Programme Specification
MSc Integrated Industrial Design (2019 entry)
Academic Year: 2019/20
This specification provides a concise summary of the main features of the programme and the learning outcomes that a typical student might reasonably be expected to achieve and demonstrate if full advantage is taken of the learning opportunities that are provided.
This specification applies to delivery of the programme in the Academic Year indicated above. Prospective students reviewing this information for a later year of study should be aware that these details are subject to change as outlined in our .
This specification should be read in conjunction with:
- Reg. XXI (Postgraduate Awards) (see
- Module Specifications
- Summary
- Aims
- Learning outcomes
- Structure
- Progression & weighting
Programme summary
Awarding body/institution | Â鶹ֱ²¥ University |
Teaching institution (if different) | |
Owning school/department | Â鶹ֱ²¥ Design School - pre 2019 |
Details of accreditation by a professional/statutory body | |
Final award | MSc |
Programme title | Integrated Industrial Design (MSc) |
Programme code | DSPT01 |
Length of programme | 1 year Full-time or 4 years Part-time |
UCAS code | N/A |
Admissions criteria | Full Time MSc Integrated Industrial Design - |
Date at which the programme specification was published | Wed, 03 Jul 2019 16:55:47 BST |
1. Programme Aims
(a) To enable technical or design graduates to advance their knowledge and skills to level 7.
(b) To enable technical or design graduates to develop their knowledge in a focussed way, through the choice of specialised routes through the course, to improve their effectiveness as designers.
(c) To enable technical or design graduates to undertake a substantial design and evaluation project with a focus on a particular area of design.
2. Relevant subject benchmark statements and other external reference points used to inform programme outcomes:
Subject benchmark statement (No PGT Design SBS)
Architecture shares many characteristics
The subject benchmark statement seeks to encapsulate the nature of a rich and diverse academic discipline.
“The creative activity of design that lies at the core of “Design” education is
characterised by diversity of method, theoretical underpinning and aesthetic expression.
The contested nature of design gives rise through debate to the advancement of the
subject. Design is a complex process that brings together creative conception and
highly pragmatic detailed development, and is closely related to other important aspects
of “Design” study: technology and environment; cultural context; management,
practice and law; and communication. It is, therefore, the interaction of ideas, intentions
and operations that gives “Design” its distinctive character and allows for the variety
of university programmes………………………………………” QAA
3. Programme Learning Outcomes
3.1 Knowledge and Understanding
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
K1 – current problems and/or new insights of their academic discipline;
K2 – techniques applicable to their own subject area;
K3 – sustainable solutions to problems and have strategies for being creative, innovative and overcoming difficulties by employing their knowledge in a flexible manner;
Programme Specific:
K4 – the major arguments and issues in (Integrated) Industrial/Product Design practice; appropriate research methods; relevant business and enterprise impactions of industrial design practice
3.2 Skills and other attributes
a. Subject-specific cognitive skills:
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:
C1 – advance their knowledge and critical understanding in the relevant area and to develop new skills appropriate to level 7 achievement;
C2 – develop and apply decision-making strategies in complex and unpredictable situations;
C3 – identify with, respond to and critically reflect upon the opportunities and dynamics for learning with their peers and other external contexts;
C4 – act autonomously in planning and in implementing tasks.
Programme Specific:
C5 – select and apply industrial design techniques and downstream manufacturing options;
b. Subject-specific practical skills:
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:
P1 – the ability to use a range of techniques and research methods applicable to advanced scholarship in the subject relevant to the discipline;
P2 – develop and employ rational, pragmatic and practical steps necessary for a concept to become reality;
P3 – demonstrate numeracy, computer literacy and attention to detail when dealing with specific software tools;
Programme Specific:
P4 – the ability to implement a range of computer-aided design tools to evaluate the impact of products, services and systems;
c. Key transferable skills:
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able demonstrate transferable skills in:
T1 – professionalism – including acting professionally in accordance with ethical proprieties;
T2 – problem solving – including clarification of questions, consideration of alternative solutions and evaluation of outcomes;
T3 – communication – including visual, written and oral presentation and discussions;
T4 – management – including self-learning, and project and time management;
T5 – methods and methodologies applicable to teamwork;
T6 – communicate ideas, concepts, theories and arguments with different audiences through a range of practical methods and outcomes including visual, written and oral.
4. Programme structure
In the following table, ‘c’ indicates a compulsory module.
Code |
Module title |
Modular weight |
Semester |
Integrated Industrial Design |
DSP802 |
Design for Behaviour Change |
15 |
1 |
c |
DSP851 |
Design Research Methods |
15 |
1 |
c |
DSP852 |
Industrial Design & Technology Skills |
15 |
1 |
c |
DSP855 |
Digital Fabrication Skills |
15 |
2 |
c |
DSP859 |
Integrated Industrial Design Major Project |
60 |
2 |
c |
DSP861 |
Business, Enterprise and Design |
30 |
1+2 |
c |
DSP871 |
Advanced 3D CAD/E |
30 |
2 |
c |
5. Criteria for Progression and Degree Award
In order to be eligible for an award, candidates must meet the requirements specified in Regulation XXI.