Codesign, Tools and Approaches, 6 credits

Codesign, verktyg och angreppssätt, 6 hp

TDDE29

Main field of study

Design

Course level

Second cycle

Course type

Programme course

Examiner

Stefan Holmlid

Director of studies or equivalent

Jalal Maleki

Education components

Preliminary scheduled hours: 0 h
Recommended self-study hours: 160 h
ECV = Elective / Compulsory / Voluntary
Course offered for Semester Period Timetable module Language Campus ECV
6MDES Design, Master's Programme 1 (Autumn 2017) 1, 2 3, 2 English Linköping, Valla C

Main field of study

Design

Course level

Second cycle

Advancement level

A1X

Course offered for

  • Design, Master's Programme

Entry requirements

Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.

Prerequisites

Three years of completed university studies. Admission to masterprogram in Design. Proficiency in design.

Intended learning outcomes

The main objective is for students to develop knowledge about and understanding of the range of what collaborative design entails, from the situation of being and individual expert designer to the situation of facilitator of co-creative processes. After the completion of the course the student shall be able to:

  • Describe the variation and history of approaches to codesign
  • Analyze and criticize a design project and its tools from different codesign perspectives
  • Argue for how a specific codesign approach is supported by specific tools in a design task they are currently engaged in
  • Relate their personal ambitions as designers to codesign and identify personal development in relationship to this
  • Plan and manage codesign approaches and processes, selecting appropriate tools

Course content

History of codesign approaches, exercising codesign tools and techniques, planning and preparing codesign processes

Teaching and working methods

The course is organized around practical workshops, coaching seminars, and supporting lectures and literature seminars.

Examination

UPG2Reflection Document1 creditsU, G
UPG1Written Report2 creditsU, 3, 4, 5
PRA1Project Assignments3 creditsU, 3, 4, 5

The final grade is computed from the assignment grades, weighted according to their hp sizes.

Grades

Four-grade scale, LiU, U, 3, 4, 5

Department

Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utveckling

Director of Studies or equivalent

Jalal Maleki

Examiner

Stefan Holmlid

Course website and other links

Education components

Preliminary scheduled hours: 0 h
Recommended self-study hours: 160 h

Course literature

Fastställs senare
Code Name Scope Grading scale
UPG2 Reflection Document 1 credits U, G
UPG1 Written Report 2 credits U, 3, 4, 5
PRA1 Project Assignments 3 credits U, 3, 4, 5

The final grade is computed from the assignment grades, weighted according to their hp sizes.

Regulations (apply to LiU in its entirety)

The university is a government agency whose operations are regulated by legislation and ordinances, which include the Higher Education Act and the Higher Education Ordinance. In addition to legislation and ordinances, operations are subject to several policy documents. The Linköping University rule book collects currently valid decisions of a regulatory nature taken by the university board, the vice-chancellor and faculty/department boards.

LiU’s rule book for education at first-cycle and second-cycle levels is available at http://styrdokument.liu.se/Regelsamling/Innehall/Utbildning_pa_grund-_och_avancerad_niva. 

Fastställs senare

Note: The course matrix might contain more information in Swedish.

I = Introduce, U = Teach, A = Utilize
I U A Modules Comment
1. DISCIPLINARY KNOWLEDGE AND REASONING
1.1 Knowledge of underlying mathematics and science (G1X level)

                            
1.2 Fundamental engineering knowledge (G1X level)

                            
1.3 Further knowledge, methods, and tools in one or several subjects in engineering or natural science (G2X level)

                            
1.4 Advanced knowledge, methods, and tools in one or several subjects in engineering or natural sciences (A1X level)

                            
1.5 Insight into current research and development work

                            
2. PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES
2.1 Analytical reasoning and problem solving

                            
2.2 Experimentation, investigation, and knowledge discovery

                            
2.3 System thinking

                            
2.4 Attitudes, thought, and learning

                            
2.5 Ethics, equity, and other responsibilities

                            
3. INTERPERSONAL SKILLS: TEAMWORK AND COMMUNICATION
3.1 Teamwork

                            
3.2 Communications

                            
3.3 Communication in foreign languages

                            
4. CONCEIVING, DESIGNING, IMPLEMENTING AND OPERATING SYSTEMS IN THE ENTERPRISE, SOCIETAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT
4.1 External, societal, and environmental context

                            
4.2 Enterprise and business context

                            
4.3 Conceiving, system engineering and management

                            
4.4 Designing

                            
4.5 Implementing

                            
4.6 Operating

                            
5. PLANNING, EXECUTION AND PRESENTATION OF RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS WITH RESPECT TO SCIENTIFIC AND SOCIETAL NEEDS AND REQUIREMENTS
5.1 Societal conditions, including economic, social, and ecological aspects of sustainable development for knowledge development

                            
5.2 Economic conditions for knowledge development

                            
5.3 Identification of needs, structuring and planning of research or development projects

                            
5.4 Execution of research or development projects

                            
5.5 Presentation and evaluation of research or development projects

                            

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