Design Media

Design Media is now a key driver of the creative economy. A Design Media major will equip students with the competencies and knowledge to work in creative roles alongside designers, for designers and in large multi-skilled creative teams.

Design Media has a practice-based approach with a strong focus on computer graphic design taught in a range of ways that include studio classes. Students will develop creative, critical and analytical skills across varied media.

Career Opportunities

• Print and Production Producer
• Press Manager  
• Digital Print Broker  

Degrees

• Bachelor of Media and Creative Technologies

Design Media can also be taken as a second major or supporting subject within most degrees.

School subjects required

There are no specific subjects you need to study at secondary school to study Design Media at Waikato.

Potential Employers

• Advertising Agencies
• Digital Media Organisations
• Corporate Consultancy Firms
• Website Design Companies

Other subjects that may interest you

Creative Practices, Creative Technologies, Political Science, Screen and Media Studies, Theatre Studies.

Papers

CGRD161 Effective Visual Communication
This paper covers theories of visual communication, Modernism, Post-modernism, Deconstruction, elements and principles of graphic design, Photoshop and Illustrator skills, and effective printing and presentation.

COMP125 Visual Computing
This paper enables students to perform basic computing operations and to operate software packages for the manipulation of visual images and text for use in screen-based applications. Students will be introduced to basic computing concepts and provided with software tutorials and related exercises.

COMP126 Computing Media
This paper enables students to operate software packages for the manipulation of images and sound to create interactive and animated output. Students will be introduced to relevant computing concepts and provided with software tutorials and related exercises.

CRPC101 Creative Technologies and Creative Practice
In this paper students will be introduced to the key concepts and skills base intrinsic to the BMCT degree. Particular emphasis is placed on enabling students to engage with contemporary cultural practices that involve creative technologies and creative practices. Students will emerge from this paper with an integrated overview of the key dimensions of screen, sound and communication design.

SMST101 Digital Screens
By exploring the construction and interpretation of screen-based media, students develop their understanding of the symbolic power of moving images in contemporary society, including cinema, TV, and new digital forms.

200 Level and Beyond
200 and 300 level papers include computer graphic design, advanced studies in visual communication, and interactive multimedia systems. Students will develop the ability to work confidently in a basic range of digital and traditional media and be able to communicate both technically and creatively with other practitioners of design-based communication in commerce, education, government or the arts.