Master of Design–MDes 120 points Qualification regulations

1. (a) Before enrolment, a candidate for the MDes degree shall have:

(i) completed a BDes or BDes(Hons) degree or, at the discretion of the Head of the School of Design Innovation, a design diploma; and

(ii) been accepted by the head of school as capable of proceeding with the proposed course of study.

(b) Requirement (a)(i) may be waived by the Associate Dean (Postgraduate Research) of the Wellington Faculty of Architecture and Design Innovation for a candidate who has had extensive practical, professional, or scholarly experience of an appropriate kind.

2. (a) A candidate shall present a thesis (DESN 591) as specified in the Master’s Thesis Regulations or a design research portfolio (DESN 592).

(b) The course of study may, with the approval of the associate dean, be carried out in part at an approved institution outside this university.

3. The minimum and maximum periods of enrolment for the thesis are specified in the Master’s Thesis Regulations.

4. The MDes may be awarded with Distinction or Merit as described in the Assessment Handbook.