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Degree Programme Table: Product Design (BA Hons) (UTPRDEEBAH)

Jump to: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4

Year 1 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: September

Notes:
Product Design Core Courses DESI08083 and DESI08082 must be passed to progress to Year 2.

To continue without the need for an extension to the total period of study, a full-time student must attain a minimum of 80 credit points by the end of Year 1. Total credits per year must equal 120.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Product Design 1A: Fundamentals

Must be passed and taken during Semester 1

DESI08083 20 credits
Product Design 1B: Touch and Don't Touch

Must be passed and taken during Semester 2

DESI08082 20 credits
Modernism and After

Must be taken during Semester 2

DESI08097 20 credits
Product Design: Re-Value

Must be taken during Semester 1

DESI08079 20 credits

Course options

Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A-Q, T, W and Y

Select exactly 40 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A-Q, T, W and Y
Notes:
Please exclude Centre for Open Learning courses.
20 credits to be taken in Semester 1 and 20 credits to be taken in Semester 2.

Year 2 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: August

Notes:
Product Design Core Courses DESI08081 and DESI08080 must be passed to progress to Year 3.

To continue without the need for an extension to the total period of study, a full-time student must attain a minimum of 200 credit points by the end of Year 2. Total credits per year must equal 120.

Students who wish to take an alternative course in place of DESI08084 Product Design: Electronic Things should contact their programme director in the first instance.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Product Design 2A: Object Autopsy

Must be passed and taken during Semester 1

DESI08081 20 credits
Product Design 2B: Designing Social Narratives

Must be passed and taken during Semester 2

DESI08080 20 credits
Product Design: Electronic Things

Must be taken during Semester 2

DESI08084 20 credits

Course options

Design and Screen Cultures 2 courses

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 2
Contemporary Cinema
DESI08010 20 credits
Visual Narratives in Design and Screen Cultures
DESI08087 20 credits
Design and Society
DESI08140 20 credits
AND

Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A-Q, T, W and Y

Select exactly 40 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A-Q, T, W and Y
Notes:
Please exclude Centre for Open Learning courses.
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 1

Year 3 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: August

Notes:
To progress into year 4 students must pass all courses (360 credits); in exceptional circumstances, with the permission of the Board and CAHSS concession, students may be permitted to carry up to 40 credits into final honours year.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Product Design: Transactions

Must be passed and taken during Semester 1

DESI10055 20 credits
Product Design: Connected Things

Must be passed and taken during Semester 2

DESI10057 20 credits
Product Design: New Making

Must be passed and taken during Semester 1

DESI10056 20 credits
Chains to Constellations

Must be passed and taken during Semester 2

DESI10058 20 credits
Design Research 3 - Product Design

Must be passed and taken during Semester 2

DESI10109 20 credits

Course options

Year 3 Design and Screen Cultures

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 1
Multi-Sensory Cultures
DESI10061 20 credits
Surfaces & Screens
DESI10123 20 credits
Design for Ageing
DESI10134 20 credits
Design, Play and Games
DESI10140 20 credits

Year 4 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: August

Notes:
To continue without the need for an extension to the total period of study, a full-time student must attain a minimum of 480 credit points by the end of Year 4.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Design & Screen Cultures 4

Must be passed and taken during Semester 1

DESI10052 20 credits
Product Design: Professional Practice

Must be passed and taken during Semester 2

DESI10143 20 credits
Product Design: Prototyping

Must be passed and taken during Semester 1

DESI10144 20 credits
Product Design: Discourse

Must be passed and taken during Semester 1

DESI10145 20 credits
Product Design: Resolution

Must be passed and taken during Semester 2

DESI10146 40 credits
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