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Design (W23)

Course details
  • 1 Study option
  • Undergraduate
Course location
Distance Learning
Awarded by:
The Open University

Course summary

Our Diploma of Higher Education in Design builds and enhances your design skills, empowering you to apply a design-led creative approach to today’s social, ecological, and technological challenges. It explores design theory and practice, portraying design as a catalyst for change and its potential to tackle issues across various domains. Through project-based learning, you’ll develop core professional design competencies, participate in activities that refine your skills, integrate knowledge from a spectrum of disciplines, and gain valuable collaborative experiences. Moreover, you’ll have opportunities to craft design projects and develop your unique design identity, working towards collating a professional portfolio.

Key features

  • Cultivate your design identity, values and field of practice

  • Develop your confidence and ability to work with diverse groups across different disciplines

  • Deepen your scholarship on design theory and practice

  • Explore how you can use design to enhance our capabilities to live sustainably

  • Learn how social and professional networks can work to address real-world challenges and opportunities

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