BSc Product Design (International)

Year 3

Learning outcomes

On completion of the year/programme students should have provided evidence of being able to:
- understand and demonstrate coherent and detailed knowledge and professional competencies, some of which will be informed by recent research/scholarship in product design;
- deploy accurately standard techniques of analysis and enquiry within product design;
- demonstrate a conceptual understanding which enables the development and sustaining of an argument;
- describe and comment on particular aspects of recent research and/or scholarship;
- appreciate the uncertainty, ambiguity and limitations of knowledge from different perspectives
- make appropriate use of scholarly reviews and primary sources;
- apply their knowledge and understanding in order to initiate and carry out an extended piece of work or project;
- conform to professional boundaries and norms where applicable;
- understand the application of design to the modern industry.
- demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of essential facts, concepts, theories and principles in the field of design

Transferable (key) skills

- appreciate the social, environmental, ethical, economic and commercial considerations affecting the practice of a designer.
- demonstrate creative and innovative ability in the synthesis of solutions and in formulating designs, in particular as proved by their project work.
- comprehend the broader context of their work and select an appropriate level of detail.

Assessment

- demonstrated their ability to cope with a significant change in their environment and to adapt to a new culture and learning paradigm;
- broadened their understanding and knowledge of design;
- gain a deeper understanding of the culture, institutions and working practices of the country in which they studied;
- where appropriate, improved their foreign language skills;
- develop transferable skills in openness and sensitivity to diversity in terms of people and culture.