Product Design BSc (Hons)
Bachelor's degree
In Brighton
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Brighton
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Duration
3 Years
At Sussex, you’ll be taught by design experts with industry experience combining art, science and technology. You’ll learn to design products that satisfy the needs and behaviours of people and society.
From day one, you’ll be working with industry professionals on live creative briefs, and you’ll have opportunities to commercialise your products. We ground you in design thinking so you can develop informed solutions and produce them through prototyping and manufacturing models.
You’ll also consider how your products may be recycled or re-purposed at the end of their life – designing for the circular economy – a skill desired by the industry.
Our teaching prepares you for success: our students have won awards from design leaders such as LEGO and Hasbro. They’ve also taken their own designs to market through the Sussex Innovation Centre.
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About this course
Recent Engineering and Design graduates have started jobs as:
equipment design engineer, Digital Pixel
user experience (UX) designer, IBM
product development engineer, Ford Motor Company.
You must have GCSE (or equivalent) Mathematics with at least grade 6 (or grade B) and, if you are not offering Art or a Design subject at A-level you must also have GCSE Art or Design Technology at grade 6 (or grade B).
You should also have a broad range of GCSEs 9-4 (A*-C), including good grades in relevant subjects.
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Subjects
- Drawing for Design
- Product Design
- Design
- Technology
- Prototyping
- Visual Communication
- Aided Visualisation
- Global Design
- Manufacture
- Design for Society
Course programme
Autumn teaching
- Drawing for Design
- Materials and Processes for Product Design
- Mathematics for Product Design
- Visual Communication
- Applied Technology for Product Design
- Computer Aided Visualisation
- Experience Prototyping
- Global Design Challenge
- The Narrative of Design in Modern Culture
Autumn teaching
- Design for Manufacture
- Design Techniques in Practice
- Human Factors & Design for Society
- Interaction Design 1
- Design for Industry
- Interaction Design 2
- Professional and Managerial Skills
- Toy and Game Design
Study abroad (optional)
Apply to study abroad – you’ll develop an international perspective and gain an edge when it comes to your career.
Industrial placement (optional)An industrial placement gives you the chance to spend a year working with an organisation, in an area relevant to your course, while being paid. It’s a proven way to fast-track your career.
Recent students have gone on placements at:
- IBM
- i-Ride
- IMRA Europe.
You develop your technical, team-working and transferable skills, and apply what you have learnt in your studies to a business environment.
Year 3 at sussex
- Business and Project Management
- Design Philosophy
- The Role of Design in the Circular Economy
- Design Project
- Thinking Big: The 5 Senses
Additional information
Product Design BSc (Hons)