Bachelor of Design (Hons.) - (with Specialization in Product Design)

Program Description

Bachelor of Design (Hons.) Product Design

B.Design (Hons.) programme of Industrial design focuses on designing products, systems, and services that make life easier by developing creative thinking ability. It’s a balance of creativity, technology, cultural concerns, environmental needs, exploring materials, production techniques, aesthetics, the emerging fields of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Artificial Intelligence, and social issues in both local and global contexts. In the Bachelor of Design course, Students can learn and apply user-centric insights by becoming more empathetic.

B.Design (B.Des.) Product Design is offered as part of School of Industrial Design

School of Industrial Design

Industrial Design deals with products, services, and systems addressing usability, form, function, aesthetics, material, technologies, and sustainability. Our students explore creative thinking and problem-solving processes to bring value to companies, communities, and people. At G D Goenka University, our 4-year Bachelor of Design programme focuses on designing products, systems, and services that make life easier. At the School of Industrial Design, we balance creativity, technology, cultural concerns, and environmental needs, exploring materials, production techniques, aesthetics, the emerging fields of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Artificial Intelligence, and social issues in both local and global contexts. We encourage our students to create solutions that are empathetic to the end user and have contextual insight. Our new B. Des. in Interaction Design has been programmed and launched in response to the needs of users and the Industry.

Besides, we also offer our Bachelor of Design students with excellent educational and infrastructural facilities. Our teaching professionals are well-qualified and have profound knowledge in the subject. Providing the students with practical training, prepare them for a bright and triumphant future. The knowledge and skills you will acquire in our Bachelor of Design course will help you attract high-salaried jobs in the fashion industry.

Why study Product Design at UID?

Our curriculum at the Bachelor of Design course encourages a broad exploration of the design practice with an emphasis on user-centered approach and design thinking and beyond. We enable our students to develop critical, technical and managerial skills that align with the contemporary conversation within the industry also Entrepreneural thinking for self-development by aligning with thought leaders in the industry. The course is focused on process-driven work that examines all aspects of industrial design from conception to implementation. We equip our Bachelor of Design students with a wide range of design skills and thought processes that allows them to articulate their design ideas and thinking.  Our exemplary infrastructure and workshops support model-making and prototype building for different kinds of design briefs.

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PROGRAMME SPECIFIC OUTCOMES

PSO1 - Evaluation of User-Centric Needs: Apply user-centric design principles and methodologies to identify user needs, preferences, and behaviours to develop empathetic, innovative and creatively designed physical or digital solutions.

PSO2 - Technical Skill & Industry Practice: Demonstrate mastery in technical skills and industry practices by proficiently utilizing design software and tools; new emerging technology and production techniques; and material selection to produce high-quality, innovative designs that are competitive in the global market.

PSO3 - Socio-cultural Impact: Integrate cultural, environmental and ethical concerns into design solutions, document and understand their impact in diverse social, economic, and cultural contexts to create solutions that enhance the well-being of individuals and communities.

PROGRAMME OUTCOMES

PO1. Innovation Aptitude: Apply design principles, analytical skills, methods and techniques, and speculation to develop original solutions for design problems and scenarios.

PO2. Thinking Ability: Critically understand, identify and evaluate historical, cultural, contemporary, socio-political, and aesthetic contexts of design.

PO3. Planning Ability: Develop a research-oriented inquisitive approach to apply appropriate research tools and techniques for investigation, data collection, analysis, synthesis, and interpretation.

PO4. Leadership Skills: Demonstrate transferable skills of adaptability, collaboration, time-bound execution, and leadership in design and its multidisciplinary settings.

PO5. Professional Identity: Evolve a personalized design philosophy and approach to the development of design solutions.

PO6. Impact on Society: Understand the impact of products in the dynamic context of people and communities from the perspective of social, economic, and cultural impact.

PO7. Environment and Sustainability: Using principles of circular economy and sustainable consumption, understand the impact of designed products on environmental sustainability.

PO8. Ethics: Demonstrate sensitivity and understanding of concerns related to the experience of human and other living beings and incorporating them into design practice.

PO9. Communication Skills: Develop effective verbal, written, and digital communication skills in the context of design.

PO10. Evolving Material Process & Methods: Demonstrate the appropriate application of existing and emerging tools and technologies, materials, media, techniques, and other methods in the process of design.

PO11. Life-long Learning: Recognize personal and professional development goals, and upgrade skills for disciplinary and contextual relevance for future directions in design.