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Bachelor of Creative Industries (Interactive Design)

Study Creative Industries (Interactive Design) at Flinders

Start your career as an interactive content creator.

Gain the skills you’ll need to pursue a career as an interactive content creator. You’ll be connected to industry from day one, with real-world work opportunities embedded into the degree. You’ll explore a broad range of creative topics, including the methods required to create interactive experiences, and how to tailor your work to mass audiences using the latest technologies. You’ll also have access to a wide range of electives from across the university, to help you find your unique path as an interactive content creator.

Taught by leading, practising experts, you’ll learn and put into practice skills in interactive art, programming and design, allowing you to work as an experienced content creator across a range of industries.
 

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*Available at Flinders' Adelaide City Campus at Festival Plaza from 2024.

Why study Creative Industries (Interactive Design) at Flinders

  • No.1 in SA in Creative Arts for learner engagement, skills development, student support and teaching quality (The Good Universities Guide 2023 (undergraduate), public SA-founded universities only)
  • Develop high-demand skills in interactive content creation for a broad range of industries, including the games industry and user-centred software such as mobile phone apps.
  • You’ll gain a broad skillset in both creative and technical production, and you’ll have access to a wide range of electives from across the university, not limited to creative arts or creative industries
  • Study practice-based courses linked directly to industry skills
  • Taught by industry-leading teaching staff with global industry connections
  • You’ll collaborate with other students from across the university, not just from the Creative Arts and Industries, but in Science, Engineering, Health, and more
  • Work directly with industry on real-world projects and graduate with an established portfolio of work.
  • Gain the skills you need for a career as an interactive content creator
  • Non-portfolio entry degree
  • Build a world-class portfolio to gain employment in the industry or to be used for applications into another degree such as the Bachelor of Creative Arts (Game Production) or Bachelor of Creative Arts (Visual Effects and Entertainment Design).

Your career

Games development and interactive design are booming areas. You will graduate with the skills and knowledge you need to work collaboratively as part of a creative team, and prepared to work for national and international games design companies, or to create your own start-up.

Potential occupations include:

  • games designer
  • interaction designer
  • software designer
  • User experience designer
  • digital content producer
  • Interface designer

Potential employers include:

  • Defiant
  • Monkeystack
  • League of Geeks
  • Big Ant Studios
  • MPC
  • Mighty Kingdom
  • Ubisoft
  • Gameloft
  • Ready at Dawn
  • Rising Sun Pictures
  • Deviation Games
  • Mini Mannoth

What you will study

First year

A typical first year may include:
  • Interaction coding, simulation and serious game design
  • Interaction design
  • Multimedia design
  • Multimedia production.

Second year

A typical second year may include:
  • Innovation and creative enterprise
  • Reconciliation and Indigenous knowledges
  • Digital graphic design and interaction design
  • CGI Foundations
  • Application development.

Third year

A typical third year may include:
  • Interactive computer systems
  • Computer game development including digital games, serious games
  • Cultural leadership
  • An interdisciplinary creative practice project.

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Practical experience

  • Work independently and collaboratively to pitch, plan and develop new designs
  • Benefit from direct contact with practitioners and industry
  • Take advantage of exciting opportunities for innovation and collaboration
  • Learn what is required to plan and manage interactive design projects
  • Develop a practical understanding of the games development and interactive design industry
  • Develop knowledge in user centred design and interface design

Study abroad

There are opportunities to take your studies overseas with a student exchange program.

The Void

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Connect with industry leaders

You will benefit from our strong connections to industry leaders that will provide you with practical, real-world industry experience.

Our students have worked on industry projects with South Australian companies, such as Rising Sun Pictures, CDW Animation and Mini Mammoth Games.

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The unique partnership between Flinders and Moving Picture Company, a Technicolor Creative Studio, allows our Creative Arts students to work directly with industry to develop the specialist creative and technological skills to enter the growing VFX industry.

ATAR and Student Profile Information

The table below shows ATAR and Selection Rank data for students offered a place wholly or partly on the basis of ATAR commencing in Semester 1, 2024. It is limited to applicants that have recently completed secondary education (within the last two years). Data may reflect multiple courses available within a suite of courses.

Notes:
<5 – less than 5 ATAR based offers made
N/A – This course uses additional selection criteria and therefore Selection Rank is not published
ATAR-based offers only across all offer rounds ATAR - Excluding adjustment factors Selection Rank - ATAR plus any adjustment factors
Highest rank to receive an offer 98.10 99.95
Median rank to receive an offer 79.40 82.35
Lowest rank to receive an offer 53.90 60.85

The table below gives an indication of the likely peer cohort for new students in this course. It provides data on students who commenced study in this course in Semester 1, 2024 including those admitted through all offer rounds and international students studying in Australia. Applicant background groupings are based on educational background, not basis of admission. Data may reflect multiple courses available within a suite of courses.

Notes:
<5 – the number of students is less than 5
N/P – Not published: the number is hidden to prevent calculation of numbers in cells with less than 5 students
Applicant background (Semester 1, 2024) Number of students Percentage of all students
Higher education study (includes a bridging or enabling course) 22 38%
Vocational education and training (VET) study <5 <5
Work and life experience <5 <5
Recent secondary education - Admitted solely on the basis of ATAR (regardless of whether this includes the consideration of adjustment factors such as equity or subject bonus points) 22 38%
Recent secondary education - Admitted where both ATAR and additional criteria were considered (e.g. portfolio, audition, extra test) 0 0
Recent secondary education - Admitted on the basis of other criteria only and ATAR was not a factor (e.g. special consideration pathways) 5 9%
International Students 5 9%
All students 58 100%

How to apply

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Choose your preferred course.

 

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Check the entry requirements and admission pathways available to you.

 

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Choose other courses to include in your preferences.

 

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Visit SATAC and submit your application online.

Applicants can apply for this course using Year 12 qualifications, previous higher education study, TAFE/VET qualifications, or through adult entry (STAT/Foundation Studies/tertiary preparation course).

For applicants using their SACE (Year 12) results (or equivalent), entry is subject to achieving a minimum selection rank of 60.

Explore our pathways

When choosing your preferences through SATAC, other Flinders degrees you might want to include in your list are:

How to apply

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Select your course.

 

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Check entry requirements.

 

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Check your eligibility for credit.

 

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Obtain certified documents.

 

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Submit your application and documents.

View further details

If you don’t meet our English language entry requirements and need to improve your English language proficiency, you can do so through Flinders University Academy – or our approved English Language Instruction Course for Overseas Students (ELICOS) providers.

This means that you can attend the required English language tuition at approved ELICOS providers and gain direct entry into university without an IELTS or TOEFL test.

Find out more

If you don’t meet our academic entry requirements, you can still gain entry to Flinders University through Flinders University Academy. With a range of diplomas, foundation and English language courses, students can find a direct pathway into the destination degree of their choice. 

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Want more information about studying at Flinders University? Contact us to find out more – we’d love to help you decide if Flinders University is the right choice for you.

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For all course enquiries phone or email us or complete the course enquiry form.

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