Automotive & Transport Design BA (Hons) BA (Hons) BA (Hons)

Cad & Visualisation: Realising

In this module you will further explore industry standard CAD modelling software to develop advanced skills, enabling you to produce high quality renders and animation of your concepts. You will learn to build vehicles using Sub-divisional modelling, an exciting and fluid process that enables you to design and model creative sculptural forms. When you master this method of modelling it unlocks your creativity and pushes you to challenge the limits of your designs. The skills you learn here are quickly becoming widespread practice in the Automotive & Transport Industry, as well as in architecture, product design, concept art, film, and games design.

Module code: PROD40108

Material Investigation

During your first workshop-based module you will be introduced to a range of core materials and processes. We will underpin your learning experience through a selection of approaches in physical practice, enabling you to use the extensive workshop facilities independently but also gaining the essentials for high levels of craftsmanship. Your skills learned in this module will form the grounding to your exciting future creative career.

Module code: PROD40102

Cad & Visualisation: Modelling

Working in our state-of-the-art CAD labs, you will be using industry standard software and techniques to create realistic CAD models and renders. Following step-by-step tutorials and benefitting from 1-1 tuition, backed up by our exclusive video content, you’ll quickly develop a skillset to apply in all your design projects. Once you’ve acquired a these skills in CAD & Visualisation techniques they can open the door to careers in numerous creative industries such as Automotive & Transport Design, Animation in Film & Television, and Games Design.

Module code: PROD40107

Studio Skills

Visual communication is a key skill to becoming a great designer. You will learn how to improve your drawing and rendering in 2D so that in future you will confidently communicate your ideas effectively and with flair. With daily practise you will become accomplished in a variety of drawing and rendering styles in different media, master different levels of visual information while understanding the remit of designers in the future. Visual communication skills will be used and improved on all future modules, they are an efficient and rapid way to progress multiple ideas to quickly explore a range of practical solutions to any given brief.

Module code: PROD40101

Design For Industry 1

This will be your first taste of a live project – designing for a client from industry, just like in the real world. Working with a client is an excellent way to sharpen your skills in research, design ideation, listening, reasoning and verbal communication. Building relationships in a business context and providing a compelling solution to a client’s brief will make you a more professional and innovative designer. Consequently, you will have the confidence and skillset to work constructively and successfully with a client in future modules.

Module code: PROD40100

Ux & Interior Design

On this module, you’ll work both independently and collaboratively to explore the Interior Design of vehicles, as well the increasingly important field of User Experience design. You’ll use sketching, rendering, ergonomic simulation, CAD, and app design software to develop your concept.In today’s digital world, a consumer’s interaction with a vehicle begins on the smartphone in their pocket, and you’ll be developing skills to create seamless experiences for the next generation of transport solutions.Developing stylish and considered interiors, you’ll create concepts for engaging experiences which connect with the consumer on an emotional level.

Module code: PROD50116

Future Forms

Future Forms, even the name sounds exciting. You will get the opportunity to bring one of your exciting designs to life in the form of a clay model. In this module you will learn and understand the language of vehicle design, you will be able to see and understand the power of proportion, you will explore the complexities of form and learn how illustrate it. This is the module that will be the foundation to your career in vehicle design.

Module code: PROD50110

Concept Vehicle Design For Games & Film

You’ll be immersed in the world of games engines, VR, Virtual Production and Concept Design to develop exciting, futuristic vehicles for the games and film industry.Through speed sketching, digital rendering and CAD modelling you’ll produce exciting portfolio pieces to be proud of.As boundaries between industries blur, the design skills developed in this module will be transferable across sectors, allowing you to begin to specialise in an area of interest.

Module code: PROD50115

Design For Industry 2

This module will push your imagination, empowering you to think rapidly and creatively in response to a brief from a professional client. You will communicate your ideas visually and verbally, demonstrating that you know the impact of semantics and aesthetics using colour, form and texture to provide a variety of solutions to the clients’ brief. Working with a client is an excellent way to sharpen your reasoning skills and it builds your ability to interpret their requirements and react to feedback. You'll become more resilient, adaptable and professional as a designer as a result of this module.

Module code: PROD50109

Graduate Futures

Get ahead in the creative industry! On this module you will learn insider tips and tricks, social media strategies and how to network with the right people. You will experience mock interviews, talks by recruitment professionals and inspiring designers who have seen and done it all - this module will really help you stand out in the competitive jobs market. Grow your ambitions, build your resilience and confidence, become job-ready before you graduate.

Module code: PROD60103

Major Project

Your Major Project is the pinnacle of your degree and an opportunity to put everything you have learnt into practice. You will demonstrate high levels of creativity, project management and self-organisational skills. You will deliver a substantial body of work presented to a professional standard, resulting in the curation and exhibition of your own and your peers’ finished work. This is your opportunity to impress industry connections and exhibit your work nationally.

Module code: PROD60106

People, Place And Society

People, Place & Society (PPS) examines the changing landscape of the way we live, reflecting on how this affects the objects we interact with. You will learn about a range of key contextual issues before selecting a research topic relevant to your professional discipline. The module develops key research and communication skills for your future career and professional life.

Module code: PROD60105

Design For Industry 3

This project reflects your ‘creative voice’ within the constraints of an external brief. The work that you produce should be a springboard to your future professional life in the creative industries. You will need to consider your future aspirations early on in the year so that they can be factored into your work and our links to industry.

Module code: PROD60104

Dtib Industrial Placement

Module code: PLAC00002