DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2025/2026

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Design

SCQF Level 08 (74 courses)

Code	Availability	Course Name	Period	Credits
DESI08078	SS1	Animation 1A Introduction	Semester 1	20
DESI08077	SS1	Animation 1B Principles	Semester 2	20
DESI08098		Animation 2A: Character	Not delivered this year	20
DESI08155	SS1	Animation 2A: Character	Semester 1	40
DESI08076	SS1	Animation 2B Narrative	Semester 2	20
DESI08075	SV1	Animation 2C: Documentary	Semester 2	20
DESI08137		Computer-Aided Design	Not delivered this year	20
DESI08010	SV1	Contemporary Cinema	Semester 1	20
DESI08010	SV1	Contemporary Cinema	Semester 2	20
DESI08061	SV1	Creative Book Works	Semester 1	20
DESI08140	SS1	Design and Society	Semester 2	20
DESI08134	SV1	Directing Documentary	Semester 2	20
DESI08095	SV1	Drawing Journal: Sketchbook forms and variations	Semester 1	20
DESI08138		Drawing Spaces	Not delivered this year	20
DESI08125	SV1	Drawing and Design Thinking	Semester 2	20
DESI08110	SS1	Drawing for Design Practice 1: Drawing for designing and making	Semester 1	20
DESI08109	SV1	Drawing for Design Practice 2	Semester 2	20
DESI08072	SS1	Fashion Design 1A: The Fundamentals of Fashion	Semester 1	20
DESI08071	SS1	Fashion Design 1B: Principles of Minimalism: Form, simplicity and function	Semester 2	20
DESI08070	SS1	Fashion Design 2A: The Architects of the Body	Semester 1	40
DESI08069	SS1	Fashion Design 2B: Designing Diversity for the Fashion Industries	Semester 2	40
DESI08066	SV1	Fashion Illustration and Communication 1: Introducing the Fundamentals of Visual Communication for Fashion	Semester 1	20
DESI08142		Fashion Illustration and Communication 2: Developing intermediate skills in Visual Communication for Fashion	Not delivered this year	20
DESI08127	SS1	Film and TV 1A: Introduction to Film-making	Semester 1	20
DESI08126	SS1	Film and TV 1B: Directing Film Project	Semester 2	20
DESI08153	SV1	Film and TV 1C: Introduction to a Film Set	Semester 2	20
DESI08132	SS1	Film and TV 2A: Exploring Film Language	Semester 2	20
DESI08133		Film and TV 2B: Creative Cinematography	Not delivered this year	20
DESI08152	SS1	Film and TV 2B: Visual Aesthetics in Cinema	Semester 1	40
DESI08129	SV1	Films on Film	Semester 1	20
DESI08104	SS1	Graphic Design 1A: Introduction to Graphic Design	Semester 1	20
DESI08103	SS1	Graphic Design 1B: Introduction to Typography	Semester 2	20
DESI08102	SS1	Graphic Design 2A: Applied Graphic Design	Semester 1	20
DESI08101	SS1	Graphic Design 2B: Applied Typography 2	Semester 2	20
DESI08100	SV1	Graphic Design Agency Intern	Semester 1	20
DESI08099	SV1	Graphic Design Agency Junior	Semester 1	20
DESI08065	SS1	Illustration 1A: Introduction to Illustration 1	Semester 1	20
DESI08064	SS1	Illustration 1B: Introduction to Illustration 2	Semester 2	20
DESI08063	SS1	Illustration 2A: Illustration Theory and Practice	Semester 1	20
DESI08062	SS1	Illustration 2B: Visual Language	Semester 2	20
DESI08117		Interior Design 1A: Around, through and Beyond the Frame	Not delivered this year	20
DESI08116		Interior Design 1B: Small spaces project	Not delivered this year	20
DESI08115		Interior Design 2A: Medium spaces project	Not delivered this year	20
DESI08114		Interior Design 2B: Change of Use	Not delivered this year	20
DESI08074	SV1	Introduction to 3D modelling	Semester 1	20
DESI08151	SV1	Introduction to Body Studies	Semester 1	20
DESI08141	SV1	Introduction to Queer Studies	Semester 2	20
DESI08128	SV1	Introduction to Screenwriting	Semester 2	20
DESI08143	SV1	Jewellery & Silversmithing 1A: Materials and the Body	Semester 1	20
DESI08144	SS1	Jewellery and Silversmithing 1B: Living Objects: Concept and Narrative	Semester 2	20
DESI08145	SV1	Jewellery and Silversmithing 2A: Fundamentals of Designing and Making Jewellery	Semester 1	20
DESI08146	SV1	Jewellery and Silversmithing 2B: Fundamentals of Designing and Making Silver	Semester 2	20
DESI08097	SV1	Modernism and After	Semester 2	20
DESI08111	SV1	New Medallists: Bronze Art Medals	Semester 1	20
DESI08009		Objects of Desire	Not delivered this year	20
DESI08093	SS1	Performance Costume 1A: Introduction to Performance Costume	Semester 1	20
DESI08092	SS1	Performance Costume 1B: Design and Practice	Semester 2	20
DESI08094	SS1	Performance Costume 2A: Costume and Set Design for Performance	Semester 1	40
DESI08091	SS1	Performance Costume 2B: Historical and Contemporary Design	Semester 2	40
DESI08113	SV1	Performance Costume: Drawing for Character	Semester 1	20
DESI08083	SS1	Product Design 1A: Fundamentals	Semester 1	20
DESI08082	SS1	Product Design 1B: Touch and Don't Touch	Semester 2	20
DESI08081	SS1	Product Design 2A: Object Autopsy	Semester 1	20
DESI08080	SS1	Product Design 2B: Designing Social Narratives	Semester 2	20
DESI08084	SV1	Product Design: Electronic Things	Semester 2	20
DESI08079	SV1	Product Design: Re-Value	Semester 1	20
DESI08154	SV1	Revolutionising Design for the Climate Emergency	Semester 1	20
DESI08122	SS1	Textiles 1A : What is textiles?	Semester 1	20
DESI08121	SS1	Textiles 1B: The role of Textiles in Art and Design	Semester 2	20
DESI08149	SS1	Textiles 2A: Print and pattern	Semester 1	20
DESI08119	SS1	Textiles 2B: Putting textiles into practice	Semester 2	20
DESI08150	SV1	Textiles 2C: Materials and structure	Semester 1	20
DESI08147	SV1	The Language of Animation	Semester 2	20
DESI08087	SV1	Visual Narratives in Design and Screen Cultures	Semester 2	20
DESI08088	SV1	What's Up Doc? Introducing Animation Studies	Semester 1	20

