The BA (Hons) Product Design and Creative Innovation (with Foundation Year) course at Teesside allows students to develop their career in a multitude of directions, either as designer-makers or as designers for large organisations. Students can complete an optional work placement year as part of this degree course at no extra cost. 21st-century approaches to product design range from designing one-off, bespoke artefacts to mass-produced objects in their millions. This course includes an integrated foundation year for those who don’t have the appropriate subjects or grades for direct entry to Year 1 of the degree. This course focuses on creative ideas for the form of products, and how they relate to consumer needs and tastes, as well as their environmental impact. There is a strong focus on design thinking, business thinking and how design can be used to deliver solutions to real-world problems.