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In 2005 AUT drew together art, design, communication studies, computing, mathematics and engineering under one faculty: the Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies.

In 2008 AUT pioneered a new degree: the Bachelor of Creative Technologies.Now in its third year the degree is shaping up as a hot house for inovatation and creativity.

The new degree provides a broad, relevant and contemporary education in the knowledge-intensive creative industries sector. ‘Creative technologies’ refers to design, communication, computing, engineering, entertainment and manufacturing media.

The creative technologies sectors that the BCT will serve include digital animation and moving image production; interactive entertainment and game technologies; smart systems and robotics.

The curriculum is strongly studio/workshop and project-based.

Graduates will have the skills and imagination required to operate across the variety of diverse and converging multimedia, design and technology platforms that characterise the emerging creative professions.

NEWS

Creative technology student wins scholarship to Apple conference.

BACHELOR of Creative Technologies (BCT) undergraduate Judit Klein has been
awarded the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) student scholarship in
New Zealand for 2011.

Klein fought off stiff competition for the sought-after funding from Apple University
Consortium (AUC) last month. She is one of just 20 students worldwide who will
receive a complimentary ticket to the WWDC in San Francisco in June, as well as a
financial subsidy to cover the costs of her trip.

The annual conference showcases the latest innovations and technologies from
Apple, including in-depth technical sessions and hands-on labs.

With her experience working on application development during the BCT studio
programme, Klein will be taking full advantage of the WWDC internship, with
an eye on her final-year project.

Creative technologies puntpays off for Urbis Design Day

An interactive journey through a 'home less ordinary' showcased the work of Bachelor of Creative Technologies (BCT) students at Urbis Design Day last month.
Design studio We Love Inc enlisted the help of Nick Redwood, Christine Probert, Ryan Smale, Charlotte Alexander, Judith Klein, Tapani Heikkinen and Dylan Turney to create Chain Reaction, a sprawling interactive machine which took visitors through seven exhibitions celebrating colour by Dulux and furniture from Furniture Lab.
The result of months of "mad scientist activity and invention", Chain Reaction was designed to get the audience involved, says We Love Inc creative director Joanna Alpe. Guests were able to experiment with chromatography, spray paint, postcards and bid on paint-splattered Thonet Rombus chairs they created with help from the machine.
Alpe, who has a graphic design degree from AUT, came to the university looking for students who could help design and engineer the project.
"I wanted them to be keen for an interesting challenge and some exposure to the industry. AUT was my first stop for finding students who not only had the technical skills but conceptual and rigorous thinking."
Alpe hadn't heard of the creative technologies degree, which launched after she'd graduated. "I took a punt that they were going to have the right skills for the task and they definitely did. If I had my time again, the BCT looks like the kind of degree I would run to. It's innovative, future-focused and has a brilliant mix of conceptualising and making things happen. I can't speak more highly of it."
Another key member of the team in charge of the project's concept and direction was We Love Inc's Emily Priest, who graduated from AUT with a Bachelor of Design (Hons) specialising in spatial design.