Your final year develops the skills and experiences you need to build a professional portfolio. You enhance your knowledge of design and business, write a dissertation, produce a significant personal major project and enter high-profile competitions. Graduate shows and exhibitions celebrate your design identity and provide a launchpad to your ideal design job, your own design studio, or progress to postgraduate study.
Core modules
Common Dissertation (ADA600)
The module engages students in situating practice through research, contextualisation and critical reflection, in relation to their final stage study and post University aspirations. Programmes can offer: a traditional dissertation; preparation for an extended dissertation; situating existing practice; or the construction of a new body of work as practice-based research.
External Factors & Feasibility (TDD606)
This module encourages students to challenge and develop their professional practice skills, and their emerging design identity, by conducting distinct projects concurrently. A significant external project brief and a self-initiated project brief develop a platform of knowledge and experiences on which the character of their graduating portfolio will be based.
Major Project (TDD607)
Students identify, plan, evolve and review a summative design project in the programme and award specialism. It allows a substantive body of work celebrating all the learning outcomes and specific skills sets attained. The project culminates with a 1 to 1 viva with an external examiner and a degree show exhibition.
Optional modules
Extended Dissertation (TDD600)
This module offers students the option to develop an Extended Dissertation that builds on a proposal, structure and literature review generated within the Critical Practices module. It provides the opportunity for extended in-depth research and to write an illustrated dissertation. Students use their creative and analytical skills on a concentrated topic area, with a word count of 8/10k.
Product and Furniture Consolidation (PFD600)
This compact module offers students the option to develop their professional practice skills to a higher level. Professional and creative attributes are developed to prepare students for the evolving future of design practice. Sustainability principals are blended with increased knowledge and understanding of business and project management issues relevant to areas of specialism within Product and Furniture Design.