Course summary
Our BA in Product and Furniture Design focuses on developing your intellectual and creative skills. You will explore the design production process with an emphasis on aesthetics and social relevance. Available as both a BA and BSc, the BA option is ideal if you are passionate about the artistic and cultural aspects of design, aiming to create objects that are both beautiful and purposeful. BA Product and Furniture Design degree offers a comprehensive understanding of the design process, helping you develop the practical skills necessary for designing for manufacture. You will also gain analytical, evaluative, and communicative skills, which are crucial whether you are working alone or as part of a team. You will become aware of the social, environmental, and ethical frameworks within which you, as a design professional, will operate. Engaging with real-world challenges and client requirements will be a key part of your learning experience. Product and Furniture Design is a strategic problem-solving process that sparks innovation and drives business success. This field improves our quality of life by creating innovative products, systems, services, and experiences. It bridges the gap between what exists and what is possible, using creative problem-solving to turn challenges into opportunities. In this course, you will learn to develop innovative approaches to the design, development, and creation of products and furniture. As a Product and Furniture Designer, you will place people at the heart of the design process. By understanding user needs through empathy, you will apply a user-centred design approach. This pragmatic process ensures that the products, systems, services, and experiences you design truly meet the needs of users. You will be in a unique position to connect different professional disciplines and business interests, working together to create a better quality of life. We do not require a previous portfolio for entry. Instead, we look for passionate creatives with a strong desire to improve. With these qualities, we can help you become a designer capable of making a significant real-world impact.
Modules
Year One – Level 4 (Cert HE, Dip HE & BA) • Contemporary Challenges: Making a Difference (20 credits; compulsory; Graduate Attributes Framework module) • Design & Make 1 (20 credits; compulsory) • Design Thinking (20 credits; compulsory) • Learning in the Digital Era (20 credits; compulsory; Graduate Attributes Framework module) • Technical Design (20 credits; compulsory) • Ways of Perceiving (10 credits; compulsory) • Ways of Thinking (10 credits; compulsory). Year Two – Level 5 (Dip HE & BA) • Changemakers: Building your Personal Brand for Sustainable Employment (20 credits; compulsory; Graduate Attributes Framework module) • Changemakers: Creativity and Value Creation (20 credits; compulsory; Graduate Attributes Framework module) • Design Exploration (20 credits; compulsory) • Design for Manufacture (20 credits; compulsory) • Design Realisation – CAD (10 credits; compulsory) • Design Simulation – Virtual (10 credits; compulsory) • Research in Context (10 credits; compulsory) • Research in Practice (10 credits; compulsory). Year Three – Level 6 (BA) • Advanced Creative Enquiry (20 credits; compulsory) • Independent Project (40 credits; compulsory; Graduate Attributes Framework module) • Individual Major Project (60 credits; compulsory).
Assessment method
Assessment is carried out through coursework, both written and practical. There are no exams on this course. You are formatively assessed throughout a module, with summative assessment taking place at the end of a module. A variety of teaching and learning methods are used throughout the course.
How to apply
29Jan
This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application codes
- Course code:
- PFD1
- Institution code:
- T80
- Campus name:
- Alexandra Road, Swansea
- Campus code:
- A
Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Year 1
Entry requirements
Qualification requirements
UCAS Tariff - 120 points
Student Outcomes
Operated by the Office for Students
Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs)
Go onto work and study
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Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| England | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Scotland | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Wales | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Channel Islands | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Republic of Ireland | £9250 | Year 1 |
| EU | £13500 | Year 1 |
| International | £13500 | Year 1 |
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.
Provider information
University of Wales Trinity Saint David
College Road
Carmarthen
SA31 3EP