BH115 - Bachelor of Interior Design (Honours)

Go to Enrolment Program Structures Search

Plan: BH115 - Bachelor of Interior Design (Honours)
Campus: City Campus

Program delivery and structure

Approach to learning and assessment
Work integrated learning
Program structure
Program transition plan

Approach to learning and assessment

The Bachelor of Interior Design (Hons) (BH115) will provide you with a diverse range of learning experiences. These experiences will combine self-directed research, learning through designing, doing/making, analysis, reflection, discussion, with peer and industry interactions. Design studio-based learning sits at the core and is supported by workshops, excursions, collaborative projects and interactive class activities to provide the platform for information sharing and learning.

First Year:

During the first year, you will undertake courses in design and communications, history and theory, and technical stiudies that introduce you to the concepts of interior design.

Second and Third Year:

During second and third years, studies are integrated in Design Studios and parallel courses in the areas of technology, communications, interior design specialisations and history/theory. Each semester, practising professionals and academics offer a selection of design studios and specialisations investigating timely and relevant topics.

In second and third year, you have the opportunity to develop your design skills and awareness through overseas travel Design Studios. In third year, you may also choose to study for a semester at a design institution overseas.

Fourth Year:

In fourth year, you will pursue an individual design research project based on the accumulated skills and interests in design, theory, technology and communications. Final year projects are celebrated through a public exhibition, INDEX.

Interior Design Specialisations:

Interior Design Specialisations include projects working in the areas of furniture design, retail design, design for film and television, design for theatre, exhibition and event design, design for publishing and lighting. 

You will experience a range of assessment methods to evaluate your learning, with the aim of developing critical thinking skills for reflective and speculative practice. Assessment components include both formal assessments and informal self assessments so that you can monitor your own learning. A range of approaches to assessment will enable you to demonstrate your knowledge, skills, and application of knowledge and skills across courses. Formative assessment will be provided in courses throughout the semester, and summative assessment is undertaken at the completion of each course.

Assessment will be used to provide you with feedback on your progress. You can expect to be assessed by tasks such design projects, written assignments, reflective journals or portfolios, individual and group presentations assessed by a panel which includes industry practitioners and academics.  In the final year of your studies you will undertake a capstone course designed to draw on and demonstrate the knowledge and skills you have acquired in the program.

If you have a long term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program director or the Equitable Learning Service if you would like to find out more.

If you have already developed areas of skill and knowledge included in this program (for example, through prior studies or work experience), you can apply for credit once you have enrolled in this program. There is information on the RMIT University website about how to apply for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/my-course/enrolment/apply-for-credit

*Top of page

Work integrated learning

RMIT is committed to providing you with an education that strongly links formal learning with professional practice. As a student enrolled in an RMIT program you will:

  • undertake and be assessed on a structured activity that allows you to learn, apply and demonstrate your professional practice
  • interact with industry and community when undertaking this activity
  • complete these activity in a work context or situations

Any or all of these aspects of a work integrated learning experience may be simulated.

Strong community and industry partnerships have been developed by the Interior Design Program to enable students to be involved with actual projects in the profession, industry and/or community. Each semester, practising professional designers are invited to present a Design Studio or Specialisation which engages directly with contemporary design projects and/or issues. The final assessment for Design Studios and Specialisations projects are assessed by a panel which includes industry practitioners and academics.

All Interior Design Specialisations offered ecompasses a WIL experience. These may involve client and actual design briefs where students develop their projects within a scenario-based, simulated design practice environment. Some projects see students working within industry work placement scenario.

The Work Integrated Learning approach within the Interior Design program offers both simulated and situated professional practice in the following courses:

ARCH1289 Interior Design Specialisation 1
ARCH1290 Interior Design Specialisation 2

*Top of page

Program Structure

For students who commence their study in this program from 1 January 2016 onwards, please note that some courses listed in this structure will have their course marks count toward your program's weighted average mark. Your weighted average mark will determine the honours level of your award once you have completed the program. If a course counts toward your weighted average mark, that fact will be stated in its course guide. In Enrolment Online, after you completed your course enrolment, you will be notified which of the enrolled courses will count toward the weighted average mark.
 

