Prerequisite/Recommended prerequisite for
participation in the module
Bachelor in Sustainable design or similar qualifications
Content, progress and pedagogy of the
module
A student who has been through the module:
Learning objectives
Knowledge
- understands current socio-technical changes within consumption
in the light of a longer historical perspective and with regards to
sustainability
Skills
- can analyse how technological changes in everyday life (at the
micro level) are connected with broader social changes (at the
macro level)
- can analyse the position of a product in a social context,
including aspects related to culture, norms, social groups, gender,
and age groups
- is able to apply a practice theory perspective in an empirical
analysis of everyday use of technology
- can discuss how technologies and consumption co-develop with
modern family life and the work-life balance
- is able to assess the possibilities for and the usefulness of
including users in innovation processes for everyday products
- is able to carry out and analyse qualitative interviews,
including coding of the material
- can apply systematic observation, ethnographic methods, studies
of advertisements etc. as part of empirical studies on technology
in everyday life
- can write about products and consumption in everyday life in a
clear and accessible way
Competences
- can independently crystallize the main points in a scientific
text and give an oral presentation of these points in an accessible
and pedagogical way
Type of instruction
Reading and analysing texts, lectures and cases, facilitating
exercises etc.
Exam
Exams
Name of exam | Sustainable consumption |
Type of exam | Written and oral exam |
ECTS | 5 |
Permitted aids | |
Assessment | 7-point grading scale |
Type of grading | Internal examination |
Criteria of assessment | The criteria for evaluation are stated in the Framework
Provisions |