Creative Design Management (level 6 top-up)

Equip yourself with a diverse skillset essential for a career in design management. On this course, you will focus on key areas such as client management, time planning, concept development, and coordinating with multiple project stakeholders, gaining the expertise needed to manage a project from inception to completion. Our experienced staff, who bring extensive real-world knowledge of design management, will guide your learning throughout the programme.

The curriculum strikes a balance between theory and practical application. Throughout the year, you will manage a virtual project, offering hands-on experience while allowing you to specialise in Product, Digital, or Interior Design in modules two and four. This experience will help shape your future career decisions, enabling you to focus on the area of design management that best aligns with your interests and strengths.

Completing this programme will give you the chance to progress to Design Innovation and Management MA/MSc at DMU, gaining two degrees in two years.

• Earn a BA (Hons) that meets UK degree standards, with the option to progress onto a Master’s programme, gaining two degrees in just two years.

• Learn from industry professionals, who bring real-world insights to your studies and help shape your understanding of the design industry.

• Tailor your studies to match your career goals, specialising in product, digital, or interior design management, or explore multiple disciplines to broaden your skills.

• Study in the award-winning Vijay Patel Building, a state-of-the-art facility designed to inspire creativity and nurture your ideas.

• Boost your employability with transferrable skills in project management, preparing you for the fast-paced and diverse design industry.

Year one
Block 1: The Principles of Design Management
Block 2: Concept Management
Block 3: Client Management
Block 4: Delivery Management

Structure
All modules are indicative and based on the current academic session. Course information is correct at the time of publication and is subject to review. Exact modules may, therefore, vary for your intake in order to keep content current. If there are changes to your course we will, where reasonable, take steps to inform you as appropriate.

The curriculum is focused on developing the practical skills and knowledge required for graduates to make an immediate impact as Design managers and continue developing those skills into the future. You will learn how to plan and deliver a project while balancing the needs of different stakeholders throughout the project's delivery. You will learn how to create exciting Presentations, present to a team, and manage the team's expectations.

Contact hours
You will be taught through a combination of lectures, tutorials, seminars, workshops, studios, group work and self-directed study. You will normally attend around 13 hours of timetabled taught sessions (lectures and tutorials) each week, and we expect you to undertake at least 26 further hours of independent study to complete project work and research.