Graphics

About the course

This undergraduate Graphics specialisation builds your skills through practical design projects in a digital environment, introducing industry-standard design technologies and software. You develop fundamentals of illustration design, including visualising and communicating narrative concepts, and explore 3D modelling, texturing and rendering. In the final unit, you can focus on graphics for the built environment or for urban and regional planning within a Curtin degree. The programme develops design, animation, visual storytelling, and digital media production for creative industries.

Career outcome

Graduates can apply graphics and digital design skills across roles that support visual communication and design production. The specialisation supports work involving illustration and narrative visualisation, 3D modelling and rendering, and graphics for built-environment or planning contexts. It can complement degrees in business or innovation, and aligns with pathways into design studios, in-house creative teams, and multidisciplinary built-environment and planning organisations in design and visual art.

Living Costs in Perth**

Restaurant (Meal, Inexpensive Restaurant) A$ 17 - 23	Rent per Month (1 bedroom in City Centre) A$ 1,255 - 1,660	Rent per Month (1 bedroom Outside of Centre) A$ 866 - 1,146
Transportation (Daily) A$ 6 - 8	Utilities per Month (Electricity, Mobile & Internet) A$ 243 - 321

Average Salary***

*Source: QS World University Subjects Rankings (2026)

**Source: numbeo.com

***Source: PayScale.com (2026)