Digital + Material
Innovation + Engagement

Combine cutting-edge digital practices with internationally-renowned art and craft studio disciplines in the Bachelor of Design.

Design students will benefit from deep immersion in digital, manual and theoretical studies and a wide overview of creative practices. From coding, to making, to manufacture, students apply hands-on design to digital and physical materials. Students delve into web design, data visualisation, and interaction design, and experiment in studios to develop expertise in the latest digital form and fabrication processes.

This degree prepares students with transferable knowledge and skills required to make their mark on a rapidly changing world.
 

Can you see yourself bustling to work through the streets of Paris, Glasgow, Munich, London, Madrid or Norway? If you are interested in the social, political and cultural structure of contemporary Europe - this program is for you.

The Bachelor of European Studies focuses on the foundations of modern Europe, bearing in mind its long history and how this has shaped contemporary European societies. It also considers the innovative aspects of recent developments, particularly the possibilities for cooperation and unity as well as the tensions between diverse traditions.

You will study a European language and travel to Europe for ‘in-country’ study at a partner institution. With our flexible program you can also extend your chosen language subject into a major.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the skills and knowledge to:

1.    Demonstrate skills and knowledge of the practices, languages, forms, materials and technologies in their relevant discipline.
2.    Research, develop and evaluate design concepts and processes by thinking creatively, critically and reflectively.
3.    Apply skills and knowledge to the creation, visualisation and production of design projects.
4.    Work independently and collaboratively on design projects and respond to project demands.
5.    Interpret, communicate and present ideas, problems and arguments in modes suited to a range of audiences.
6.    Recognise and reflect on social, cultural technological, environmental and ethical issues of creative practice and design considering local and international perspectives.
 

Upon successful completion, students will be able to:

1. Understand and evaluate historical and current events and developments that have shaped Europe,

2. Identify and critique the contemporary socio-cultural and political systems of Europe,

3. Analyse current debates relating to regional cooperation and unity in the context of tensions in traditions,

4. Analyse the global significance of events and developments in Europe, and

5. Communicate in a European language. 

Admission Requirements

Prerequisites

Entry into the Bachelor of Design is based on ACT or NSW HSC equivalent and interview and portfolio. Once an application has been lodged through the Universities Admission Centre (UAC), applicants are required to register for an interview and upload a portfolio on the ANU website at soa.anu.edu.au/how-apply/undergraduate-applications.

International applicants lodge an application directly with ANU. Once an application has been lodged, applicants are required to register for an interview and upload a portfolio on the ANU website at
soa.anu.edu.au/how-apply/undergraduate-applications.

Adjustment Factors

The National Access Scheme 2014

ANU offers bonus points for nationally strategic senior secondary subjects, and in recognition of difficult circumstances that students face in their studies. 

Bonus points are applied to all applicants with an ATAR at or above 70. Points are awarded in accordance with the approved schedule, and no more than 10 points (maximum 5 academic points and maximum 5 equity points) will be awarded.

Bonus points do not apply to programs with an ATAR cutoff of 98 or higher.

Bonus Points are only awarded to domestic applicants applying for admission through UAC who have not previously attempted tertiary study.

How to apply

Academic Bonus Points: senior secondary students do not need to apply for ANU academic bonus points. They are automatically added in accordance with the schedule.

Educational Access Scheme: senior secondary students do not need to apply if their school is part of the Priority School Funding Program or Country Areas Program. All other applicants should refer to http://www.uac.edu.au/eas/  for more information.

Scholarships

ANU offers a wide range of scholarships to students to assist with the cost of their studies.

Eligibility to apply for ANU scholarships varies depending on the specifics of the scholarship and can be categorised by the type of student you are.  Specific scholarship application process information is included in the relevant scholarship listing.

For further information see the Scholarships website.

