Design and Technology (Engineering)

Course summary

All Design and Technology routes share common fundamentals: identifying requirements, learning from existing products and practice, implications of wider issues, design thinking and communication, material considerations, technical understanding, manufacturing processes and techniques, the viability of design solutions, and health and safety. Design Engineering focuses on engineered and electronic products and systems; the analysis of these in respect of function, operation, components, and materials, in order to understand their application and uses in engineered products/systems that have commercial viability. Why Study Design and Technology/Engineering? • You enjoy designing and making. • You want to progress onto an engineering-related career. • You want to develop critical thinking and problem-solving abilities. • You want to develop intellectual curiosity. • You want to better understand the impact on daily life and the wider world of design decisions. • You want to be creative in your approach to work. • You want to and develop your sketching ability and use of digital technologies. • You want to become an expert user of Computer Aided Design and Manufacture (CAD/CAM) software and hardware. • You want to design and prototype smaller-scale engineered or electronic products. • You want to apply Mathematics in the design, development, and testing of engineered products.