Recommended prerequisite for participation in the module

Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

Learning objectives

Knowledge

• has knowledge on how to set project goals, manage and stage an international design project in a multicultural environment
• has knowledge about personal responsibilities and risks for engaging in engineering work in multicultural environments

Skills

• can formulate a purpose for an international design project
• can identify the technical knowledge needed for a project, master it, and apply it to the project
• can navigate in complexities of different structures of power to develop a project
• can navigate the complex arrangement of NGOs, government institutions, and companies in the intervening country to arrange the necessary resources for the development of a design project
• can stage a participatory design project based on involving a variety of actors
• can synthesise ideas and concepts based on interactions with actors
• can balance off viewpoints and create a harmonic unity in a multi-cultural team
• can understand the practical, complex execution of international design processes and own role within these processes
• can deliver and communicate a thorough design solution
• can evaluate the vulnerability of concepts

Competences

• can independently engage and take responsibility in engineering work in multicultural environments
• can independently establish and conduct a working relationship with people from different cultures
• can reflect critically on the role of engineers in the context of globalization and with relation to sustainability

Type of instruction

Seminars and project work with supervision

Exam

Exams