Design and Innovation (Q61)

Design and innovation isn’t just about creating things. It’s about finding creative solutions to problems that affect every aspect of our lives. With our design and innovation degree, you’ll learn how to use design thinking to make things better for people, places and our planet, developing the creative mindset and skills employers increasingly demand. By combining design with a complementary subject of your choice – from engineering to the arts – you'll build a BA or BSc qualification that’s unique to your passions and career goals.

Key features of the course

• Tailor your degree to your career goals by combining design with another subject

• Develop technical and innovative problem-solving skills you can use within the creative industries and beyond

• Explore the design process and how to use design approaches to find solutions to diverse real-world problems

• Use our supportive online learning spaces to share with fellow students and find inspiration

Course Modules

This design and innovation degree has three stages, each comprising 120 credits.

Stage 1: You’ll study one 60-credit design module that explores creativity and design thinking. You'll also pick 60 credits of option modules in a complementary subject from either the BA (Bachelor of Arts) or BSc (Bachelor of Science) route - we've created themes to help you choose.

Stage 2: You’ll study one 60-credit design module that teaches the skills and practices to develop a design product, and choose 60 credits of complementary option modules from the route you chose at Stage 1.

Stage 3: You’ll study one 60-credit design module focused on creating opportunities and generating ideas for innovation, and choose 60 credits of complementary option modules from the route you chose at Stage 1.