Degree
Major
80 credit points
Major in Interactive Design
Overview
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Degree/s offering this major
Bachelor of Media and Communications
Summary
Key features
- Broaden your knowledge and skill set
Undertake practical units in animation, cyber cultures, interactive sound, photo media, video and web production, and video games.
- Become a master digital storyteller
Develop your skills in concept creation, storytelling techniques and inventive problem solving.
- Gain practical, hands-on experience
Create websites, 3D models and visual assets, and photo essays under the guidance of experienced staff and industry specialists.
- Hone your skills by learning from award-winning professionals
Learn from widely published academics and award-winning media producers, all with industry experience.
Career outcomes
With a rapidly evolving job market, graduate employability remains our priority. We’re working closely with a range of industries and sectors to ensure you’re job-ready when you graduate. View graduate professions and potential employers.
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Faculty of Arts
The Faculty of Arts is home to a passionate community of scholars committed to equipping you with skills for the future via transformative education and world-leading research. Through our interdisciplinary approach to teaching and research, you'll develop capabilities to address local, national and global challenges.
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Studying at Macquarie
Our vibrant and leafy campus forms part of one of the largest business and technology precincts in Australia. To ensure you have the right skills when you graduate — whether you're starting your first job or taking your career to the next level — we offer flexible study options, personalised degrees and practical experiences.
Benefits of studying at Macquarie
Major structure
What you’ll study
A major allows you to focus on an area of study, such as Interactive Design, within more generalist degrees. It’s recorded on your testamur and academic transcript.
Major requirements
80 credit points
Essential units
80 credit points
Complete each unit below.
Essential units are units that you must complete to qualify for your degree.
How can I study this major?
Interactive Design is available as a major as part of the below degree/s:
Further course details
For further details and specific course requirements, visit the Handbook >
Guide to University terminology
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Career outcomes
Set your career in motion
Professions
- Content specialist
- Designer
- Game designer
- Social media and digital marketing specialist
- Sound producer
- Web producer
Employers
- ABC
- Advertising and media agencies
- Design agencies
- Gaming developers
- Media, creative or communications agencies
- Self-employment
- Web design agencies
Career information
Job and Skills Australia – an Australian Government initiative – provides accessible labour-market data, research and tools to help you understand Australia’s current and projected workforce-skills needs.
Multiply your employability
In-built internships
Study a degree with built-in practical experiences, and get an invaluable head start in your career.
Career service
Get help preparing a résumé, identifying job opportunities and connecting with employers.
Co-designed degrees
Study a degree co-designed with industry, and graduate with the knowledge and skills employers want.
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