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teaching and assessment
Key to the philosophy of the BSc (Hons) Product Design is an interdisciplinary approach to teaching and learning. Such an approach is possible due to the course being jointly delivered by Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design (djcad) and the School of Engineering, Physics and Mathematics (EPM), who both have internationally recognised research and product development expertise, providing you with broad and expertly delivered twenty-first century product and engineering design teaching.
This broad approach means that you will have engineering lecturers and labs alongside product design practice studios and design history tutorials. In Levels 1 and 2 your time will be divided equally between product, technology and design studies. As you progress through the course, you will spend more time on your product design practice, with this forming half of your study time in Level 3 and three quarters in Level 4. This gives you the space to be trained but importantly to build the kind of strong product design portfolio that employers are looking for.
Typically, assessment in product design and design studies is through designed products, services or interactions which are presented to the class. You are trained and encouraged to present in a range of formats in such a way that you are given a good grounding in graphics, media (web-pages, blogs, short-films) and verbal skills. In engineering, assessment is through a mixture of coursework (technical reports), exams and team practical projects. Through this variety of ways of assessing we build your skills and confidence in the life-long skill of presenting your thinking and skills to an audience.
what our students say…
Following my product design degree at Dundee, I feel that I am more confident in presenting my work and my knowledge of engineering and the technical side of design has improved.
Comment from final year student from National Student Survey 2010
what our graduates are doing
Tom Metcalfe graduated in 2009. He is a Production Designer for rAndom International, a company that develops projects and installations that emphasise the interaction between audience and inanimate object.
Lynsey Duncan (2007) is a Usability Analyst for international telecommunications company Orange.
what employers say
The Product Design degree produces students who have a rounded view of the design world. Rory Hamilton, Head of Insights, Live|Work
what our graduates say
Lee Murray graduated in 2010. During his final year he was offered an internship at Nokia Design in London and he has been there ever since designing and building fully working prototypes for the user experience department. He says, My best experience on this course was having the opportunity to present a product concept in front of three hundred people at the Microsoft headquarters in Seattle, USA. To see what other courses around the world were doing and to meet some of the best minds in the country was amazing!
programme content • typical degree programme example BSc Honours degree
Advanced entry BSc Honours degree
Level 1 Product Design Practice
> Fundamentals of Product Design Design Studies > Visual Expression Technology
> Mechanics and Thermodynamics and Design Technology (Materials)
Level 2 Product Design Practice
> Industrial Design and Interaction Design Design Studies
> Contexts/ Stakeholders and Structuring Creativity
Technology
> Software Engineering (CAD and microcontrollers)
> Structural Design and Manufacturing
Level 3 Product Design Practice > Design Research > Design Products Design Studies
> Design Futures and Professional Practice
Technology > Engineering Design
Level 4 Product Design Practice > Design Portfolio Project Electives
> Business Innovation for Designers
> Advanced CAD > Design Dissertation
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