The B.Sc. (Hons) Technical Design and Technology is a new degree being offered by the Department of Technology and Entrepreneurship Education, Faculty of Education. The concept behind this undergraduate degree in Technical Design and Technology is the liberal study of technology and the flexibility of employment that this leads to.
Within this degree, the learner develops foundation knowledge and hands-on skills about the domains of technological design and manufacturing processes, graphical communication, engineering drawing, electrical and electronic circuits, materials, mechanical structures and mechanisms. The degree offers opportunity to view technological products as user-centred and to discuss and reflect on values related to technology and its use by modern society.
Apart from encouraging enterprising job initiatives, this degree is the ideal springboard for employment within professions that communicate technology, including the Master in Teaching and Learning postgraduate degree in Education. This degree would enable one to become a teacher of the learning area. Other sectors of employment may include: entrepreneurship and self-employment, design, education, product design industry, research including educational research, public relations, graphic design industry, manufacturing industry, furniture industry, building services, government agencies, industry representatives, corporate communications, advertising, media, administration, management, business and marketing.
This course is intended for students who have a flair for design and an initiative for design entrepreneurship and innovation. It provides a very broad entry into employment that ‘does’ technology, ‘co-ordinates’ technology, or ‘communicates’ technology. It is also relevant for students who wish to become teachers of the curricular subjects of Technical Design and Technology, Graphical Communication or vocational Engineering Technology.
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