Design and Technology (Product Design)

Course summary

A Level Design and Technology: Product Design (3-D Design) helps students take a broad view of design and technology, develop their capacity to design and make products and appreciate the complex relations between design, materials, manufacture and marketing. The specification provides the opportunity to design and make a product in both years of the course. The qualification is 50% coursework in order to recognise the importance of practical work within this subject. The course is designed to help candidates to: • Initiate design solutions, develop, test and trial working models and prototypes. • Develop and sustain imagination, innovation and flair when working with concepts and materials. • Develop an understanding of contemporary design and technological practices and consider the uses and effects of new technologies and modern materials. • Develop thinking skills, financial capability, enterprise and entrepreneurial skills.