Compulsory modules
Modelling and Deployment (15 credits)
The aims of this module are to:
- Introduce students to industry-standard methods of design thinking.
- Select and apply advanced principles, concepts, theoretical frameworks, and approaches of ideation to critically capture creative design thoughts.
- Enable students to understand the difference between thinking through drawing and visualisation to decide on appropriate production tools.
Research in a User's World (15 credits)
The aims of this module are to:
- Enable students to recognise that there are various methods for understanding the interaction between external stakeholder environments and practice design processes.
- Enable students to produce satisficed research data to inform and a guide a dialogic design case study.
Understanding People, Behaviours and Context (15 credits)
The aim of this module is to introduce postgraduate design students to the principles and practice of human-centered research to identify opportunities for the design of product and service experiences.