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Postgraduate Diploma in Design (NQF level 8)
Students enrolling in this qualification will have already achieved a certain level of foundational and practical competence in their respective undergraduate design qualifications and industry. The postgraduate diploma introduces interdisciplinary awareness in preparation for further advanced studies at master's level or for advanced-level contribution as part of inter, multi, and transdisciplinary design teams in practice. This qualification speaks directly to CPUT Vision 2030 in preparing students for the complexity of fast-changing contexts.
Subjects
- Interdisciplinary Design Research (48 credits)
- Design Management (12 Credits)
- Digital Design and Making (12 Credits)
- Social Innovation and Citizenship (12 Credits)
- Design for Sustainable Futures (12 Credits)
- Service Innovation Design * (12 Credits)
- Materials Technology * (12 Credits)
- User Experience and User Interface Design * (12 Credits)
- * Students can select 2 of the elective subjects to total 120 credits
Admission Requirements
An Advanced Diploma or a Btech Degree or a Bachelor's Degree in any design or design-related discipline at NQF level 7.
or
Access to the Postgraduate Diploma in Design can be gained through Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL). Access to the qualification will be awarded to a candidate who has provided evidence to the satisfaction of the assessors that the stated competence of the preceding qualification, as detailed in the specified outcomes, has been achieved, either through education and training in a single provider's learning program or through experience that complies with the stated specified outcomes.
Master of Design degree (from 2023- to be confirmed)
Master of Design Students will have the opportunity to select an area of specialisation that combines applied technology and innovation to address complex problems. As such, the topics in the design project will aim to further the development of professional, social, or industrial practice.
Master of Design graduates will have gained substantial knowledge in their specific field of practice and a theoretical understanding of the role of professional design practice as a contributing factor to the quality of the human condition. The proposed Master of Design programme responds to the CPUT graduate attributes, which focus on developing technological capabilities and foresight, resilience, problem-solving ability, and relational and ethical capabilities.
Subjects
- Design project (24 credits)
- Design research methods (24 credits)
- Design Management (24 credits)
- Service Innovation Design (24 credits)
- Design and Culture (24 credits)
- Design for Sustainability (24 credits)
Admission Requirements
An honours degree or postgraduate diploma in any design or design-related discipline at NQF level 8.
or
Access to the Master of Design Degree can be gained through Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL). Access to the qualification will be awarded to a candidate who has provided evidence to the satisfaction of the assessors that the stated competence of the preceding qualification, as detailed in the specified outcomes, has been achieved, either through education and training in a single provider's learning program or through experience that complies with the stated specified outcomes.
Doctor of Applied Arts and Design
A doctoral graduate will have a high level of overall knowledge in a specialised field of design and the competence to make a significant and original contribution to knowledge in that field. Product development and services and systems thinking are underpinned by advanced theoretical and applied knowledge.
Admission Requirements
A Master of Technology degree or a Master of Design degree in any design or design-related discipline at NQF level 9.
or
Access to the Doctor of Applied Arts and Design Degree can be gained through Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL). Access to the qualification will be awarded to a candidate who has provided evidence to the satisfaction of the assessors that the stated competence of the preceding qualification, as detailed in the specified outcomes, has been achieved, either through education and training in a single provider's learning program or through experience that complies with the stated specified outcomes.
Contact Details
Design Postgraduate Studies Contact Details
| Faculty Office | Mrs Popi Makubalo |
+27 21 460 3296 |
| Design ECP |
Mrs Charmaine Simons |
+27 21 460 3676 |
| Postgraduate studies in Design | Dr Bruce Snaddon Postgraduate Coordinator |
+27 21 460 3463 |