Ths course aims to: engage with deep learning in the context of the students chosen subject specialism; develop a subject specialist understanding of a Communication Design area; develop skills in relation to the subject specialism; and develop formal presentation skills.

This course comprises the Honours Year submission to DHT. The Product Design dissertation is due in Semester 2 Week 1, and represents a substantive piece of critical inquiry and research commensurate with this level of study.

Students on this course will develop an understanding of the role of social science based theory, knowledge and approaches within awareness of social science research methods and their utilisation within specific projects involving multiple participants and involving a variety of methods and tools. They will also develop an awareness of multi-factor analysis of the research data arising from such research methods and its role within the design process.

Students on this course will learn how to: demonstrate ownership and autonomy through self-directed exploration and individual creative expression within an environment of professional and peer-critique; understand and deploy the design process as the synthesis of research, analysis, development and critique within the context of contemporary design practice; evidence the value of design in response to a given opportunity, problem or context; produce both tangible design outcomes and communication to a professional level where their value to business, society and industry is explicit.

This course aims to provide students with opportunities to critically develop disciplinary research methods; enable students to autonomously design their own research project / object/ practice with a critical grounding in appropriate research methods both relevant to their disciplinary specialization and, where relevant, enabling of trans, multi, or inter-disciplinarity; provide students with a rigorous understanding of research ethics as relevant to their research / practice; facilitate critical reflection on the relationships between forms of research and modes of practice in order to encourage robust and /or innovative applications of existing methods.

The course aims to: introduce the principles and rationale for re-appraisal of previous work; encourage you to critically evaluate your practice in relation to recent issues within historical, critical and theoretical fields of enquiry; enable you to enhance your ability to formulate and express critical positions in a variety of appropriate forms; introduce you to fundamental principles and rationale of research in relation to creative practice; enable you to articulate your own distinctive responses to critical issues within your own practice and within the broader context of contemporary art; encourage you to demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of ethical good practice and your ethical responsibility in the public presentation of work; enable you to develop your awareness of Health and Safety issues as applicable to creative practice; enable you to articulate your ‘own voice’ as your own specific aesthetic response to cultures and their discourses

The course aims to: provide students with opportunities to critically develop disciplinary research methods; enable students to autonomously design their own research project/object/practice with a critical grounding in appropriate research methods both relevant to their disciplinary specialisation and, where relevant, enabling of trans, multi, or inter-disciplinarity; provide students with rigorous understanding of research ethics as relevant to their research/practice; facilitate critical reflection on the relationship between forms of research and modes of practice in order to encourage robust and/or innovative applications of existing modes.

This course aims to: introduce students to critical reflection of own practice; review students practice in relation to proposal/s; encourage students to critically evaluate their practice in a historical, social, political, ethical and theoretical context; encourage students to identify their critical position in relation to their practice; introduce students to fundamental principles of research in relation to studio practice; encourage students to engage with discourse of the relevance of design in relation to historical, contemporary, socio-cultural and political contexts and discourses.

The aim of the course is to extend key areas of professional knowledge relating to the management roles and activities involved in contract and practice management and to introduce the principal economic aspects of building.

The course extends design skills within a rigorous creative studio environment and provides the opportunity to explore and demonstrate technical aspects of architecture through a self-directed design project which will be designed with reference to the RIBA 2030 Challenge.