SCQF Level 09 (3 courses)

Code	Availability	Course Name	Period	Credits
DESI09075	SV1	Design Externality 3 Major (Semester 1) - Jewellery & Silversmithing	Semester 1	40
DESI09097	SV1	Design Externality 3 Major (Semester 2) - Jewellery & Silversmithing	Semester 2	40
DESI09099	SV1	Jewellery and Silversmithing 3B: Research for Inspiration	Semester 2	20

SCQF Level 10 (91 courses)

Code	Availability	Course Name	Period	Credits
DESI10116		3D Computer-Aided Design Visualisation	Not delivered this year	20
DESI10135	SV1	Animating Stories	Semester 1	20
DESI10100	SV1	Animation 3: Issues of Representation	Semester 2	20
DESI10095	SV1	Animation 3A: Animation For Clients	Semester 1	20
DESI10096	SV1	Animation 3B: Experimental Animation	Semester 2	20
DESI10097	SV1	Animation 3C: Disseminated Animation	Semester 2	20
DESI10098	SS1	Animation 4C: Production & Post Production	Semester 2	40
DESI10093	SS1	Animation 4D: Promotion and Distribution	Semester 2	20
DESI10102	SS1	Animation Elective 4A: Research & Pre-Production	Semester 1	40
DESI10058	SV1	Chains to Constellations	Semester 2	20
DESI10052	SS1	Design & Screen Cultures 4	Semester 1	20
DESI10053		Design & Screen Cultures 4 (Extended)	Not delivered this year	40
DESI10147	SS1	Design Identities: Roles and Ecologies	Semester 2	20
DESI10109	SV1	Design Research 3 - Product Design	Semester 2	20
DESI10120	SV1	Design Research 3 - Textiles	Semester 2	20
DESI10018		Design Research 4 (20-credit option - Graphic Design)	Not delivered this year	20
DESI10017	SS1	Design Research 4 (20-credit option - Illustration)	Full Year	20
DESI10015	SS1	Design Research 4 (20-credit option - Jewellery & Silversmithing)	Full Year	20
DESI10039		Design Research 4 (Film and Television)	Not delivered this year	40
DESI10031	SS1	Design Research 4 (Jewellery & Silversmithing)	Full Year	40
DESI10027		Design Research 4 (Textiles)	Not delivered this year	40
DESI10049		Design Studio 4 (Film & TV)	Not delivered this year	40
DESI10045	SS1	Design Studio 4 (Jewellery & Silversmithing)	Full Year	40
DESI10040		Design Studio 4 (Textiles)	Not delivered this year	40
DESI10132	SS1	Design Work-Based Placement: Reflecting on Design Professions	Semester 2	40
DESI10134	SV1	Design for Ageing	Semester 1	20
DESI10064		Design in Action	Not delivered this year	20
DESI10140	SV1	Design, Play and Games	Semester 1	20
DESI10122		Environmental Design: Materials, Ecologies, Futures	Not delivered this year	20
DESI10150	SV1	FTV 3A: Experimentation in Short Film	Semester 1	40
DESI10130		FTV 3A: Hothousing a Short Film Production	Not delivered this year	40
DESI10131		FTV 3B: Working as a Head of Department on a short film	Not delivered this year	40
DESI10128		FTV 3C Documentary: Reel engagement	Not delivered this year	20
DESI10154	SS1	FTV 3C: Sustainability in Film	Semester 2	20
DESI10152	SS1	FTV 4A: Film Project Research and Development	Semester 1	40
DESI10153	SS1	FTV 4B: Film Production	Semester 2	40
DESI10151	SS1	FTV 4C: Professional Practice in Filmmaking	Full Year	20
DESI10155	SV1	FTV3B: Advanced Narrative Filmmaking	Semester 2	40
DESI10148		FTV3B: Creative collaboration on a short film	Not delivered this year	40
DESI10137	SS1	Fashion 4B: Garment Technology, Prototype & Manufacture	Full Year	40
DESI10138	SS1	Fashion 4C: Design Book - Professional Positioning for Industry	Full Year	20
