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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2018/2019
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Degree Programme Table: Design Informatics (MFA) - 21 months (PTMFADESIN1F)

Jump to: Year 1, Year 2

Year 1 Academic year: 2018/19, Starting in: September

Notes:
This programme is currently under review. Please note that programme structure and course availability is subject to change.

Alternative relevant option courses to those listed below may be substituted with the written permission of the Programme Director.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Histories and Futures of Technology

Must be taken during Semester 1

DESI11073 20 credits
Case Studies in Design Informatics 1

Must be taken during Semester 1

INFR11094 20 credits
Data Science for Design

Must be taken during Semester 1

DESI11100 20 credits
Design with Data

Must be taken during Semester 2

DESI11025 20 credits
Design Informatics Project

Must be taken during Semester 2

DESI11026 20 credits

Course options

Course Collection 1

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 2
Dynamic Web Design
ARCH11004 20 credits
Digital Media Studio Project
ARCH11006 20 credits
Interactive Sound Environments
ARCH11010 20 credits
Sound and Fixed Media
ARCH11011 20 credits
ASN: The Exploded Studio/City
ARCH11178 20 credits
Material Technologies
ARCH11230 20 credits
Innovation-driven Entrepreneurship
CMSE11202 10 credits
Prototyping and design practice: innovation through boundary objects and intermediary devices
DESI11097 20 credits
The Business of Craft
DESI11098 20 credits
Internet, Society and Economy
PGSP11116 20 credits
OR

Level 9, 10 and 11 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Select exactly 20 credits from Level 9, 10 and 11 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W
Notes:
Students may also select from Level 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W during Semester 2.

These option courses must be selected only with prior agreement of Programme Director and Course Organiser.
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 2

Year 2 Academic year: 2018/19, Starting in: September

Notes:
This programme is currently under review. Please note that programme structure and course availability is subject to change.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Case Studies in Design Informatics 2

Must be taken during Semester 1

INFR11095 20 credits
Dissertation (Design, Context & Communication)

Must be passed at 50% and taken during Semester 2

DESI11028 60 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Course Collection 1 Semester 1

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 1
Material Technologies
ARCH11230 20 credits
Topics in Environmental Humanities
ARCH11246 20 credits
Interactive Visual Design
ARCH11251 20 credits
Engaging through Action: Research strategies for people-centred design
DESI11096 20 credits
Introduction to Community Arts Practice: Modes, Methods and Meanings
MUSI11053 20 credits
Understanding Technology
PGSP11353 20 credits
OR

Level 9, 10 and 11 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Select exactly 40 credits from Level 9, 10 and 11 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W
Notes:
Students may also select from Level 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W during Semester 1.

These option courses must be selected only with prior agreement of Programme Director and Course Organiser.
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 1
OR

Course Collection 1 Semester 1

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 1
Material Technologies
ARCH11230 20 credits
Topics in Environmental Humanities
ARCH11246 20 credits
Interactive Visual Design
ARCH11251 20 credits
Engaging through Action: Research strategies for people-centred design
DESI11096 20 credits
Introduction to Community Arts Practice: Modes, Methods and Meanings
MUSI11053 20 credits
Understanding Technology
PGSP11353 20 credits
AND

Level 9, 10 and 11 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Select exactly 20 credits from Level 9, 10 and 11 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W
Notes:
Students may also select from Level 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W during Semester 1.

These option courses must be selected only with prior agreement of Programme Director and Course Organiser.
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 1
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