MDes Service Design Innovation

Postgraduate

In Chislehurst

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    Chislehurst

  • Duration

    3 Years

This course gives you opportunities to design radical new services that are highly desirable for customers as well as profitable and sustainable.
Service Design Innovation is based on the idea that an effective service is built by gaining a deep understanding of the interaction between service providers and the end user, including their wants, needs and potential for co-creation. Students use a specific set of methods and processes based on design thinking. In particular this course will require you to develop the ability to design user research, to facilitate stakeholder workshops, and to project manage a service design process.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Chislehurst (Kent)
Walden Road, BR7 5SN

Start date

On request

About this course

Entry requirements

Home/EU
First or upper second class honours degree (or equivalent non-UK qualifications) in a relevant subject, or an equivalent professional qualification in a related subject area.

If you are applying directly from an undergraduate degree course without experience or professional practice you must be able to demonstrate a good knowledge of your chosen subject area.

Non-EEA/EU.
In order to be eligible for a course, you will need to be a competent speaker and writer of English n on entry requirements per country

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Subjects

  • Project
  • Design
  • Innovation
  • Modelling
  • Economy
  • Cultural
  • Global society
  • Service Design
  • Contextual
  • Design Studies
  • Contextual Design
  • Managing Design
  • Brand guardianship
  • Consumer marketing

Course programme

What your course will look like

Stage one

Unit 1 Cultural and Contextual Design Studies

Unit 2 Practical Application of Design Thinking in Service Design

Unit 3 Managing Design in a Global Society and Economy

Stage two

This stage builds on the practical application of design thinking with a focus on innovation and industry oriented professional practice. Teaching and learning methods in this term are reflective of real world practices ensuring that participants are well versed in new service/product design methods, blueprinting, modelling, brand guardianship, consumer marketing and routes to market.

Unit 4 Professional Practice in Management and Consulting

Unit 5 Strategic Design and Innovation

Unit 6 Studio Practice

Stage three

This stage allows you to evaluate and advance existing knowledge ahead of your major project.

Unit 7 Major Project

MDes Service Design Innovation

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