DESI10104	SV1	Fashion Design 3A: Fashion Innovation for Industry	Semester 1	40
DESI10105	SV1	Fashion Design 3B: Fashion Innovation for Branding & Business	Semester 2	40
DESI10106	SV1	Fashion Design 3C: Critical Fashion Analysis for Industry	Semester 2	20
DESI10136	SS1	Fashion Design 4a: Graduate Collection - Research and Design	Full Year	40
DESI10121	SV1	Graphic Design 3B: 48-Hour Survival Guide	Semester 1	20
DESI10081	SV1	Graphic Design 3a: Research and Practice	Semester 1	20
DESI10089	SV1	Graphic Design 3c: Externality	Semester 2	20
DESI10088	SV1	Graphic Design 3d: Design Agency Senior	Semester 2	20
DESI10087	SS1	Graphic Design 4a: Research and Practice	Full Year	40
DESI10086	SS1	Graphic Design 4b: Design Agency Director	Full Year	40
DESI10085	SS1	Graphic Design 4c: Exposition	Semester 2	20
DESI10083	SV1	Illustration 3A: Boundaries and Collectives	Semester 1	40
DESI10084	SV1	Illustration 3B: All in the Plan	Semester 2	40
DESI10124	SS1	Illustration 4A: Studio Practice	Full Year	40
DESI10125	SS1	Illustration 4B: Research	Full Year	40
DESI10126	SS1	Illustration 4C: Exposition	Full Year	20
DESI10129	SV1	Illustration Anthology: Print, Product and Narrative	Semester 2	20
DESI10069		Interior Design 3A: Research and Practice	Not delivered this year	20
DESI10070		Interior Design 3B: Design Studio	Not delivered this year	20
DESI10149		Interior Design 3B: Design Studio	Not delivered this year	40
DESI10071		Interior Design 3C: Externality	Not delivered this year	20
DESI10068		Interior Design 4A: Design Research and Practice	Not delivered this year	40
DESI10067		Interior Design 4B: Design Studio	Not delivered this year	40
DESI10066		Interior Design 4C: Design Exposition	Not delivered this year	20
DESI10117		Lighting Design for Spaces	Not delivered this year	20
DESI10061	SV1	Multi-Sensory Cultures	Semester 1	20
DESI10075	SV1	Performance Costume 3A: Costume in Action	Semester 1	40
DESI10079	SV1	Performance Costume 3B: Re-design and Critical Analysis	Semester 2	20
DESI10080	SV1	Performance Costume 3C: Re-thinking the Classics	Semester 2	40
DESI10076	SS1	Performance Costume 4C: Design Presentation	Full Year	20
DESI10078	SS1	Performance Costume Graduate Design 4A	Full Year	40
DESI10077	SS1	Performance Costume Graduate Design 4B	Full Year	40
DESI10057	SV1	Product Design: Connected Things	Semester 2	20
DESI10145	SS1	Product Design: Discourse	Semester 1	20
DESI10056	SV1	Product Design: New Making	Semester 1	20
DESI10143	SS1	Product Design: Professional Practice	Semester 2	20
DESI10144	SS1	Product Design: Prototyping	Semester 1	20
DESI10146	SS1	Product Design: Resolution	Semester 2	40
DESI10055	SV1	Product Design: Transactions	Semester 1	20
DESI10034		Professional Design Practice 4 (Film& TV))	Not delivered this year	20
DESI10025	SS1	Professional Design Practice 4 (Jewellery & Silversmithing)	Full Year	20
DESI10022		Professional Design Practice 4 (Textiles)	Not delivered this year	20
DESI10118		Researching Places	Not delivered this year	20
DESI10123	SV1	Surfaces & Screens	Semester 1	20
DESI10092	SS1	Textiles 3A: Professional settings	Semester 1	40
DESI10110	SS1	Textiles 3B : Identifying Textile Directions	Semester 2	40
DESI10111	SS1	Textiles 4: Exposition	Full Year	20
DESI10112	SS1	Textiles 4A: Materials EXPLORATION	Full Year	40
DESI10113	SS1	Textiles 4B: Materials MAKE	Full Year	20
DESI10114	SS1	Textiles 4C: Materials DEPTH	Semester 2	20

