.

Fees and scholarships

Fees and finance

Fees, student loans and free fees scheme

Your tuition fees may be different depending on the courses you choose. Your verbal fees will show in one case you lot accept chosen your courses.

In that location will besides be some compulsory not-tuition fees and for some courses, in that location may likewise be charges for things such as report resource, software, trips and contact workshops.

• Get an estimate of the tuition fees for your qualification
• View a listing of non-tuition fees that may be payable

Already know which courses you're going to choose?

You lot can view fees for the courses that make upwards your qualification on the form details pages.

• Course search

Pupil loans (StudyLink) and Fees Free scheme

You may be eligible for a student loan to help towards paying your fees.

The New Zealand Government offers fees-free tertiary study for eligible domestic students. Notice out more about the scheme and your eligibility on the Fees Costless website. To use the site'southward eligibility checking tool, yous volition need your National Student Number.

Current and returning Massey students tin find their National Student Number in the student portal.

• Student loans (StudyLink)
• Fees Gratis
• Educatee portal

A good fit if you lot:

• are passionate about design and getting easily-on in the studio
• desire to re-define the mode people alive, work and play through great design
• want to work alongside the best artistic talent in New Zealand.

Accreditations and rankings

Massey Academy's College of Creative Arts is ranked as i of the Top 100 art and design schools in the globe by QS (Quacquarelli Symonds).

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The Wellington Schoolhouse of Design is ranked Number three in Asia–Pacific for design concept by Red Dot—the merely Australasian academy in the elevation ten.

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Key information for students

Compare qualifications and academic information across different New Zealand institutions.

Applying and enrolling

Applying for the program

Cheque yous are ready

If you are prepare to employ, take a expect at our application checklist. It will help you get prepared with what y'all need. Please likewise check the entry requirements carefully before you utilize.

Choose your programme and click on Apply now

You volition apply for the programme using the Apply now button on this page. Y'all'll as well cull your specialisation (major, subject or endorsement) if applicable.

Some programmes accept additional requirements such as the submission of a portfolio or CV. Click on Apply now and you volition be able to submit those documents as part of the application process.

Receive and accept an Admission Offer of Place

You will receive an Access Offer of Identify when you accept been accepted into the programme. Yous demand to take this before you lot can enrol in your courses. International students also need to pay their fees at this point.

Enrolling in courses

Y'all'll so get access to your ain student homepage (also known equally the educatee portal). This is where you can enrol in courses. Whatsoever updates on your application or enrolments will also exist on your student homepage. Make sure you check this regularly.

When you choose courses, ensure y'all bank check for any requirements that use including:

• prerequisites (courses you have to do before the one yous are enrolling in)
• corequisites (courses you lot take to practice at the same time as the one you are enrolling in)
• restrictions (courses that you cannot enrol in if you are completing or have completed another identified similar form)
• location – for instance some distance-based courses however have an on-campus element, and then double check that the mode the class is taught is suitable for your situation.

Each of our courses has its own webpage where y'all can detect this data. You tin use our form search to find course pages.

More data on courses is in the 'Courses for this programme' section on this page.

You tin can find data on awarding due dates and semester dates on the central dates page.

We wait forward to welcoming you to Massey!

If you lot have any questions, contact us through the Enquire button on this folio.

What are courses and credits?

What are courses and credits?

Each Massey programme is made up of courses (in some tertiary institutions they are called 'papers').

Yous volition take some compulsory courses and some you can choose from.

Each course is worth a certain corporeality of credits (frequently 15 credits, simply this does vary). You must gain a set number of credits to be able to graduate from this programme.

In that location may likewise be some rules virtually which courses you need to pass to progress to the next year, or stage, of your study (known as progression). In that location are also courses you must pass to graduate with a specialisation.

• See the 'Courses for this plan' section for the list of courses.
• Courses search

Understanding course numbers

The first three digits of our course numbers evidence you which subject the form is well-nigh.

The second three digits prove you the level and course ID number. For example:

• sub-degree courses are '0' (i.eastward. xxx.0xx)
• undergraduate study begins at 100-level, (i.eastward. xxx.1xx)
• as you progress through 200- and 300-level courses this number changes to 2 and three respectively. The higher the number that starts the second iii digits, the higher the level of study.

i	6	2	.	three		0	ane
Subject area				Level		Form ID number

About electives

Electives are courses that are not compulsory. Certain guidelines are usually provided on courses yous may take. Elective courses contribute to the program, but not to your major or specialisation.

Workload and time management

Utilize this tool to help determine how much time you will need each week to complete your studies.

Estimate workload

Returning students

For returning students, in that location may be changes to the majors and minors bachelor and the courses y'all need to take. Go to the section called 'Transitional Provisions' in the Regulations to detect out more.

In some cases the programme or specialisation yous enrolled in may no longer exist taking new enrolments, so may not announced on these web pages. To find information on the regulations for these programmes become to the Massey Academy Calendar.

Please contact u.s.a. through the Ask button on this page if you take whatsoever questions.

Scholarships and awards

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