Product and Furniture Design (Swansea College of Art)
University of Wales Trinity Saint David
UCAS Code: PFD1 | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
About this course
When you choose to study Product & Furniture Design, here in Swansea, you will be tasked with competition and industry-led collaborative projects; you will take ownership of your learning experience; you will engage in debate, you will experience a dynamic and fun environment to study and immerse yourself in creative practice and much much more.
The programme explores the inter-disciplinary human-centred aspects of three dimensional product and furniture design. You will be encouraged to be diverse in both your design thinking and practical approaches, challenging the boundaries of innovation through your design experimentation. Investigation of product and furniture user experience and interaction are explored through studio and workshop practice, utilising traditional methods and state-of-the-art digital tools and prototyping technologies. You will question the roles that designers play, and the impacts on social, political, environmental and commercial contexts in shaping our future relationships with the products and furniture.
Throughout your studies, you will continually learn and grow your skills and knowledge, resulting in becoming a highly employable graduate well prepared for work within the creative industries.
We are looking for applicants with an open mind and an insatiable curiosity about the world we live in.
Modules
Year One – Level 4 (Cert HE, Dip HE & BA)
• Contemporary Challenges: Making a Difference (20 credits; compulsory; Graduate Attributes Framework module)
• Design & Make 1 (20 credits; compulsory)
• Design Thinking (20 credits; compulsory)
• Learning in the Digital Era (20 credits; compulsory; Graduate Attributes Framework module)
• Technical Design (20 credits; compulsory)
• Ways of Perceiving (10 credits; compulsory)
• Ways of Thinking (10 credits; compulsory).
Year Two – Level 5 (Dip HE & BA)
• Changemakers: Building your Personal Brand for Sustainable Employment (20 credits; compulsory; Graduate Attributes Framework module)
• Changemakers: Creativity and Value Creation (20 credits; compulsory; Graduate Attributes Framework module)
• Design Exploration (20 credits; compulsory)
• Design for Manufacture (20 credits; compulsory)
• Design Realisation – CAD (10 credits; compulsory)
• Design Simulation – Virtual (10 credits; compulsory)
• Research in Context (10 credits; compulsory)
• Research in Practice (10 credits; compulsory).
Year Three – Level 6 (BA)
• Advanced Creative Enquiry (20 credits; compulsory)
• Independent Project (40 credits; compulsory; Graduate Attributes Framework module)
• Individual Major Project (60 credits; compulsory).
Assessment methods
Assessment is carried out through coursework, both written and practical. There are no exams on this course. You are formatively assessed throughout a module, with summative assessment taking place at the end of a module. A variety of teaching and learning methods are used throughout the course.
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Alexandra Road, Swansea
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