Program Requirements

The Bachelor of Design flexible double degree component requires completion of 96 units, of which:

A maximum of 42 units may come from completion of 1000-level courses

The 96 units must include:

24 units from completion of the following compulsory courses:

DESN1001 Making Online: Context and Presence

DESN1002 Visual Communication: Design and Production

DESN3010 Design Practice: Engagement, Internship and Entrepreneurship

12 units from completion of foundation courses from the following list:

ARTV1020 Figure & Life

ARTV1021 Image and Object

ARTV1033 Hold Everything: Studio Foundation

DESA1021 Precise Drawing and Model Making

6 units from completion of an introductory art and design history course from the following list:

ARTH1006 Art and Design Histories: Form and Space

ARTH1007 Art and Design Histories: Making and Meaning

A minimum of 6 units from completion of art and design theory courses from the following list: 

ARTH2043 Modernism and Postmodernism in Art and Design: 1850-2000

ARTV2018 Cyberculture

ARTV2030 Theories of the Object

ARTV2031 Theories of the Image

ARTV2035 Issues in Contemporary Craft and Design

ARTV2055 Costume, Fashion and Visual Culture

ARTV2056 City Sites: studies in art and urbanity

A minimum of 12 units from completion of design courses from the following list:

DESN2002 Foundations of Creative Code

DESN2003 Creative Data Visualisation: representing data in visual and material form

DESN2004 Dynamic Design and Generative Systems

DESN2011 Your Practice / Your Brand

DESN2006 Front-End Web: Crafting Online Experience

DESN2001 Digital Form and Fabrication

DESN2005 Form and Fabrication in Context

DESN2007 Design Fiction: Speculative and Critical Design

DESN2008 Design Thinking: Human-Centred Design Methodologies

DESN2009 Typography in Context: digital typographic design

A minimum of 18 units from completion of studio-based courses listed in the Visual Arts Practice minor

Unless otherwise stated, a course used to satisfy the requirements of one list may not be double counted towards satisfying the requirements of another list.

The Bachelor of European Studies flexible double degree component requires completion of 96 units, of which:

A maximum of 36 units may come from completion of 1000-level courses

The 96 units must include:

24 units from completion of the following compulsory courses:

EURO1004 Europe in the Modern Era

EURO2003 European Union: Policies, Institutions and Challenges 

EURO3001 Uniting Europe: history, politics, theory

HIST1214 Clash of Empires: 1450 to the Present

12 units from completion of European History courses from the following list:

HIST2133 Human Variations and Racism in Western Culture, c. 1450-1950

HIST2136 World at War, 1939-1945

HIST2141 The Cold War: 1945-1989

HIST2205 Europe and the Atlantic World, c.1492–1776.

HIST2213 Real Men: Masculinities in Western History

HIST2214 The Great War, 1914-1918

HIST2219 Tudor-Stuart England, c.1485-1714: Politics, Society and Culture

HIST2221 The Birth of Modernity: Britain 1688-1848

HIST2223 The French Revolution and Napoleon

HIST2226 Nazi Germany

HIST2228 Enlightenment Worlds

HIST2238 Human Rights in History 

HIST2240 Democracy and Dissent: Europe Since 1945

12 units from completion of Contemporary Europe courses from the following list:

BUSI2034 Dynamics of European Business 

ENGL2101 Modern European Theatre

GERM2020 Postwar German Society

GERM3046 German Cinema

LING2022 Language Policy and Language Politics

MEAS2001 New States of Eurasia: Emerging Issues in Politics and Security

MEAS2002 Turkish History: Ottoman State to Modern Turkey

MEAS2003 Modern Turkey: History, Culture and Regional Relations

PHIL2059 Love Death and Freedom (20th Century French Phenomenology)

POLS2025 Politics in Britain

POLS2069 Politics in Russia

SOCY2055 Social Inequality in Comparative Perspective

Either:

48 units from completion of one of the following language majors 

French Language and Culture

German Language and Culture

Italian Language and Culture

Spanish

Or

24 units from completion of one of the following language minors 

French Language and Culture

German Language and Culture

Italian Language and Culture

Russian

Spanish

24 units from completion of one of the following:

an in-country study abroad component/exchange in the same language as the minor

Internship undertaken in the same language as the minor

Or

24 units from completion of one of the following advanced language minors: 