SCQF Level 11 (93 courses)

Code	Availability	Course Name	Period	Credits
DESI11206	SS1	3D Digital Design	Semester 1	20
DESI11207	SS1	3D Digital Design (Online Distance Learning)	Semester 1	20
DESI11113		Adapting Interiors	Not delivered this year	20
DESI11176	SV1	Body, Identity and Technology	Semester 2	20
DESI11168	SS1	Children's Picture Books	Semester 2	20
DESI11112		Connecting Interiors	Not delivered this year	20
DESI11100	SV1	Data Science for Design	Semester 1	20
DESI11105		Data Value Chains to Constellations	Not delivered this year	10
DESI11117		Design Exploration (Graphic Design)	Not delivered this year	40
DESI11118	SS1	Design Exploration (Illustration)	Semester 1	40
DESI11121		Design Exposition (Graphic Design)	Not delivered this year	60
DESI11122	SS1	Design Exposition (Illustration)	Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond	60
DESI11026		Design Informatics Project	Not delivered this year	20
DESI11086	SV1	Design Research Thinking and Methodologies	Semester 1	20
DESI11119		Design Studio (Graphic Design)	Not delivered this year	40
DESI11120	SS1	Design Studio (Illustration)	Semester 2	40
DESI11094		Design Thinking	Not delivered this year	15
DESI11174		Design Thinking (1): History and Theory	Not delivered this year	10
DESI11175		Design Thinking (2): Practice	Not delivered this year	10
DESI11181	SV1	Design and Digital Media: Final Project	Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond	60
DESI11180	SV1	Design for Interactive Media	Semester 1	20
DESI11186	SV1	Design for Interactive Media (Online Learning)	Semester 1	20
DESI11025	SS1	Design with Data	Semester 2	20
DESI11166	SV1	Design, Play and Games	Semester 1	20
DESI11177	SS1	Designing for Change: Projects and Practices	Semester 2	20
DESI11201	SS1	Developing Critical Making	Semester 2	20
DESI11163		Digital Crafting	Not delivered this year	20
DESI11188	SS1	Digital Media Design Final Project (Online Distance Learning)	Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond	60
DESI11183	SV1	Digital Playgrounds for the Online Public	Semester 2	20
DESI11190	SV1	Digital Playgrounds for the Online Public (Online Distance Learning)	Semester 2	20
DESI11099	SS1	Disseminating Design Practices	Semester 2	20
DESI11074		Dissertation (Design Cultures) (20 credits)	Not delivered this year	20
DESI11028	SS1	Dissertation (Design, Context & Communication)	Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond	60
DESI11108	SS1	Dissertation: Design for Social, Technical or Environmental Change	Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond	60
DESI11184	SV1	Dynamic Web Design	Semester 2	20
DESI11191	SV1	Dynamic Web Design (Online Distance Learning)	Semester 2	20
DESI11194	SV1	Elements of Digital Design	Semester 1	20
DESI11195	SV1	Elements of Digital Design (Online Distance Learning)	Semester 1	20
DESI11109		Environmental Design: Materials, Ecologies, Futures	Not delivered this year	20
DESI11202	SS1	Exploring Critical Making	Semester 1	20
DESI11116		Film Medicine	Not delivered this year	20
DESI11198	SV1	Fundamentals of User Experience Design	Semester 1	20
DESI11182	SV1	Game Design Studio	Semester 2	20
DESI11189	SV1	Game Design Studio (Online Distance Learning)	Semester 2	20
DESI11196	SS1	Global Design Culture	Semester 2	20
DESI11197	SS1	Global Design Culture (Online Distance Learning)	Semester 2	20
