Course overview
Sustainable Design and Innovation aims to produce graduates who look to the future of design and explore how products, materials and services can be taken from creation to disposal with minimal impact on the environment. The pathway provides a good grounding in creative sustainable design methodology, its principles and how they are applied in practice.
You can become part of a brave new exciting world of design, where there is an onus on innovation, including the exploration of cutting-edge materials/manufacturing processes, which are allowing design to forge ahead in so many new directions; how are they being used and what impact will their use have on future design initiatives? Armed with this information you will as a designer be able to make informed, ethical design decisions and creatively produce products/materials/systems which have a conscience.
The HND course is a stepping stone to the BSc for those students who find it hard to meet the entry requirements of the BSc. After receiving their HND they can transfer onto the BSc course.
Additional course information
Within this context, this course has three main aims:
To give you an in-depth understanding of the process of design, from initial concept to manufacture.
To encourage you to think outside the box in creating design solutions.
To provide you with the skills and knowledge required to produce innovative and inspiring designs.
From an introduction to the principles of design you will progress to the realisation of designs using the latest software applications and production techniques. By the time you graduate you will be capable of managing a design project from inception to production.
Course content is closely aligned with industry practice so you can be sure the skills you learn will be relevant to the needs of potential employers.
When you graduate you will be able to:
demonstrate knowledge of the characteristics of a range of materials and design components
display significant competence with 2D and 3D design software
project manage a design from concept to conclusion.
This course is about encouraging you to think creatively and independently in providing solutions to real problems. It is also about providing you with the skills necessary to succeed in a professional environment. The intellectual training will help you to continue to develop after you graduate in order to keep pace with this fast-changing sector.
Tariff points 40 - 100
Required subject(s): AS-level Any Science subject at grade C Preferred subject(s): GCE A-level Computing or Information & Communication Technology, VCE A-level Art & Design, ICT GCSE(s) Required: Mathematics grade C
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