Content, progress and pedagogy of the
module
A student who has completed this module:
Learning objectives
Knowledge
- has knowledge about different design strategies to tackle
sustainable transition challenges
- can understand challenges concerned with ill-defined problems
and working with complex problems both on a general level and at
local levels that require systemic transformations
Skills
- can identify, characterise, and analyse a subject matter as the
focus for the design process
- can apply different design strategies as a response to a wicked
problem
- can develop or redesign sustainable business models in order to
support novel systemic solutions
- can involve interested parties in companies, governmental
bodies and /or from civil society in a design process
- can use material objects to visualise and communicate project
developments and findings or to facilitate dialogue
Competences
- can reflect upon viable design strategies as a response to
wicked and ill-defined problems and develop strategies to support
sustainable transitions processes through a design-oriented
approach
- can reflect upon viable ways of engaging and enrolling actors
from a diversity of disciplines, institutional and business domains
as part of design strategies
- can reflect on the role of sustainable design engineers as
experts with the capacity to facilitate cross disciplinary,
sociotechnical, participatory knowledge development and not only
narrow technical expertise (PBL)
- Can reflect on his/her own ability to operate and contribute to
teamwork in an intercultural context (PBL)
Type of instruction
Project assignment, carried out in groups of 4-5 students. The
project should be planned in cooperation with a company, an
institution or an interest group. Instructions on sustainable
business models and project management will support the project
work.
Exam
Prerequisite for enrollment for the exam
- An approved PBL competency profile is a prerequisite for
participation in the project exam
Exams
Name of exam | Design for Sustainable Transitions |
Type of exam | Oral exam based on a project |
ECTS | 15 |
Permitted aids | |
Assessment | 7-point grading scale |
Type of grading | External examination |
Criteria of assessment | The criteria of assessment are stated in the Examination
Policies and Procedures |