Intro
How to Apply
BSc Design, Society and Technology
BA Enterprise and Design
- Technology skills for living and working in today's networked world
- Creative problem-solving, collaborative and analytical skills highly valued by employers
- Integrated knowledge of technology, design, and individual and social choice
- Project management skills and experience
- Also available at Adam Smith College, Fife
These courses offer applicants with HND qualifications an opportunity to progress their studies and their careers through part-time degree study that focuses on taking their skills and knowledge to graduate level.
The BSc Design, Society and Technology combines the study of technologies, design, and the ways in which we choose and use them, while the BA Enterprise and Design focuses on technology and design and core business and management skills.
Both courses offer a range of important contemporary subjects at degree level, fully integrated with opportunities to develop key graduate skills valued by employers.
What you study
Year 3
In both courses, the first two semesters concentrate on developing your understanding of how individuals make choices, how society influences and is shaped by those choices.
You will also develop your understanding of contemporary technologies for networked presentation and communication and the technical skills you will need to participate fully in online communities.
In the final two semesters, you will choose whether you want to specialise in the study of design and technology, including the environmental applications of technology (in the BSc course), or to focus on the application of design and technology to new business development (the BA course).
If you choose the BSc Design, Society and Technology, you will continue your study of choice and technology - the ethics of technology choices, and the principles of design choice. Finally, you will apply your knowledge and skills to the challenge of preserving our environment; learning about environmental issues and applying your decision-making and analysis skills, along with a range of specialist techniques, to the challenges they present.
If you choose the BA Enterprise and Design, your study of design will lead to the detailed study of new business development, and you will apply your knowledge of key business skills - marketing, finance, and planning - to a team-based environmental challenge.
How you learn
You will learn through workshops and seminars, working in small groups with the support and assistance of lecturers. Key information will be delivered in mini-lectures delivered within workshops and seminars, and the focus throughout will be on applying and developing knowledge in practice. You will have four hours of classes each week, and you should plan to spend an additional 16 hours each week preparing for classes, reading, and working on assessment tasks, and completing tasks that contribute to team progress on projects
How you are assessed
All assessments on these courses provide opportunities to develop skills vital for project and team work. These will include projects and reports that you will work on individually and in small groups, as well as presentations, essays and practical tasks. You will have the opportunity to develop your ability to evaluate the projects and solutions of your peers, and to respond to their assessment of your progress.
Entry routes
Third year entry
HND or equivalent in social science, business, science or technology area.
Minimum entry
For further advice on minimum qualifications please use our Ask a Question section. If you are currently at college, please also refer to our Coming from college page.
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Career
The skills and knowledge you will develop while studying these courses are those that employers identify as the most important attributes they require of graduates. Your success in completing one of these degrees will confirm your achievement and support your career development into management-level positions in a range of industry sectors and roles.
Both programmes develop graduate-level learning skills that will support your future professional and personal development, including part-time study to Honours level.
