Design and Technology (Product Design)

Course summary

This course enables students to identify, consider and solve problems through creative thinking, planning and design and by working with different media, materials and tools. Students will develop an appropriate breadth and depth of knowledge and understanding at an advanced level in design and technology. Learners are required to study all of the content specified in relation to Product Design. This will ensure that they are able to make effective choices in relation to which materials, components and systems to utilise within design and make activities. The subject content is presented under seven main headings: • Designing and innovation; • Materials and components; • Processes; • Industrial and commercial practice; • Product analysis and systems; • Human responsibility; • Public interaction – marketing and research. Within each area, the content is further divided into sub-headings in the specification, each with specified content and amplification.