Other Unrestricted Electives (UEs)
Semester 1 and 2
Advanced Design Platform 1 and 2
4 units each (ID5353 and ID5356)
This series of vertical design studios leverages the wide range of topics offered in our undergraduate programmes. These studios, referred to as design platforms, engaged in product innovation, social and service transformation, or design futures and critical inquiry. Students will participate in design projects which encourage cross-pollination of thought, skills, and learning and serve as supplements to your specific creative interest and portfolio development. Students may select either conceptual or real-life projects led by relevant experts within the Division of Industrial Design.
Semester 2
Design Research Immersion Programme
4 units each (ID5358)
This course offers graduate students an opportunity to engage in academic research under the guidance of faculty members. Students will apply and expand upon concepts from their coursework to tackle complex, open-ended questions and real-world challenges in research projects. Throughout the course, students will learn to develop and refine research questions, design and execute studies using appropriate methodologies, analyse data, draw insightful conclusions, collaborate with various academic and industry partners and articulate their findings in a well-documented written report.
Other Unrestricted Electives (UEs)
4 units each
Supplementing your design education, Unrestricted Electives allow students to explore greater breadth or depth in any subject and at any level. Students may use these courses to explore or build a stronger foundation in their chosen area of interest such as business, computer science, engineering, communication, etc.
MDes students may utilise the Submit Course Requests function during CourseReg to request for non-programme requirement courses (i.e. cross-faculty courses). The request will go through a two-step approval process: it is first routed to the home department for decision before approved requests are routed to the course host(s) for final assessment.
There is only one round of Submit Course Requests each semester. Please refer to the schedule here.
With effect from Sem 1, AY2022/2023, Graduate Coursework (GDC) students taking non-programme requirement courses from self-funded (i.e. non-subsidised) programmes might be charged course fee for the course. Please contact the course host for more information.
For more information, do refer to the information available here.