MAPD5200 Visualizing Complexity Course description

Admission to the Master's programme.

On successful completion of this course students are able to

• identify and evaluate influencing factors, potential areas of improvement and relationships between product, company, industry sector, society and sustainable development
• perform mappings and surveys of product concepts within a specific context
• visualize concepts/mappings and articulate complex ideas in the context of a greater system in order to bring the discussion concerning product and system development to a strategic level
• develop short and long term strategy for products in light of a context or a system
• design 3D product concepts as a result of contextual studies
• suggest evaluation criteria for the assessment of  examination objects
• safely and efficiently test and construct physical models of products in the workshops using material-based methods

• Social identity

• Product strategy

• Sustainable development

• System analysis and system analysis tools

• Commercialisation of concepts

• Service design

• Sequence analysis

• Social touch points

The most important teaching and learning methods for this course are group work, lectures, discussions, studio courses and tutoring.

• One reflection paper.
• One group assignment and peer-group presentation.

Individual or group [1] portfolio examination. The portfolio consists of

• a report describing the product concept

• design process documentation

• a physical 3D product model

The examination result can be appealed against.

No restrictions.

A grading scale of A (highest) to F (lowest) where A to E is a pass grade and F is a fail grade.

One internal. External examiner is used periodically.

[1] On a professional basis, students may apply to sit the examination group. Applications should be submitted lecturer/person with course responsibility at the start of the course.