The Bachelor of Product Design involves a combination of coursework and design projects. All students in the degree complete compulsory courses in introductory product design, management, engineering, and mathematics, as well as courses towards a major.
See ‘How do I plan my degree?’ above for an example degree structure diagram.
Product Design majors
You can study one of three majors within the Bachelor of Product Design:
Compulsory courses
The first year of the degree includes introductory courses in designing and creating products and business management skills.
Students also complete one course of choice in the second year, and another two courses in the third year, for an advanced business background.
Year 1
- PROD 101 Product Design 1
- MGMT 100 Fundamentals of Management
- PROD 110 Product Design Principles or ENGR 101 Foundations of Engineering
- One 100-level MATH or EMTH course
Year 2
All students in the degree complete one of the following:
- ACCT 102 Accounting and Financial Information
- ECON 104 Introduction to Microeconomics
- MKTG 100 Principles of Marketing
Year 3
All students in the degree must complete two courses at either 200 or 300-level chosen from:
- Accounting
- Business
- Economics
- Finance
- Innovation
- Management
- Marketing
If you have not already completed MKTG 100 in the degree, then you must include at least one Marketing course in your options.
Further study
Students may go onto postgraduate studies with the Postgraduate Certificate in Product Design, the Master of Product Design, and the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Product Design.
UC also has a wide range of relevant options for postgraduate study, including qualifications in Engineering, Computer Science, Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Business and Marketing.
There is also the Postgraduate Certificate in Product Innovation and Master of Product Innovation open to students of any study background.