Design (Product) MA

**Please check the Sheffield Hallam University website for the latest information.** <br/><br/>**Course summary**<br/>- Develop your specialist skills and knowledge in a collaborative studio environment.<br/><br/><br/>- Innovate with materials, technology and conceptual thinking.<br/><br/><br/>- Extend existing material practices in response to the needs of our rapidly changing world.<br/><br/><br/>- Placing emphasis on personal research, this course gives you the chance to develop your own interests and ideas in a challenging and supportive environment. Our academic staff are design specialists, researchers and practitioners who support you to expand your practice. This is an interdisciplinary design programme which promotes an ethos of social and cultural innovation.<br/><br/><br/>**How you learn**<br/>All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive.<br/><br/>The initial modules are taught to all students in the design faculty (including fashion, graphics, illustration, interior, jewellery and metalwork, interaction, packaging and product) and you focus on gaining a critical understanding of design thinking, theoretical studies, research methods and making practices. In subsequent modules, you will follow your own personal practice, supported by key specialist staff.<br/><br/>You learn through<br/><br/><br/>- immersive learning alongside peers in a studio environment<br/><br/><br/>- practice-based research<br/><br/><br/>- project work<br/><br/><br/>- individual and group tutorials<br/><br/><br/>- lectures<br/><br/><br/>- seminars<br/><br/><br/>- constructive critical debates<br/><br/><br/>Take a look at the departments Instagram to see what innovations and creations our students have been working on. For more content from our MA and MFA Design programmes, please visit our official Instagram.<br/><br/>**Applied learning - Live projects**<br/><br/>As well as undertaking live, real-world projects embedded into your modules, youre encouraged to seek industrial sponsors or collaborators for individual projects. The long-established link with our Art, Design & Media Research Centre (ADMRC) supports a continuing tradition of graduates from our masters courses working as research assistants and/or continuing their studies to PhD level. As such they’re also able to provide you with expert support throughout your projects.<br/><br/>**Field trips**<br/><br/>You’ll be able to take part in study trips and visits to design conferences and debates.<br/><br/>**Networking opportunities**<br/><br/>You’ll benefit from studying within a cross-disciplinary, vibrant, international, collaborative and supportive postgraduate environment. You can work alongside our Design Futures consultancy and with researchers from the ADMRC. We also encourage you to collaborate with our exemplary network of leading design agencies, organisations, museums and practitioners.