Advanced Diploma in Product Design and Development
Toronto, Canada
DURATION
3 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
Jan 2025
TUITION FEES
CAD 4,428 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
Blended, Distance Learning, On-Campus
* tuition 2 semesters Canadian students; CAD 15,385.50 - tuition 2 semesters International students
Key Summary
Introduction
- Program Code: 3517
- School: School of Communications, Media, Arts, and Design
- Credential: Ontario College Advanced Diploma
- Program Type: Post-secondary program
- Program Length: 3 years/ 6 semesters
- Location: Story Arts Centre
The Product Design and Development program is the only one of its kind in Canada and will provide you with the unique understanding to develop high-tech, ecological and socially responsible products from concept and design to production.
Combining the strengths of Centennial College's School of Communications, Media, Arts and Design and the School of Engineering Technology and Applied Science, the innovative Product Design and Development courses will bring together hands-on learning in product and industrial design and product development with product lifecycle management. Through interdisciplinary, collaborative group projects that will require you to apply all stages of the visual design process, you'll develop creative design problem-solving abilities and strategies.
You'll also acquire a wide range of other skills in this advanced diploma program, including idea generation, drawing, model-making, 3D CAD advanced computer modelling, rapid prototyping, product development (CAE analysis, reverse engineering technology, materials selection, quality testing, product costing and optimization), product lifecycle management and cross-platform multimedia communications. To round out training, you'll gain a strong sense of functional and aesthetic principles of design as well as a solid understanding of the technical and business aspects of product development.
Centennial's Product Design and Development program meets the growing need for graduates with a strategic vision of interdisciplinary product design and an understanding of all stages of the product lifecycle who are ready to work in a variety of exciting careers related to consumer product development, electronics, furniture,
Admissions
Curriculum
Semester 1
- COMM-160/161 College Communication 1
- PDDV-110 Entrepreneurship in Design
- PDDV-111 Product Design Process and Methodology
- PDDV-112 Visual Communications
- PDDV-113 3D Studio 1
- PDDV-114 History of Design and Technology
- PDDV-115 Design Exploration
- PDDV-118 Form Development
Semester 2
- COMM-170/171 College Communication 2
- PDDV-116 Product Development Processes 1
- PDDV-120 The Art of Technical Drawing
- PDDV-121 Product Design Collaboration Studio 1
- PDDV-123 3D CAD Design Fundamentals
- PDDV-127 Technology and Materials Science
- PDDV-128 Visual Communications 2
- PDDV-212 3D Studio 2
Semester 3
- PDDV-210 Costing and Product Optimization
- PDDV-211 Product Design Collaboration Studio 2
- PDDV-216 Project 1
- PDDV-222 3D CAD Design Intermediate
- PDDV-224 3D Studio 3
- PDDV-225 Product Development Processes 2
- PDDV-321 Legal Aspects of Product Design and Development
Semester 4
- GNED General Education Elective
- PDDV-220 Design Verification and Validation Process
- PDDV-221 Product Design Collaboration Studio 3
- PDDV-227 Project 2
- PDDV-228 Design for Accessibility
- PDDV-229 Capstone Ideation, Research and Development
- PDDV-314 Product Development Processes 3
Semester 5
- GNED-500 Global Citizenship: From Social Analysis to Social Action
- PDDV-122 Multimedia Presentation 1
- PDDV-214 Product Analysis and Validation - Functionality
- PDDV-223 Advanced Design Processes
- PDDV-312 3D CAD Design Advanced
- PDDV-313 Business
- PDDV-316 Project 3
- PDDV-500 Storyworks
Semester 6
- ENGL-250 Report Writing in a Technical Environment
- GNED General Education Elective
- PDDV-310 Multimedia Presentation 2
- PDDV-317 3D Modeling for Capstone
- PDDV-323 Marketing and Brand Identity
- PDDV-326 Capstone Project
Program Outcome
Program Highlights
- During your time in the program, you'll study and work in classrooms and labs that are equipped with the latest tools and industry-standard software.
- The program will provide a practical, hands-on and entrepreneurial approach that will prepare you for a sustainable career.
- Opportunities will exist to collaborate with students in other programs at the Story Arts Centre. This will be a unique way to network, learn and work with industry professionals.
- You'll have the opportunity to work with ACCEL, Centennial’s in-house business incubator, to bring your ideas to market.
- You'll gain industry experience through STORYWORKS, a course that will provide the opportunity to work with real-world clients of all kinds.
Program Vocational Learning Outcomes
Program Vocational Learning Outcomes describe what graduates of the program have demonstrated they can do with the knowledge and skills they have achieved during their studies. The outcomes are closely tied to the needs of the workplace. Through assessment (e.g., assignments and tests), students verify their ability to reliably perform these outcomes before graduating.
- Create design solutions through all stages of the iterative design process to meet the identified needs.
- Design and develop products by applying knowledge of idea generation, sketching, rendering, reverse engineering, and conceptualizing.
- Combine relevant principles of creative design and fundamental knowledge of engineering technology to implement a cross-functional approach to product development.
- Develop products sustainably, legally and ethically from environmental and human perspectives.
- Explore innovative product solutions that also incorporate feedback/input from the relevant external community and industry stakeholders to solve product design problems.
- Create 2D and 3D CAD models for physical and virtual products with robust design functionality.
- Perform prototype quality testing using CAE methods, product testing and standards based on design requirements.
- Manage the technical aspects, assess the risks, and apply the best practices of the product lifecycle.
- Identify and select advanced and emerging manufacturing processes and methods of interdisciplinary production for product design and development.
- Integrate fundamental concepts and principles of applied sciences in design theory in the examination and selection of materials and product development methods to achieve functional and aesthetic goals.
- Apply fundamental business and multimedia communication skills to product design and development processes.
Career Opportunities
Career Outlook
- Industrial Designer
- Furniture Designer
- Toy Designer
- Product Designer
- Design Strategist
- 3D CAD Modeller
- Model Maker
Education Pathways
Qualified Product Design and Development Advanced Diploma program graduates may be eligible to participate in pathway programs with partnering institutions. These pathway programs allow you to receive degree credit for learning obtained at Centennial College. Please note that each partner pathway has a specific minimum grade requirement in order to qualify for transfer credits, which are assessed by the receiving partner institution.