Advanced French Studies

Advanced German Studies

Advanced Italian Studies

Advanced Spanish Studies

24 units from completion of courses from any of the following majors and minors:

Advanced Ancient Greek Minor

Advanced Arabic Minor

Advanced French Studies Minor

Advanced German Studies Minor

Advanced Hispanic Culture Minor

Advanced Hispanic Linguistics Minor

Advanced Hispanic Studies Specialisation

Advanced Italian Studies Minor

Advanced Latin Minor

Advanced Persian Minor

Advanced Spanish Studies Minor

Advanced Studies Minor

American Studies Minor

Ancient Greek Major

Ancient Greek Minor

Ancient History Major

Ancient History Minor

Anthropology Major

Anthropology Minor

ANU Leadership and Research Minor

Applied Linguistics Minor

Arabic Major

Arabic Minor

Archaeology Major

Archaeology Minor

Art History Major

Art History Minor

Art Theory Major

Art Theory Minor

Asian Art History Minor

Asian Studies Major

Asian Studies Minor

Australian Indigenous Studies Major

Australian Indigenous Studies Minor

Australian Politics Minor

Biological Anthropology Major

Biological Anthropology Minor

Chinese Language Major

Chinese Language Minor

Classical Chinese Minor

Climate Science and Policy Minor

Comparative Politics Minor

Contemporary Europe Major

Contemporary Europe Minor

Criminology Major

Criminology Minor

Demography Minor

Development Studies Major

Development Studies Minor

Digital Humanities Major

Digital Humanities Minor

Economic Studies Major

Economic Studies Minor

English Major

English Minor

Environmental Policy Minor

Environmental Studies Major

Environmental Studies Minor

European History Major

European History Minor

Film Minor

Forensic Anthropology Minor

Forensic Linguistics Minor

French Language and Culture Major

French Language and Culture Minor

Gender and Sexuality Minor

Gender, Sexuality and Culture Major

Geography Major

Geography Minor

German Language and Culture Major

German Language and Culture Minor

Health, Medicine and the Body Minor

Heritage and Museum Studies Minor

Hindi Language Major

Hindi Language Minor

History Major

History Minor

Human Ecology Minor

Human Evolutionary Biology Major

Human Evolutionary Biology Minor

Human Rights Major

Human Rights Minor

Indonesian Language Major

Indonesian Language Minor

International Communication Major

International Communication Minor

International Relations Major

International Relations Minor

Italian Language and Culture Major

Italian Language and Culture Minor

Japanese Language Major

Japanese Language Minor

Korean Language Major

Korean Language Minor

Latin American Studies Major

Latin American Studies Minor

Latin Major

Latin Minor

Linguistics Major

Linguistics Minor

Mathematics Major

Mathematics Minor

Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies Major

Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies Minor

Music Major

Music Minor

Music Technology Minor

Pacific Studies Major

Pacific Studies Minor

Persian Major

Persian Minor

Philosophy and Science Minor

Philosophy Major

Philosophy Minor

Political Science Major

Political Science Minor

Political Theory Minor

Popular Music

Psychology Major

Russian Minor

Sanskrit Language Major

Sanskrit Language Minor

Social Psychology Minor

Social Research Methods Minor

Sociology Major

Sociology Minor

Spanish Major

Spanish Minor

Sustainable Development Minor

Thai Language Major

Thai Language Minor

Urdu Language Major

Urdu Language Minor

Vietnamese Language Major

Vietnamese Language Minor

Visual Arts Practice Minor

Majors

Bachelor of European Studies Majors

Minors

Bachelor of European Studies Minors

Bachelor of Design Minors

Specialisations

Bachelor of European Studies Specialisations

Honours

For information about honours, please see Bachelor of European Studies (Honours)