Design and Technology (Product Design)

Course summary

The Product Design course will appeal to students who have an inquiring mind and an interest in artefact / product design. In Year 12 and Year 13 you will enjoy designing and making things from wood, metal and plastics at an advanced level, and have a developing skill in presenting ideas to a high graphical standard. Throughout the course the design aspect is an integrated process that involves the consideration of human needs - which produces a response / solution in the form of a 3D artefact following an iterative process of designing, making, testing and evaluating. The choice of project towards the end of Year 12 and in Year 13 is left to the student. This is a flexible project and a variety of ideas are easily accommodated to allow different areas of interest to be explored – centred around a design context and the design process – a design brief is developed following the design process through to manufacturing an end product leading to testing and evaluation. The course will also involve considerable preparation for the written exam – through theory content, assignments to develop knowledge and skills as well as practice for answering examination questions.