Product Design
Entry requirements
A level
Access to HE Diploma
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
T Level
UCAS Tariff
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About this course
Do you have a vision for innovation? In this award-winning course, you will acquire the skills and techniques required to work professionally as a product designer. The BA (Hons) Product Design course aims to produce adaptable creative thinkers who are not afraid of a multi-disciplinary approach, adept at working in teams and understand emerging technologies and processes.
Throughout your study, you will define problems and opportunities through cutting-edge research and analysis. With project-based modules, you'll progress your skills and techniques through hands-on experiential learning in our studios and workshops. Access to our unrivalled state-of-the-art prototyping and 3D printing equipment will give you everything you need to develop original ideas and deliver detailed designs that are ready for production.
The course will allow you to explore areas essential to the discipline, including design process, user research and experience, ideation and iterative development, ergonomics and inclusivity, sustainability and materials selection, communication and visualization, as well as emerging trends and creative technologies.
One of the unique benefits of our course is the emphasis on industry opportunities, allowing you to work on real-world projects with our industry partners. The expert lecturers and technicians will also provide a unique insight into the market and teach students to identify areas where design could have a significant positive impact in social, economic and environmental contexts.
With collaboration at the heart of the course, students will have the opportunity to meet, learn, and work together across creative disciplines, stimulating their creative growth and collaborative working robustness. Students will create and market their own work with pitch presentations, images and design documents and leave the course with an industry-ready portfolio.
Gain the tools needed to develop products that push boundaries and thrive in this innovative sector. Start your journey towards a fulfilling career in product design.
**Why study this course?**
- Learn to communicate your design work by building physical and digital prototypes, sketches, design documents, renders and pitch presentations
- Join a cohort of multiaward- winning students
- A great staff to student ratio with unrivalled access to tutors
- Develop original ideas and deliver detailed designs ready for production
- Learn to recognise opportunities for designing innovative products for the future.
**Career pathways**
Graduates often proceed to a career in product design, packaging, service, retail interior design, 3D promotional design and user experience design.
**For more information, please visit our website.**
Modules
You'll explore usability, aesthetics, ergonomics, sustainability and the application of technology through user research, concept generation and prototyping. For more information, please visit the course page on our website.
Assessment methods
You will be continually assessed throughout the course using a variety of methods including portfolio work, practical assignments, reflective written and visual documents and your ability to acquire a work-based learning experience. Each module has a Formative and a Summative assessment point, where feedback and advice are provided to develop and complete projects and a final grade is awarded. For more information, please visit our website.
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Ravensbourne University London
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