Bachelor's in Product Design

Product Design is a Bachelor program taught at Bath Spa University, UK. Intake: Fall, Spring. The program is offered in campus-based modes with full-time (4 years) options.

Bath Spa University’s Product Design BA (Hons) is an undergraduate single honours degree that focuses on sustainable design, production, and materials. Students develop practical and critical skills to turn ideas into high quality products, thinking critically about end-use and construction, and experimenting with materials through traditional and digital processes.

The degree uses interdisciplinary, project-focused study and includes studio and technical workshop access, with digital making and CAD alongside analogue making. Assessment is 100% based on coursework presented at the end of each module, with feedback from tutors and peers. Students also present work through a public platform and complete a final project for an external audience.

Bath Spa University’s course includes options for a Professional Placement Year and study abroad through partner universities. Career information on the programme page includes outcomes across design and manufacturing companies, design marketing agencies, and freelance and exhibited work.

Modules

• Introduction to Design Practices
• Communications – sketching and drawing in 3 dimensions
• Digital Making and CAD
• Production in Furniture and Product Design
• Wicked Problems: The Complexity of Critical Design Thinking
• Communicating and Externalising
• Sustainability
• Human Centred Design
• Professional Practice
• Independent Project
• Portfolio
• Final Major Project

The minimum requirements for admission in Product Design at Bath Spa University for all applicants (Domestic or International) are:

• program specific academic requirment set by Bath Spa University.
• English Language OR any other language requirments as set by Bath Spa University as pre-requiste for admission in Product Design.

Note: Please check the university website in the link below.

Typical academic prerequisites for the Product Design Bachelor’s Degree include:

• A-levels or equivalent qualifications
• Strong portfolio demonstrating creativity and design skills
• Relevant experience or coursework in design, art, or technology

Please check detail of study units at https://www.bathspa.ac.uk/courses/ug-product-design/

• Disney
• Modus
• Matter
• Unto This Last
• Dyson
• KWMC-The Factory
• Benchmark
• Herman Miller
• Contemporary designers
• Design marketing agencies
• Freelancing
• Putting designs into production
• Exhibiting internationally

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