DESI11169	SS1	Graphic Design: Critical Practices	Semester 1	40
DESI11172	SS1	Graphic Design: Independent Project	Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond	60
DESI11170	SS1	Graphic Design: Research Narratives	Semester 2	20
DESI11171	SS1	Graphic Design: Visual Thinking & Studio Process	Semester 2	20
DESI11073	SS1	Histories and Futures of Technology	Semester 1	20
DESI11115		Intersections	Not delivered this year	60
DESI11179		Introduction to Digital Design	Not delivered this year	20
DESI11187		Introduction to Digital Design (Online Distance Learning)	Not delivered this year	20
DESI11123	SS1	MA Documentary Film Development	Semester 1	40
DESI11125	SS1	MA Filming Your Documentary	Semester 2	40
DESI11124	SS1	MA Finalising Your Documentary: The Edit	Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond	60
DESI11153		MFA Design Exposition (Animation)	Not delivered this year	60
DESI11154		MFA Design Exposition (Fashion)	Not delivered this year	60
DESI11155		MFA Design Exposition (Film Directing)	Not delivered this year	60
DESI11156		MFA Design Exposition (Glass)	Not delivered this year	60
DESI11157		MFA Design Exposition (Graphic Design)	Not delivered this year	60
DESI11158		MFA Design Exposition (Illustration)	Not delivered this year	60
DESI11159		MFA Design Exposition (Jewellery)	Not delivered this year	60
DESI11160		MFA Design Exposition (Performance Costume)	Not delivered this year	60
DESI11161		MFA Design Exposition (Textiles)	Not delivered this year	60
DESI11135		MFA Design Studio (Animation) 40 credits	Not delivered this year	40
DESI11136		MFA Design Studio (Fashion) 40 credits	Not delivered this year	40
DESI11137		MFA Design Studio (Film Directing) 40 credits	Not delivered this year	40
DESI11138		MFA Design Studio (Glass) 40 credits	Not delivered this year	40
DESI11139		MFA Design Studio (Graphic Design) 40 credits	Not delivered this year	40
DESI11140		MFA Design Studio (Illustration) 40 credits	Not delivered this year	40
DESI11141		MFA Design Studio (Jewellery) 40 credits	Not delivered this year	40
DESI11142		MFA Design Studio (Performance Costume) 40 credits	Not delivered this year	40
DESI11143		MFA Design Studio (Textiles) 40 credits	Not delivered this year	40
DESI11203	SS1	Making External Connections	Semester 2	20
DESI11204	SS1	Making Internal Connections	Semester 1	20
DESI11178	SV1	Media and Culture	Semester 1	20
DESI11185	SV1	Media and Culture (Online Distance Learning)	Semester 1	20
DESI11092	SV1	Multi-Sensory Cultures (Level 11)	Semester 1	20
DESI11164	SV1	Objects of Desire	Semester 1	20
DESI11167		Performing Animation	Not delivered this year	20
DESI11114		Reading Interiors	Not delivered this year	20
DESI11205	SS1	Resolving Critical Making	Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond	60
DESI11165		Sequential Stories	Not delivered this year	20
DESI11110	SV1	Surfaces & Screens	Semester 1	20
DESI11162	SV1	The Business of Craft and Design	Semester 2	20
DESI11193		The Ethics of Design (Learning from the Malevolent)	Not delivered this year	20
DESI11103	SV1	dLab(1): Design for Social Change	Semester 1	20
DESI11106	SV1	dLab(2): Design for Technical Change	Semester 2	20
DESI11107	SS1	dLab(3): Design for Environmental Change	Semester 1	20
DESI11200	SV1	dLab(4): Design for Inclusive Change	Semester 1	20
DESI11199	SV1	dLab(5): Design for Political Change	Semester 2	20