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BA/BSc (Honours) Design and Innovation

Open University, United Kingdom
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Course Overview

This general design degree focuses on developing creative thinking and practical work to address many problems, not just those in the creative industries. The design modules feature online design studios, social networking, and inspiring study materials alongside a significant practical component. As well as design, you’ll study modules in complementary subjects, gaining skills and knowledge in an area that fits your needs and interests.

General Eligibility

There are no formal entry requirements to study this qualification.

Part Time Work Details

In a distance learning course, there are typically no strict regulations regarding part-time employment, providing students with the flexibility to pursue work opportunities while studying remotely. This autonomy allows individuals to manage their schedules and balance professional commitments with their educational pursuits.

What You'll Study

1 Stage-1 (120 Credits)
  • Design thinking: creativity for the 21st century

  • An introduction to business and management

  • Cultures

  • Discovering the arts and humanities

  • Encountering psychology in context

  • Environment: journeys through a changing world

  • Global challenges: social science in action

  • Introducing health and social care

  • Introducing the social sciences

  • Introduction to sport and fitness

  • Revolutions

  • Science and health: an evidence-based approach

  • Young children's play and creativity 0

  • Engineering: origins, methods, context

  • Engineering: frameworks, analysis, production

  • Environment: journeys through a changing world

  • Introduction to computing and information technology 1

  • Introduction to computing and information technology 2

2 Stage-2 (120 Credits)
  • Design essentials

  • Art and life before 1800

  • Art and visual cultures in the modern world

  • Creative writing

  • Critical Ideas in well-being and public health

  • Developing leadership

  • Environment and society

  • Environment: sharing a dynamic planet

  • Exploring childhood and youth

  • Exploring innovation and entrepreneurship

  • Introducing global development: poverty, inequality, sustainability–

  • Music, sound, and technology

  • Psychology of childhood and youth

  • Shaping business opportunities

  • Sport and exercise psychology in action

  • Understanding digital societies

  • Understanding music

  • Core engineering A

  • Energy and sustainability

  • Environment: sharing a dynamic planet

  • Environmental management: systems and sustainability

  • Environmental science

  • Object-oriented Java programming

  • Web technologies

3 Stage-3 (120 Credits)
  • Innovation: designing for change

  • Advanced creative writing

  • Art and its Critical Histories

  • Art and its Global Histories

  • Athletic development: a psychological perspective

  • Central questions in the study of music

  • Contemporary research with children and young people

  • Creating futures: sustainable enterprise and innovation

  • Environmental policy in an international context

  • Environment: responding to change

  • International relations: continuity and change in global politics

  • Leadership in a changing world

  • Marketing in action

  • Social theory: changing social worlds

  • Strategic management

  • Young lives, parenting, and families

  • Communications technology

  • Environment: responding to change

  • Environmental management 2

  • Interaction design and the user experience

  • Nanoscale engineering

  • Renewable energy

  • Structural integrity: predicting and assessing performance

  • The engineering project

  • Web, mobile, and cloud technologies

4 Themes
  • Cultures

  • Discovering the arts and humanities

  • Revolutions

  • Art and life before 1800

  • Art and visual cultures in the modern world

  • Creative writing

  • Music, sound, and technology

  • Understanding music

  • Advanced creative writing

  • Art and its Global Histories

  • Central questions in the study of music

  • Health and wellbeing

  • Encountering psychology in context

  • Introducing health and social care

  • Introduction to sport and fitness

  • Science and health: an evidence-based approach

  • Young children's play and creativity

  • Critical ideas in well-being and public health Exploring childhood and youth

  • Psychology of childhood and youth

  • Sport and exercise psychology in action

  • Athletic development: a psychological perspective

  • Contemporary research with children and young people

  • Young lives, parenting, and families

  • Management

  • An introduction to business and management (B100) 60

  • Developing leadership

  • Exploring innovation and entrepreneurship

  • Shaping business opportunities

  • Creating futures: sustainable enterprise and innovation

  • Leadership in a changing world

  • Marketing in action

  • Strategic management

  • Society

  • Global challenges: social science in action

  • Introducing the social sciences

  • Environment and society

  • Understanding digital societies

  • Environmental policy in an international context

  • Environment: responding to change

  • International relations: continuity and change in global politics

  • Social theory: changing social worlds

  • Sustainability

  • Environment: journeys through a changing world

  • Environment and society

  • Environment: sharing a dynamic planet

  • Introducing global development: poverty, inequality, sustainability–

  • Environmental policy in an international context

  • Environment: responding to change

  • International relations: continuity and change in global politics60

  • Energy

  • Engineering: origins, methods, context

  • Engineering: frameworks, analysis, production

  • Core engineering A

  • Energy and sustainability

  • Environmental management: systems and sustainability

  • Renewable energy

  • The engineering project

  • Engineering

  • Engineering: origins, methods, context

  • Engineering: frameworks, analysis, production

  • Core engineering A

  • Energy and sustainability

  • Environmental management: systems and sustainability

  • Nanoscale engineering

  • Renewable energy

  • Structural integrity: predicting and assessing performance

  • The engineering project

  • Environment

  • Environment: journeys through a changing world

  • Energy and sustainability

  • Environmental management: systems and sustainability

  • Environmental science

  • Environment: sharing a dynamic planet

  • Environmental management 2

  • Environmental policy in an international context

  • Environment: responding to change

  • Renewable energy

  • Interfaces and interaction

  • Introduction to computing and information technology 1

  • Introduction to computing and information technology 2

  • Object-oriented Java programming

  • Web technologies

  • Interaction design and the user experience

  • Communications technology

  • Web, mobile, and cloud technologies

Language Requirement

  • IELTS00
  • TOEFL00
  • PTE00
  • Duolingo00

This subject has no language prerequisite.

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