Design (W23)
Open UniversityUndergraduate DipHE Distance learning 4 Years ArtFashion, textiles, and jewelleryGraphic designProduct designEngineering and technology
About this course
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.Cultivate your design identity, values and field of practice Develop confidence and ability to work with diverse groups across different disciplines Deepen your scholarship on design history, 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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Course Details
- Qualification
- Diploma of Higher Education - DipHE
- Study Mode
- Distance learning
- Duration
- 4 Years
- Start Date
- 2025
- Academic Year
- 2025
- Campus / Location
- Milton Keynes
- Scheme
- Undergraduate
- Subjects
- Art, Fashion, textiles, and jewellery, Graphic design, Product design, Engineering and technology