Design for Sustainability

2024/2025

Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

A student who has completed this module:

Learning objectives

Knowledge

  • has an understanding of the global sustainability challenges and institutional factors influencing the development of design for  circular economy and other sustainability approaches
  • has an understanding of environmental, economic, and social aspects of product and service system design
  • has an understanding of the merits and limitations of key tools used to assess and improve the sustainability of product and service system design

Skills

  • has the ability to collaborate with others in identifying and analyzing sustainability challenges embedded in existing production and consumption patterns
  • has the ability to identify and compare environmental aspects and impacts of different products/product systems
  • has the ability to apply different circular economy indicators with the purpose of developing different design strategies for promoting a circular economy
  • is able to conduct a design project which supports sustainable solutions and contributes to innovation and transitions and where digital elements might play a central role

Competences

  • can  map and critically interpret data in analyzing environmental aspects and impacts of products and product systems
  • can develop design suggestions for how to improve products, services and systems development for a circular economy or other sustainability approaches, including the trade-offs encountered in the design process
  • can effectively communicate the results from different methods documenting the sustainability of products, services and system design

Type of instruction

Reading and analysing texts, lectures and cases.

Exam

Exams

Name of examDesign for Sustainability
Type of exam
Written or oral exam
Will be specified in the semester description.
ECTS5
Permitted aids
Assessment7-point grading scale
Type of gradingInternal examination
Criteria of assessmentThe criteria of assessment are stated in the Examination Policies and Procedures

Facts about the module

Danish titleDesign for bæredygtighed
Module codeTBSD22104
Module typeCourse
Duration1 semester
SemesterAutumn
ECTS5
Language of instructionEnglish
Empty-place SchemeYes
Location of the lectureCampus Copenhagen
Responsible for the module

Organisation

Education ownerMaster of Science (MSc) in Engineering (Sustainable Design)
Study BoardStudy Board of Techno-Anthropology and Sustainable Design
DepartmentDepartment of Sustainability and Planning
FacultyThe Technical Faculty of IT and Design