Master of Interaction Design

The course duration is one-and-a-half years of full-time or three years of part-time study.

To be eligible for admission to this course, applicants must meet the following criteria.

Applicants must have one of the following:

• Completed Australian master’s or doctoral degree, or overseas equivalent

OR

• Completed Australian bachelor’s degree, graduate certificate, or graduate diploma, or overseas equivalent with more than 75% of all subjects completed at pass level (conceded pass not included)

Applicants who do not meet the criteria above should consider applying for C11272 Graduate Certificate in Interaction Design.

The English proficiency requirement for international students or local applicants with international qualifications is: IELTS Academic: 6.5 overall with a writing score of 6.0; or TOEFL iBT: 79-93 overall with a writing score of 21; or AE5: Pass; or PTE: 58-64 with a writing score of 50; or C1A/C2P: 176-184 with a writing score of 169.

Eligibility for admission does not guarantee offer of a place.

Visa requirement: To obtain a student visa to study in Australia, international students must enrol full time and on campus. Australian student visa regulations also require international students studying on student visas to complete the course within the standard full-time duration. Students can extend their courses only in exceptional circumstances.

Inherent requirements are academic and non-academic requirements that are essential to the successful completion of a course. For more information about inherent requirements and where prospective and current students can get assistance and advice regarding these, see the UTS Inherent requirements page.

Prospective and current students should carefully read the Inherent Requirements Statement below and consider whether they might experience challenges in successfully completing this course.

UTS will make reasonable adjustments to teaching and learning, assessment, professional experiences, course related work experience and other course activities to facilitate maximum participation by students with disabilities, carer responsibilities, and religious or cultural obligations in their courses.

For course specific information see the Faculty of Engineering & Information Technology Inherent (Essential) Requirements Statement.

This course does not require formal training in IT, but experience in IT would be an advantage. Some subjects require development of various implementation skills, and so an enthusiastic approach to development of technical proficiency is important, but no previous knowledge is expected.

Students may be eligible for up to a total of 24cp of subject exemptions based on recognition of prior learning (RPL) as follows:

• Students who have completed equivalent subjects in a postgraduate program or UTS undergraduate program if the subjects previously completed are deemed by the faculty to be equivalent to subjects in the course.
• Subject exemption is applicable only to STM91221 Core Subjects A.

Other/additional RPL may be granted via subject substitution to an alternative/advanced postgraduate subject in a similar field of study.

To be considered for recognition of prior learning, subjects must normally have been completed no more than ten years prior to the commencement of this course.

This course is part of an articulated program comprising the Graduate Certificate in Interaction Design (C11272), the Graduate Diploma in Interaction Design (C06123), the Master of Interaction Design, and the Master of Interaction Design (Extension) (C04234).

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