Course summary

• Be part of an interdisciplinary design programme which promotes an ethos of social and cultural innovation.
• Develop your specialist skills and knowledge in a collaborative studio environment.
• Innovate with materials, technology and conceptual thinking.
• Extend existing material practices in response to the needs of our rapidly changing world.

Placing emphasis on personal research, this course gives giving you the chance to develop your own interests and ideas in a challenging and supportive environment. Academic staff are design specialists, researchers and practitioners who will support you to expand your practice whilst developing an independent and autonomous approach.

 Future careers

This course prepares you for a career as a

• independent design practitioner
• designer
• design manager
• maker or manufacturer
• company-employed designer
• postgraduate student at PhD level

The primary intention of the course is for you to achieve your personal employment ambitions whether as a design professional in the creative industries, or in related areas such as research, retail, marketing, and education.

Modules

Module and assessment information for future years is displayed as currently validated and may be liable to change. When selecting electives, your choices will be subject to the core requirements of the course. As a result, selections may be limited to a choice between one of two or more specified electives in some instances.