Courses in Media Design
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Current course list
100-level courses
- DSDN 101 Design Visualisation / Pohewatanga ā-Hoahoa Offered in 2027, 2026, 2025
- DSDN 102 Game, Animation and Motion Design / Hoahoa ā-Kēmu, ā-Pakiwaituhi, ā-Ranga Offered in 2027, 2026, 2025
- DSDN 103 Design Communication / Ngā Pāhekoheko Hoahoa Offered in 2027, 2026, 2025
- DSDN 104 Digital Fabrication / Waihanga Matihiko Offered in 2027, 2026, 2025
- DSDN 111 Design Composition / Hanganga ā-Hoahoa Offered in 2027, 2026, 2025
- DSDN 132 Design Storytelling / Kōrero Paki ā-Hoahoa Offered in 2027, 2026, 2025
- DSDN 141 Design Materials / Rauemi ā-Hoahoa Offered in 2027, 2026, 2025
- DSDN 142 AI Design / Pūnaha Atamai Iahiko Offered in 2027, 2026, 2025
- DSDN 151 Graphic Design and Photography / Hoahoa Whakanikoniko me te Whakaahuatanga Offered in 2027, 2026, 2025
- DSDN 153 Wearable Design / Hoahoa Kākahu Offered in 2027, 2026, 2025
- DSDN 171 Design in a Global Context / Hoahoa i te Horopaki o te Ao Whānui Offered in 2027, 2026, 2025
- DSDN 172 Whakapapa Design I / Hoahoa ā haere ake nei I Offered in 2027, 2026, 2025
200-level courses
- INDN 204 Materialised Codes / Ngā Waehere i Puta Offered in 2027, 2026, 2025
- MDDN 211 Digital Video Creation / Auaha Ata Matihiko Offered in 2027, 2026, 2025
- MDDN 222 Virtual Reality Design / Taupuni Ao Hoahoa Offered in 2027, 2026, 2025
- MDDN 231 Physical Computing / Rorohiko ā-Ōkiko Offered in 2027, 2026, 2025
- MDDN 242 AI Coding / Waehere Atamai Iahiko Offered in 2027, 2026, 2025
300-level courses
- MDDN 314 Audio-Visual Space / Whaitua Ataata-Rongo Offered in 2027, 2025
- MDDN 333 AI Visualisation Offered in 2027, 2026
- MDDN 390 Media Design Capstone / Whakatinana ā-Wheako Hoahoa Arapāho Offered in 2027, 2026, 2025
400-level courses
- COMD 411 Narrative Design / Hoahoa ā-Paki Offered in 2027, 2026, 2025
- DSDN 451 Contemporary Perspectives in Design Innovation / Nō Nāianei Tirohanga i te Auaha Offered in 2027, 2026, 2025
- DSDN 481 Research Methods / Tikanga ā-Rangahau Offered in 2027, 2026, 2025
500-level courses
- DSDN 590 Creative Project Offered in 2027, 2026, 2025
- DSDN 592 Design Research Portfolio / Kohinga ā-Rangahau Hoahoa Offered in 2027, 2026, 2025
- DSDN 593 Design Research Innovation Portfolio / Kohinga ā-Auaha Rangahau Hoahoa Offered in 2026
- MDDN 597 Research Portfolio Offered in 2027, 2026, 2025