Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

Learning objectives

Knowledge

Students who complete the module will obtain the following qualifications

• Must be able to understand time and interaction related issues in specific service cases
• Must be able to apply appropriate methods and tools to organise sequences of events and interactions in a service
• Must be able to Understand technological, material, social and cultural aspects relating to design of services and interaction

Skills

Students who complete the module will obtain the following qualifications

• Must be able to analyse the products’ interplay with users and take into consideration and account for the contextual circumstances that necessitate a particularly active behaviour and analysis
• Must be able to carry out an analysis of problem areas relating to the design of the interaction between products and their users
• Must be able to synthesise technical, time and interaction related, social and cultural aspects into a design proposal
• Produce a project report according to norms of the area, take into consideration relevant literature, apply correct terminology and convey the research-based foundation, problem and results of the project orally and in writing in a coherent manner, including the relationship between the problem formulation, the project’s realization and its conclusions
• Evaluate and select relevant literature, scientific methods and models and other tools for application in the project work, and evaluate the project’s problem area in a relevant scientific context

Competences

Students who complete the module will obtain the following qualifications

• Must be able to design products and services integrating technical and user aspects through proposal-making (synthesis) and assess their integration
• Must be able to adequate competences to present the project and the process in a professionally appropriate way by applying relevant media and techniques
• Plan, execute and manage complex research and/or development tasks, and assume a professional responsibility for carrying out, potentially cross-disciplinary, collaborations
• Assume responsibility for own scientific development and specialization

Type of instruction

See general description of the types of instruction are described in § 17.

Exam

Exams