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FACULTY OF
engineering AND Technology
processes; Use of computers in textile and leather
design; Field visits and studies: (1-hr lecture, 2-
hrs practical per week)
DTB321 Computer Aided Design (3)
This course covers the following: Different software
for modelling and design; Two-dimensional
drafting; Three-dimensional modelling with
isometric, oblique and axonometric views;
Software packages for design; Use of packages
for several selected applications; Innovations
in the use of computers for designing: (1-hr
lecture, 4-hrs practical per week)
DTB323 Pneumatic Controls (2)
This course covers the following: Input processoutput
for pneumatics systems; Closed-loop
control and feedback; Basic Fluid mechanics:
Incompressible flow; Pressure transmission
and types of pneumatic systems: Elements
of pneumatic systems and circuit controls:
Compressed air-supply; Steps in conditioning
filters, moisture removal, and lubricant addition;
Operation and application of pneumatic
components. (1-hr lecture, 2-hrs practical per
week)
DTB324 Product Analysis (3)
This course covers the following: Analysing the
need and functions of a variety of products
and critique on their design; Value analysis;
Identifying the component/function relationship
and material characteristics; Product function
analysis; Studies on several existing industrial
and domestic designs; Field visits and studies.
(1-hr lecture, 1-hr tutorial, 4-hrs practical per
week)
DTB410 Computer Based Manufacturing (2)
This course covers fundamental concepts
of computerised manufacturing: Computer
modelling for manufacture; CNC machine
tools including lathes, multi axis machines
and special machines; Programming semi
industrial CNC machines and manufacturing
simple components; Introduction to computer
integrated manufacture for mass production. (1-
hr lecture, 2-hrs practical per week)
DTB411 Hydraulic Controls (2)
This course covers the following: Basic
hydrostatics; Forces on submerged bodies;
Piezometric head; Manometers; Applications
of hydrostatics: Bernoulli’s equation applied to
incompressible flow; Reaction forces; Momentum
and moment of momentum principles: Fluid
control circuits and systems; Fluid logic devices:
Principles of hydraulic devices. (1-hr lecture, 2-
hrs practical per week)
DTB412 Product Design 1 (3)
This course covers the following: Types of
products with alternative structures: Structures,
equilibrium and Pin-jointed structures; Types
of mechanisms: Products with transmission of
motion and forces; Change of type of motion;
Lifting machines and their efficiency; Factor of
safety in design. (1-hr lecture, 1-hr tutorial, 2-
hrs practical per week)
DTB413 Special Human Needs (2)
This course covers the following: Maslow’s
hierarchy of needs; Design in the context
of special human need; Basic principles of
ergonomics and anthropometrics for special
human needs; Anthropometrics data collection,
analysis and application; Design, detail, make,
test and evaluate the Product Design. Client
involvement and evaluation: (1-hr lecture, 2-hrs
practical per week)
DTB414 School D&T Projects (2)
This course covers the following: Factors to
be considered and classification of projects
by levels and difficulty index; Formulation of
project tasks and detailing of learning events;
Alternative methods of project supervision and
their comparison; Role-playing; Motivation
and incentives. (1-hr lecture, 2-hrs practical per
week)
DTB415 Design For Sustainable
Development (2)
The course covers the following: the relation
between Design and Sustainable Development,
various models of Development, and the relation
between Design, Technology, Development and
Economics. Community products in the rural
context: Field visits; Design for durability; Use of
indigenous materials; appropriate technology;
Sound social and ecological design; Design
for lifelong use and serviceability; Design
for recycling and evolution; Miniaturisation;
Dematerialisation; Design for re-use and remanufacture,
new theories on Design for
Sustainable Development. (1-hr lecture, 2-hrs
practical per week)
DTB416 Interior Design (2)
This course covers the following: Physiological,
psychological, sociological, aesthetic and
ecological aspects of person-interior
environment interaction; Conceptual design and
documentation; classification of interior spaces;
Primary and secondary functions of different
interiors; Alternative design solutions: (1-hr
lecture, 2-hrs practical per week)
DTB421 Ceramics, Glass and Stone
Technology (2)
This course covers the following: Equipment and
tools: Clay and its properties; Natural ceramics:
Working properties of ceramics; Shaping clay,
Firing, and Glazing; Making glass: Working
properties of glass; Engraving. Painting. Heat
forming. Staining. Working properties of stone.
Carving. Masonry. (1-hr lecture, 1-hr tutorial, 2-
hrs practical per week)
DTB422 Product Design 2 (2)
Value analysis. Material characteristics for new
products: Product life cycle. Product function
analysis: competitor analysis, quality function
deployment. Introduction to theories of
failure: Safety factors. Materials specifications.
Manufacturing considerations. Packaging and
presentation techniques: (1-hr lecture, 1-hr
tutorial, 2-hrs practical per week)
DTB423 Minor Design-and-Make Project (2)
This course guides students through the process
of a design and make project from the initial stage
of choosing an appropriate, through selection
of what research to undertake, selection of
appropriate forms of modelling ideas, selection
of appropriate means of realisation and objective
product evaluation: (1-hr lecture, 1-hr tutorial,
2-hrs practical per week)
DTB424 Safety and First Aid (2)
This course covers the following: Safety rules;
Safety practices; Safety symbols and their
interpretations; Causes and types of accidents
in the workplace; Methods of giving First Aid
to different cases of accident/injuries; First Aid
and personal safety; First aid demonstrations
and certification by the Red Cross Society of
Botswana. (1-hr lecture, 1-hr tutorial, 2-hrs
practical per week)
DTB511 Major Design Project (3)
Students will proceed by way of their preferred
design methodologies by conceiving alternative
solutions, designing, selection of appropriate
process, research, data analysis, etc. Students will
select appropriate forms of modelling ideas and
present a design folio at the completion of the
course. (1-hr lecture, 4-hrs practical per week)
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