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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 module

You'll study the following:

  • Design thinking: creativity for the 21st century

BA (Bachelor of Arts) option modules

You'll choose one from:

  • 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

BSc (Bachelor of Science) option modules

You'll choose 60 credits from:

  • 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 module

You'll study the following:

  • Design Essentials

BA (Bachelor of Arts) option modules

You'll choose one from:

  • 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

BSc (Bachelor of Science) option modules

You'll choose 60 credits from:

  • 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)

Design module

You'll study the following:

  • Innovation: designing for change

BA (Bachelor of Arts) option modules

You'll choose 60 credits from:

  • 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

BSc (Bachelor of Science) option modules

You'll choose 60 credits from:

  • Communications technology

  • Environment: responding to change

  • Environmental management 2 0

  • Environmental policy in an international context

  • 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

For each designation, BA (Bachelor of Arts) and BSc (Bachelor of Science), we’ve created themes to help you choose your 180 credits of options modules.

  • BA (Bachelor of Arts)

  • Culture and aesthetics

  • Health and wellbeing

  • Management

  • Society

  • Sustainability

BSc (Bachelor of Science)

  • Energy

  • Engineering

  • Environment

  • Interfaces and interaction

Culture and aesthetics

Stage 1

You'll choose one from:

  • Cultures

  • Discovering the arts and humanities

  • Revolutions

Stage 2

You'll choose one from:

  • Art and life before 1800

  • Art and visual cultures in the modern world

  • Creative writing

  • Music, sound, and technology

  • Understanding music

Stage 3

You'll choose one from:

  • Advanced creative writing

  • Art and its Critical Histories

  • Art and its Global Histories

  • Central questions in the study of music

Health and wellbeing

Stage 1

You'll choose one from:

  • 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

Stage 2

You'll choose one from:

  • Critical ideas in well-being and public health

  • Exploring childhood and youth

  • Psychology of childhood and youth

  • Sport and exercise psychology in action

Stage 3

You'll choose one from:

  • Athletic development: a psychological perspective

  • Contemporary research with children and young people

  • Young lives, parenting, and families

Management

Stage 1

You'll study the following:

  • An introduction to business and management

Stage 2

You'll choose one from:

  • Developing leadership

  • Exploring innovation and entrepreneurship

  • Shaping business opportunities

Stage 3

You'll choose 60 credits from:

  • Creating futures: sustainable enterprise and innovation

  • Leadership in a changing world

  • Marketing in action

  • Strategic management

Society

Stage 1

You'll choose one from:

  • Global challenges: social science in action

  • Introducing the social sciences

Stage 2

You'll choose one from:

  • Environment and Society

  • Understanding digital societies

Stage 3

You'll choose one from:

  • Environmental policy in an international context

  • Environment: responding to change

  • International relations: continuity and change in global politics

  • Social theory: changing social worlds

Sustainability

Stage 1

You'll study the following:

  • Environment: journeys through a changing world

Stage 2

You'll choose one from:

  • Environment and Society

  • Environment: sharing a dynamic planet

  • Introducing global development: poverty, inequality, sustainability

Stage 3

You'll choose one from:

  • Environmental policy in an international context

  • Environment: responding to change

  • International relations: continuity and change in global politics

Energy

Stage 1

You'll study both of the following:

  • Engineering: origins, methods, context

  • Engineering: frameworks, analysis, production

Stage 2

You'll study the following:

  • Core engineering A

You'll choose one from:

  • Energy and sustainability

  • Environmental management: systems and sustainability

Stage 3

You'll study both of the following:

  • Renewable energy

  • The engineering project

Engineering

Stage 1

You'll study both of the following:

  • Engineering: origins, methods, context

  • Engineering: frameworks, analysis, production

Stage 2

You'll study the following:

  • Core engineering A

You'll choose one from:

  • Energy and sustainability

  • Environmental management: systems and sustainability

Stage 3

You'll choose two from:

  • Nanoscale engineering

  • Renewable energy

  • Structural integrity: predicting and assessing performance

  • The engineering project

Environment

Stage 1

You'll study the following:

  • Environment: journeys through a changing world

Stage 2

You'll choose 60 credits from:

  • Energy and sustainability

  • Environmental management: systems and sustainability

  • Environmental science

  • Environment: sharing a dynamic planet

Stage 3

You'll choose 60 credits from:

  • Environmental Management 2

  • Environmental policy in an international context

  • Environment: responding to change

  • Renewable energy

Interfaces and interaction

Stage 1

You'll study both of the following:

  • Introduction to computing and information technology 1

  • Introduction to computing and information technology 2

Stage 2

You'll study both of the following:

  • Object-oriented Java programming

  • Web technologies

Stage 3

You'll study the following:

  • Interaction design and the user experience

You'll choose one from:

  • Communications technology

  • Web, mobile, and cloud technologies

Language Requirement

  • IELTS00
  • TOEFL00
  • PTE00
  • Duolingo00

This subject has no language prerequisite

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