Designing for People 12 credits

About the course

The course consists of four modules:

Project Preparations, 1.5 credits

Here, the student receives an introduction to user studies, their origins, and current use in design practice. The module includes methods for user studies, observations, and activity analysis, as well as a comprehensive introduction to qualitative and quantitative methods for collecting user data.

Learning Goals: ELO 1

Theme Week: Sociopolitical Issues, Movements, and Contexts, 1.5 credits

The module focuses on exploring societal sociopolitical issues and phenomena relevant to the design field. The module constitutes a theme that spans across the years of the bachelor's program.

Learning Goals: ELO 2

Project Work, 6 credits

Here, the student performs a design project with a real-world context in collaboration with an external partner from industry, the public sector, or a non-profit organization. The student receives training in independently managing complex design-related problems based on real situations. In the project work, the student develop their ability to work creatively with design and to use sketching and modeling techniques in a communicative way. The project is mainly structured according to current design process models.

Learning objectives: ELO 3, ELO 4, ELO 5, ELO 6, ELO 7

Project Communication, 3 credits

In the final module, the student will process the project work to present its process and results both visually and verbally to an interested public, and reflect on what such a result might mean from a sustainability perspective. Here, the student will also reflect on their own learning.

Learning objectives: ELO 6, ELO 8, ELO 9