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All courses in Design

Explore all the undergraduate qualifications we offer, from certificates through to diplomas and degrees, in design.

Designing an mobile app

Honours Degrees (6)

  1. Bachelor of Design (Honours)
  2. BA/BSc (Honours) Design and Innovation
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  6. BA/BSc (Honours) Open degree

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An integrated masters combines undergraduate and postgraduate study. Look at the materials and design route through our MEng.

  1. Master of Engineering

Diplomas of Higher Education (4)

  1. Diploma of Higher Education in Design
  2. Diploma of Higher Education in Design and Innovation
  3. Diploma of Higher Education in Computing & IT and Design
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Certificates of Higher Education (4)

  1. Certificate of Higher Education in Design
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OU level 1

  1. Design practices
  2. Design thinking: creativity for the 21st century

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  1. Design essentials
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  1. Innovation: designing for change

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  1. Design thinking in the digital world
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