*Top of page


Year One of Program

Complete the following Six (6) Courses:

Course Title

Credit Points

Course Code

Campus

Interior Design Studio 1 24 ARCH1093 City Campus
Material and Spatial Communication: An introduction 12 ARCH1432 City Campus
Technical Drawing and Materials 12 ARCH1094 City Campus
Interior Design Studio 2 24 ARCH1101 City Campus
Interior Theory and History: An Introduction 12 ARCH1102 City Campus
Structures, Systems, Services 12 ARCH1095 City Campus
 
AND

*Top of page


Year Two of Program

Complete the following Six (6) Courses:

Course Title

Credit Points

Course Code

Campus

Interior Design Studio 3 24 ARCH1108 City Campus
Communication Systems: Digital and Physical processes 12 ARCH1433 City Campus
Interior Detailing 12 ARCH1096 City Campus
Interior Design Studio 4 24 ARCH1109 City Campus
Specialised Communication 12 ARCH1434 City Campus
Historical and Theoretical Precedents 12 ARCH1104 City Campus
 
AND

*Top of page


Year Three of Program

Complete the following Six (6) Courses:

Course Title

Credit Points

Course Code

Campus

Interior Design Studio 5 24 ARCH1119 City Campus
Theory and Research for Design 12 ARCH1105 City Campus
Interior Design Specialisation 1 12 ARCH1289 City Campus
Interior Design Studio 6 24 ARCH1121 City Campus
Interior Design Specialisation 2 12 ARCH1290 City Campus
Practice Technologies 12 ARCH3349 City Campus
 
AND

*Top of page


Year Four of Program

Complete the following Two (2) Courses:

Course Title

Credit Points

Course Code

Campus

Interior Design Research Project Proposal 24 ARCH1123 City Campus
Interior Design Research Strategies 12 ARCH1435 City Campus
AND
{
Complete the following One (1) Course:

Course Title

Credit Points

Course Code

Campus

Interior Design Specialisation 3 12 ARCH1291 City Campus
OR
Select and Complete One (1) Course from:
University Elective
}
AND
Complete the following Two (2) Courses:

Course Title

Credit Points

Course Code

Campus

Interior Design Research Major Project 24 ARCH1436 City Campus
Interior Design Professional Practice 12 ARCH1125 City Campus
AND
{
Complete the following One (1) Course:

Course Title

Credit Points

Course Code

Campus

Interior Design Specialisation 4 12 ARCH1292 City Campus
OR
Select and Complete One (1) Course from:
University Elective
}
 

*Top of page

Program transition plan

The program structure of BH115 Bachelor of Interior Design (Honours) has been amended and the following changes applied in Semester 1, 2024:

  • New course offering ARCH3349 Practice Technologies in year 3
  • Removal of the year 3 University elective option
  • Removal of ARCH1293 Interior Design Specialisation 5 from year 4
  • Delivery change for ARCH1291 Interior Design Specialisation 3 from year 3 to year 4
  • Delivery change for ARCH1292 Interior Design Specialisation 4 from year 4 Semester 1 to year 4 Semester 2

Current students that completed ARCH1291 Interior Design Specialisation 3 in year 3 will be required to complete ARCH3349 Practice Technologies in year 4 instead of ARCH1291.
 
If you commenced the program prior to these changes, you will not be disadvantaged, and all approved courses undertaken previously will contribute toward your qualification. You will not be required to complete extra credit points or incur any extra costs because of these changes. Academic advice will be made available to you and an enrolment plan provided to you on request.
 
If you are undertaking a reduced load, are on Leave of Absence (LOA), or have deferred studies, you will not be disadvantaged by the change of program structure.

*Top of page
 
 
[Previous: Learning outcomes]