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BA (Hons) 3D Design

Northumbria University Newcastle, United Kingdom
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Course Overview

You will join a community of staff and students eager to explore the potential for beauty, usefulness, and meaning in contemporary material culture. You will develop both the technical skills required of a designer, and the critical thinking skills necessary to understand designs role in the social, economic, and environmental context of today. Our creative approach puts three-dimensional prototyping at the heart of the design process. You will be taught how to use the tools and techniques of workshops, computer labs, and studio spaces to develop and evaluate designs in three-dimensions. You will gain a sophisticated understanding of how to work with materials, by sensitively incorporating their properties into your work. And you will be challenged to think carefully about the valuable role your furniture and products should play in peoples lives. The course vision is to create the ablest graduates€”people who understand both how and why to make things and are ready to make meaningful contributions to professional design practice.

General Eligibility

120 UCAS Tariff points From a combination of acceptable Level 3 qualifications which may include: A-level, BTEC Diplomas/Extended Diplomas, Scottish and Irish Highers, Access to HE Diplomas, or the International Baccalaureate. GCSE Requirements: Applicants will need Maths and English Language at minimum grade 4/C, or an equivalent.

Part Time Work Details

20 Hours of Work permit weekly for international students.

What You'll Study

1 Year 1
  • Design Theory: The Designer, The User and their Technologies (Core)

  • Design Methods: The Lab, the Studio and the Workshop (Core)

  • Design Projects (Core)

  • Design Culture (Core)

  • Academic Language Skills for Design (Core – for International and EU students only)

2 Year 2
  • Design: Atelier (Core)

  • Design: Context (Core)

  • Academic Language Skills for Design (Core – for International and EU students only)

3 Year 3
  • Design Work Placement Year (Optional)

  • Design Study Abroad Year (Optional)

  • Year in International Business (This is made up of modules studied in Newcastle (Semester 1) & Amsterdam (Semester 2) (Optional)

  • Year in International Multidisciplinary Innovation (4 modules studied in Amsterdam (Semester 1) & Newcastle (Semester 2) (Optional)

4 Year 4
  • Professional Design Practice (Core)

  • Major Design Study (Core)

  • Critical Design Evaluation (Core)

  • Academic Language Skills for Design (Core – for International and EU students only)

Language Requirement

  • IELTS6.0
  • TOEFL78
  • PTE58
  • Duolingo79
International applicants shoud have a minimum overall IELTS (Academic) score of 6.0 with 5.5 in each component (or an approved equivalent*).

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