BSc (Hons) Sustainable Product Design
| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2023-09-01 | - |
| 2023-11-01 | - |
Program Overview
Do you want to a socially responsible creative making innovative designs? On this course you’ll discover how to craft products from scratch, taking them from scale drawings to the final prototype. You’ll lean towards an environmentally aware and technologically innovative approach, supported by a sound understanding of cultural and critical insight and user behaviour.
Program Outline
Modules
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Foundation Year Core Modules Credits
Preparing for Success Knowledge and Creativity
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The module will prepare you for successful progression into academic study while allowing you to learn about and prepare yourself for employment in the twenty-first century through inquiry-based learning, problem solving and critical and creative thinking.
Preparing for Success Self-development and Responsibility
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This module enables you to begin developing the Bucks Graduate Attributes associated with leadership and self-development and social and ethical awareness and responsibility, which are essential for success in higher education and in the world of work.
Inquiry Based Learning
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Delivery of this module is based on ‘confirmation inquiry’ – a foundational level of inquiry geared for developing your understanding of key concepts and themes as well as basic methodologies and approaches to academic work, relevant to your discipline. You’ll then have the opportunity to analyse a problem or question that relates to your subject a...
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Inquiry Based Learning
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Delivery of this module is based on ‘confirmation inquiry’ – a foundational level of inquiry geared for developing your understanding of key concepts and themes as well as basic methodologies and approaches to academic work, relevant to your discipline. You’ll then have the opportunity to analyse a problem or question that relates to your subject area.
Introduction to Design and Development
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This module will introduce core skills and methods relating to research, design and manufacture. In addition to developing and applying these skills and understanding, you’ll develop skills in research, critical analysis, pattern cutting, garment construction, image making, colour, textile design and design development for both fashion and textiles...
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Introduction to Design and Development
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This module will introduce core skills and methods relating to research, design and manufacture. In addition to developing and applying these skills and understanding, you’ll develop skills in research, critical analysis, pattern cutting, garment construction, image making, colour, textile design and design development for both fashion and textiles, and costume.
Year 1 Core Modules Credits
Craft Skills 20.00
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20.00
This module provides a practical understanding of the use of basic hand tools and the safe operation of machinery used in the making of products and furniture. The core skills cover the following cognate areas: craft and hand skills; furniture and 3D making principles and processes; machine induction; tool & machine maintenance; Computer Aided Desi...
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Craft Skills
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20.00
This module provides a practical understanding of the use of basic hand tools and the safe operation of machinery used in the making of products and furniture. The core skills cover the following cognate areas: craft and hand skills; furniture and 3D making principles and processes; machine induction; tool & machine maintenance; Computer Aided Design and industry software.
In this module, learners will be introduced to basic making processes, using both hand tools and simple machinery, thereby enabling students to develop their own mock-ups and prototypes, and gain a practical understanding of materials, processes and construction. They will also be introduced to CAD skills which enable digital 3D design.
Materials and Processes 20.00
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20.00
This module introduces students to the creative potential of a range of materials including metal, wood and plastics. Understanding of these materials will be achieved through hands on experience and demonstrations of associated core processes. Overarching design and make briefs will underpin the delivery of these and help to guide thinking towards...
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Materials and Processes
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20.00
This module introduces students to the creative potential of a range of materials including metal, wood and plastics. Understanding of these materials will be achieved through hands on experience and demonstrations of associated core processes. Overarching design and make briefs will underpin the delivery of these and help to guide thinking towards the appropriate application of ideas to materials to produce a range of outcomes.
Students will be encouraged to formulate their own personal strategies to develop innovative solutions. This module aims to promote the acquisition of inter-disciplinary skills via experimentation, through model making, material testing, and practical and conceptual research.
Design Communication 20.00
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20.00
This module provides an understanding of the design fundamentals needed to be proficient in furniture design. It will cover design thinking, user centred design and design applications for furniture design and manufacture. This will include several methods to communicate design processes, problem solving using design principles; drawing and sketchi...
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Design Communication
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20.00
This module provides an understanding of the design fundamentals needed to be proficient in furniture design. It will cover design thinking, user centred design and design applications for furniture design and manufacture. This will include several methods to communicate design processes, problem solving using design principles; drawing and sketching in analogue and digital forms; delivering machine readable files; design digital technologies.
This module will develop students' practical, analytical and creative skills in visual recording, analysis, design development and presentation of their work. It is designed to extend and embed their understanding of drawing and its relationship to conventions used to record visual research, as a tool for design development, to communicate technical information and to present design proposals in a professional manner.
Sustainable Practice 20.00
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20.00
This module introduces students to UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), where the basic objectives of sustainability in relation to products are to reduce consumption of non-renewable resources, minimize waste, and create healthy, productive environments. It will highlight the role of the design and furniture industry in minimising the impact ...
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Sustainable Practice
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20.00
This module introduces students to UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), where the basic objectives of sustainability in relation to products are to reduce consumption of non-renewable resources, minimize waste, and create healthy, productive environments.
It will highlight the role of the design and furniture industry in minimising the impact on the natural environment, covering sustainable issues and processes that will ensure product / furniture design and manufacture aligns with our ethical, social and cultural responsibilities. This will include the following areas: upcycling; reuse and refurbishing; Sustainable Development Goals; Net ZERO; Life Cycle Analysis.
Critical and Historical Thinking 20.00
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20.00
This interdisciplinary theory-based module introduces students to the skills and perspectives needed to research, analyse, speak and write about images, objects and designed spaces. It familiarises students with a number of historical and contemporary topics and issues, alongside the development of skills in research, critical analysis and communic...
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Critical and Historical Thinking
Credits
20.00
This interdisciplinary theory-based module introduces students to the skills and perspectives needed to research, analyse, speak and write about images, objects and designed spaces. It familiarises students with a number of historical and contemporary topics and issues, alongside the development of skills in research, critical analysis and communication, and interpretive strategies appropriate to studio-based art & design disciplines.
Design Project 20.00
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20.00
This module aims to develop students' understanding and appreciation of design as a systemised process with distinct interdisciplinary stages, and to further develop the toolbox of design and skills such as creative thinking, problem solving, group work and communication skills, through group projects. It aims to show how these skills can be applie...
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Design Project
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20.00
This module aims to develop students' understanding and appreciation of design as a systemised process with distinct interdisciplinary stages, and to further develop the toolbox of design and skills such as creative thinking, problem solving, group work and communication skills, through group projects. It aims to show how these skills can be applied to solve real design problems. It will raise awareness of the visual aspects of product design, encourage creativity, active contribution of ideas and effort within group activities. Students will be encouraged to consider their efforts and those of other learners through analysis and discussion, to develop qualitative evaluation of functional, practical and aesthetic issues.
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