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What will I learn in the first year ?<br />
The first year is at Level 4 (Foundation and Orientation).<br />
Your first year establishes a basic range of knowledge and skills from which more advanced creative, technical and conceptual abilities will develop.<br />
On successful completion of Level 4 you’ll have gained the required 120 credits by passing the following modules:<br />
Design Projects 1: Form and Function<br />
40 credits<br />
The product designer is concerned with the form of<br />
a product constrained by materials, manufacture,<br />
ergonomics and visual criteria underpinned by<br />
knowledge of a range of contextual factors. This module<br />
introduces creative and imaginative approaches to<br />
problem solving. It covers the core skills required to<br />
create and convert ideas into forms that other people<br />
can understand.<br />
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Design Projects 2: Consumer Products<br />
40 credits<br />
This module introduces product development<br />
techniques and creative principles as part of a<br />
consumer-led approach to design. You’ll learn about<br />
how to bring to the market any consumer product,<br />
brand or service. You’ll begin to integrate marketing<br />
and research principles into your design project work<br />
through a series of progressively more complex<br />
projects. You’ll also have the opportunity to prototype<br />
and test aspects of your design development work.<br />
Manufacturing and Materials 1<br />
20 credits<br />
The module is designed to give you a basic<br />
understanding and appreciation of the manufacturing<br />
techniques used across Product Design so that you’ll<br />
be able to specify suitable materials and processes for<br />
making components or products.<br />
TRAD and CAD: Design Visualisation<br />
20 credits<br />
The communication of information is fundamental to<br />
the design process, particularly in the form of drawings,<br />
illustrations and models. This module introduces you to<br />
the range of traditional methods and digital tools used<br />
for modelling, drawing and illustrating product design<br />
proposals.<br />
Part time students<br />
If you are enrolled as a part-time student you can<br />
undertake up to 100 credits in any one academic year<br />
over a maximum of six years.
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