Interactive Platforms

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  At the completion of this subject students will be able to:

  1. investigate and apply interaction design principles and techniques appropriate for specific end users for a chosen interactive medium
  2. iterate upon and validate interaction design methods and strategies through industry standard practices
  3. create and communicate effective interaction design solutions that successfully address the needs of an end user across relevant platforms.

• Topics covered

• Description

• Assessments

• Textbooks

• About Curtin University

Entry requirements

Part of a degree

To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Core

• CUR-DDI-DEG-2026 - Bachelor of Arts (Digital Experience and Interaction Design) (Digital and Social Media)
• CUR-DDV-DEG-2026 - Bachelor of Arts (Digital Experience and Interaction Design) (Visual Culture)
• CUR-DDP-DEG-2026 - Bachelor of Arts (Digital Experience and Interaction Design) (Professional Writing and Publishing)
• CUR-DDF-DEG-2026 - Bachelor of Arts (Digital Experience and Interaction Design) (Fine Art)
• CUR-DIG-DEG-2026 - Bachelor of Arts (Digital Experience and Interaction Design)

Elective

• CUR-IAH-DEG-2026 - Bachelor of Applied Science (Interior Architecture) (Honours)
• CUR-IND-DEG-2026 - Bachelor of Interior Design
• CUR-FAST-DEG-2026 - Fast track your Curtin on campus study

Prior study

You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or currently be enrolled in the following subject(s) in a prior study period; or enrol in the following subject(s) to study prior to this subject:

one of

• CUR-GRDE1029-Motion Design Studio
• CUR-DIG11-Digital User Experience Design

• CUR-DIG12-Digital Design 1 (no longer available)

• CUR-DIG271 (Not currently available)

Please note that your enrolment in this subject is conditional on successful completion of these prerequisite subject(s). If you study the prerequisite subject(s) in the study period immediately prior to studying this subject, your result for the prerequisite subject(s) will not be finalised prior to the close of enrolment. In this situation, should you not complete your prerequisite subject(s) successfully you should not continue with your enrolment in this subject. If you are currently enrolled in the prerequisite subject(s) and believe you may not complete these all successfully, it is your responsibility to reschedule your study of this subject to give you time to re-attempt the prerequisite subject(s).

Equivalent subjects

You won't be able to enrol into this subject if you've already successfully completed or currently enrolled in the following subject(s) as they are considered anti-requisites due to the similarity of the content.

• CUR-DIG22-Web Design 1 (no longer available)

Additional requirements

• Other requirements - Access to the internet

Study load

0.125 EFTSL

This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

Find out more information on Commonwealth Loans to understand what this means to your eligibility for financial support.