Product and Furniture Design with a Foundation Year - BA (Hons)
Bachelor's degree
In Birmingham
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Myerscough College
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Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Birmingham
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Duration
4 Years
This four year degree course has been specifically designed to you to undertake additional level 3 study designed to ensure you are successful on your chosen degree.
After successful completion of your foundation year, you will have the flexibility to switch (should you wish to change direction) onto a number of related undergraduate degree options within Birmingham School of Architecture and Design.
You will examine the process of designing and developing functional and desirable products and furniture, examining how social and cultural factors influence design decisions. You will develop knowledge and understanding of design in response to collaborative, professional, commercial and economic considerations.
Alongside research and design development skills, you will also increase your practical knowledge through extensive hands-on exploration. Engaging with making from the outset enables you to fully realise design concepts and create convincing models and prototypes. Underpinned with strong contemporary design thinking, you will explore the breadth of scales of manufacture across product and furniture design to be able to position yourself within a global industry.
By working on live projects, work placements and collaborative projects, you will explore how businesses operate at a commercial, technological, ethical and sustainable level. Second year students recently worked with Philips, developing user-centred lighting applications and third year students exhibited and sold work at Minima: one of Birmingham’s key contemporary design showrooms. You’ll also benefit from the insight of guest speakers from across the design spectrum from designer makers to industrial designers and product and furniture developers.
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About this course
Our BA (Hons) Product and Furniture Design with Foundation Year degree course focuses on the design and development of creative, contemporary and innovative products and furniture, considering user centred design, social context and commercial understanding.
You will be encouraged to explore materials, techniques and processes in relation to scales of manufacture, from one-off bespoke design to design for standardised mass production.
You will learn a range of research and design methods alongside continual practical skills development. Live student projects take place throughout the course to enhance your employability, communication skills and professional practice.
OpportUNIty: Student Jobs on Campus ensures that our students are given a first opportunity to fill many part-time temporary positions within the University. This allows you to work while you study with us, fitting the job around your course commitments. By taking part in the scheme, you will gain valuable experiences and employability skills, enhancing your prospects in the job market.
Minimum overall score of 6.0, with 6.0 in writing and no less than 5.5 in the remaining three skills.
CCD / 88 UCAS points
A maximum of 4 subjects are considered. These can be other A/S Levels (as long in a different subject) A-Levels or Level 3 equivalents.
Considered with a maximum of 3 other Level 3 qualifications (AS Levels must be in different subject to A-Levels) to obtain 88 pts
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Subjects
- Design
- Furniture Design
- Project
- Industry
- Architecture Design
- Product
- Furniture
- Landscape
- Contemporary
- Opportunity
Course programme
The foundation year provides an opportunity to explore the exciting world of contemporary design through various scales and develop creative solutions, encapsulating Landscape Architecture, Architecture, Interior Architecture and Design, and Product and Furniture Design.
It provides a supported learning environment to explore conceptual ideas through to detailed design, mapping and modelling and is assessed through mini design-focussed projects and a specialised final project in a chosen field.
The foundation year is ideally suited to students who need to develop their design, drawing, technical and presentations skills before entering a BA course, or for those who have not yet decided which specific design discipline or career to pursue.
In order to complete this course a student must successfully complete all the following CORE modules (totalling 120 credits):
- Communication Skills
- Professional and Academic Development
- Design Techniques
- Design Disciplines
- Presentation Techniques
- Place and Space and Objects
First-year modules introduce key principles, processes and methods.
Modules include:
In order to complete this course you must successfully complete all the following CORE modules (totalling 120 credits):
- Design Principles and Processes
- Contextual and Cultural Studies
- Design Visualisation
- Materials and the Made Object
- Scales of Manufacture
Employability-focused modules during your second year year enhance industry knowledge and experience.
In order to complete this course you must successfully complete all the following CORE modules (totalling 100 credits)
Modules include:
- Design Communication
- Design Synthesis
- Design Focus
- Collaborative Practice
- Live Project
- Work Placement
Year three
Modules in your final year encourage individual direction through live projects/competition and a self-written major design project.
In order to complete this course you must successfully complete all the following CORE modules (totalling 120 credits)
Modules include:
- Design in Context
- Major Project
- Major Design Project (Development and Realisation)
Additional information
International students
Award: BA (Hons) Starting: Sep 2021
Mode - Full Time
Duration - 4 years
Fees - £13,200 per year
Product and Furniture Design with a Foundation Year - BA (Hons)
-
Myerscough College
Course Classroom-basedPrice on request -
The Feng Shui Institute
Training Online£ 265/month -
Walsall College
BTEC West Midlands / Classroom-basedPrice on request -
Canterbury College
HND OnlinePrice on request -
Weymouth College
Course OnlinePrice on request -
Panurgic Eduservices
Postgraduate OnlinePrice on request -
University for the Creative Arts
Postgraduate Online£ 9,250 + VAT
See all