Industrial Product Design
Hoahoa Hua Pakihi
Qualifications
Overview
Studying Industrial Product Design will teach you how to design and deliver suitable products that solve problems and generate consumer interest.
Power tools, parachutes, footwear, furniture, backpacks, bikes, inhalers, and interfaces are all examples of Industrial Product Design. This subject combines creative innovation with technical and business skills.
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- Gain practical understanding of the product design lifecycle — from research and idea generation through to prototyping, testing, and delivery.
- Cross-disciplinary study including engineering, physics, mathematics, design, and science.
- Access to computer designing software to test, visualise, and communicate your ideas.
- Opportunities to enter in internationally recognised design competitions.
Industrial Product Design major
Complete the compulsory courses for the Bachelor of Product Design, along with the following major courses:
100-level
- PROD111 Materials Science for Design
- PROD112 Digital Modelling for Design
- PHYS101 Engineering Physics A: Mechanics, Waves, Electromagnetism and Thermal Physics OR PHYS111 Introductory Physics for Physical Sciences and Engineering
200-level
- PROD210 Design and Manufacture
- PROD211 Materials Engineering and Selection
- PROD212 Thermofluids
- PROD213 Industrial Product Design 1A
- PROD214 Industrial Product Design 1B
- One 15-point course above 100-level from Engineering, Science, Sport, or Product Design degrees
300-level
- PROD311 Solid CAD
- PROD313 Industrial Product Design 2A
- PROD314 Industrial Product Design 2B
- One 15-point course above 100-level from Engineering, Science, Sport, or Product Design degrees
- One 15-point course at 300-level from Engineering, Science, Sport, or Product Design degrees
Industrial Product Design minor
For the minor in the Bachelor of Arts, Commerce, Digital Screen, Health Sciences, Product Design, Science, Social and Environmental Sustainability, Sport, or Youth and Community Leadership, complete the following courses:
- 75 points chosen from the 15-point major courses above, with at least 45 points above 100-level
15 points may be chosen from courses in the other Product Design majors.
Studying Industrial Product Design will give you the skills to work across various industries due to the combination of disciplines you participate in during your studies.
Career pathways could include:
- industrial product designer
- design researcher
- design engineer
- entrepreneur — set up your own company, generating your own product.
Find out more about what you can do with a degree in Industrial Product Design.
Contact us
Te Kura Hanga Otinga | School of Product Design
Phone +64 3 369 4271 or +64 3 369 4272
Email productdesign@canterbury.ac.nz
Location
Len Lye building – see campus maps
Postal address
Te Kaupeka Pūhanga | Faculty of Engineering
Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch 8140
New Zealand
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