Course Description

Design Studies will set students up for using industry CAD software used widely in many jobs and industries. Students will be presented with design problems which they will have to solve using the software available. These solutions will usually get brought to life using technology such as 3D printers and laser cutters. This is a hands-on, problem solving course where projects will be designed and taken home at the same time.
The rapid expansion of technology in the area of Computer Aided Design (CAD), has helped people to be able take their ideas, and more easily turn them into a final design solution. In Design Studies, students learn how to take design ideas, develop them into realistic final designs which may then be constructed incorporating the use of other technologies such as 3d Printing and Laser Cutting. This is both a hands-on and theory-based course where real products are constructed. The course is taught with the latest industry standard software and introduces students to how products are designed in the real world. This course has leads into a variety of Year 11 subjects with skills learnt being transferable to many subjects.