1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

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Prahran campus (formerly Prahran College of TAFE)
joined Swinburne University of Technology in 1992. It
offers TAFE courses in business, social sciences and arts
and higher education degrees in graphic and industrial
design.
The School of Business and Information Systems and the
School of Social Science and Arts offer diploma and
certificate courses via full-time or part-time enrolment. The
Swinburne School of Design offers a range of graphic and
industrial design courses up to postgraduate level.
A large number of fee-for-service short courses are also
offered in the areas of entertainment, arts, language, fitness,
business, computing and information technology. External
study options are also available through the Off-Campus
Centre.
The campus is ideally situated in cosmopolitan Prahran
close to the market, shops and cafes. It is small and friendly
with a mixture of modern and historic buildings. Major
redevelopments have been undertaken on the campus,
including a refurbished School of Design building, a new
Performing Arts complex and a new building housing
social sciences, library, student facilities and cafeteria. Only
five kilometres south of Melbourne, Prahran campus is
easily accessible by train, tram and bus.
Swinburne University of Technology 1997 Handbook