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The Postgraduate Diploma course runs alongside the core Diploma sharing some of the design and research projects. It is an intensive professional programme which enables students to investigate in depth the impetus and consequences of their design decisions, preparing them for the more investigative demands of this competitive profession. Students will be encouraged to critically analyse design in their own terms and explore the philosophical background to the subject through seminars, design projects, written work and self-directed study. Students will be introduced to the design method through site specific projects, some with real clients, carried out in studio with professional designers providing tutorial support. Projects will increase in complexity as the course progresses.

Students will be taught to approach problem solving professionally with the Survey, Analysis, Design method and encouraged to explore conceptual design method and practice. Core skills and understanding are developed through comprehensive exploration of design, design analysis, construction, planting, graphics and business. Contemporary visualisation skills, both manual and computer based, are introduced and developed throughout the programme, enabling students to leave with a comprehensive portfolio and a clear understanding of practical and professional issues.

Further explanation and exploration, through lectures, workshops and site specific projects, cover aesthetic and practical issues and form the basis for self-directed study and student-led discussion in preparation for possible entry to Part II, the MA programme

You may also like to consider the Postgraduate Diploma and MA in Garden Design courses. To develop drawing skills before starting a course see the Garden Design Drawing course, and to develop further computer-aided drawing and design skills see the CAD courses.