Programme Specification
MA Industrial Design Programmes (2017 entry)
Academic Year: 2018/19
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 Terms and Conditions of Study.
This specification should be read in conjunction with:
- Reg. XXI (Postgraduate Awards) (see University Regulations)
- Module Specifications
- Summary
- Aims
- Learning outcomes
- Structure
- Progression & weighting
Programme summary
Awarding body/institution | Loughborough University |
Teaching institution (if different) | |
Owning school/department | Loughborough Design School - pre 2019 |
Details of accreditation by a professional/statutory body | |
Final award | MA |
Programme title | Industrial Design and Technology (MA)/ User Experience Design (MA)/ |
Programme code | DSPT01, DSPT07 |
Length of programme | 1 year Full-time or 4 years Part-time |
UCAS code | N/A |
Admissions criteria | Full Time MA User Experience Design - http://www.lboro.ac.uk/DSPT07 Part Time MA User Experience Design - http://www.lboro.ac.uk/DSPT08 |
Date at which the programme specification was published | Thu, 11 Oct 2018 08:54:08 BST |
1. Programme Aims
(a) To enable technical or design graduates to advance their knowledge and skills to a higher level.
(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:
Although subject benchmarks are only available for undergraduate degrees in Art and Design, and Engineering, this programme can demonstrate progression from those benchmarks in all areas.
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:
K4IndD - the major arguments and issues in Industrial Design practice;
K6UXD - the major arguments and issues in User Experience 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 - continue to advance their knowledge in their area and understanding, and to develop new skills to a high level;
C2 – formulate decision-making 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:
C5IndD - Interpret industrial design techniques and downstream manufacturing options;
C7UXD - Interpret User Experience techniques and apply human behaviour data to resolving design problems;
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 - be rational and pragmatic, and undertake the practical steps necessary for a
concept to become reality;
P3 - be numerate and highly computer literate, and capable of attention to detail when dealing with specific software tools;
Programme Specific:
P4IndD - the ability to use a range of different Industrial Design presentation techniques;
P6UXD - the ability to create and iteratively evaluate interactive product and service concepts;
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 |
Industrial Design and Technology |
User Experience Design
|
DSP851 |
Design Research Methods |
15 |
1 |
c |
c |
DSP811 |
Group Project |
30 |
2 |
c |
c |
DSP852 |
Industrial Design Skills |
15 |
1 |
c |
|
DSP861 |
Business, Enterprise and Design |
30 |
1+2 |
c |
|
DSP855 |
Industrial Design workshop Skills |
15 |
2 |
c |
|
DSP859 |
Industrial Design Major Project |
60 |
1+2 |
c |
|
DSP831 |
Experience Design |
15 |
1 |
|
c |
DSP832 |
Usability, Principles and Practice |
15 |
1 |
|
c |
DSP834 |
Service Design for Social Innovation |
30 |
1+2 |
|
c |
DSP866 |
User Experience Design Major Project |
60 |
2 |
|
c |
DSP802 |
Design for Behaviour Change |
15 |
2 |
c |
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.