MSc Sustainable Product Design

Comments about MSc Sustainable Product Design - At the institution - Poole - Dorset

• Objectives
  From this programme you will gain: -An understanding of sustainable development concepts and its framework and principal facets involving ecology 'green', legislative and technical issues -Understanding of the design process context within the sustainable framework: commercial and institutional drivers, and social issues for sustainable development; -Knowledge of practical problems and solutions within industry to achieve a sustainable products and processes; -The means to implement and influence sustainable development within the product design process
• Entry requirements
  Normally, the minimum qualification for entry to this programme is a second class degree, typically in a design or engineering discipline.
• Academic title
  MSc Sustainable Product Design
• Course description
  Awareness, understanding and integration of sustainable
  development issues within the design process are the
  underlying issues of this course. A holistic philosophy
  is the ethos of product design making sustainable
  development a key issue. The challenge for designers is
  specifying products that meet the needs of the present
  generation, without compromising the ability of future
  generations to meet their own needs. Sustainable
  development needs to address issues that include
  economic growth and employment, social progress for all,
  protection of the environment and prudent use of natural
  resources. This is a complex and multidisciplinary
  subject and modern information technology is embraced to
  facilitate and communicate effective industrially
  relevant case studies throughout the core units.
  
  Programme Content
  
  Taught Units/Modules
  
  The figures in brackets relate to the number of
  credits.
  
  -Research Methods (20)
  -Business Innovation and Enterprise (20)
  -Design for Waste Minimisation (20)
  -Sustainable Product Design (20)
  -Design Management (20)
  -Interlocking Nature of Sustainability (20)
  -Project (60)

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