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BAPD3100 Critical reflection in design practice Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Kritisk refleksjon i designpraksis
Study programme
Bachelor's Degree Programme in Product Design
Weight
20.0 ECTS
Year of study
2025/2026
Curriculum
FALL 2025
Schedule
Programme description
Course history

Introduction

The teaching takes place with in-person attendance on campus, and the working methods vary between lectures and student-active learning methods.

Required preliminary courses

No coursework requirements or compulsory activities.

Learning outcomes

The exam in the course is an individual supervised exam of 4 hours.

Content

In the course BAPD3100, the students will carry out a design project through a comprehensive process and acquire in-depth knowledge and experience in a chosen specialisation. The topic of the specialisation shall be in the field of design with a work process leading to innovative products that can be realized in practice. The students are encouraged to reach out to external resource persons during the project.

The specialisation can be part of the preparation for the bachelor’s thesis in the final semester.

The students have the option of taking external practical training for up to two days a week in the course. The practical training must take place in an establishment in the external professional environment, and it is the students’ responsibility to find a relevant enterprise and agree on a period of practical training. The enterprise and agreement must be approved in advance by the course coordinator/department.

Teaching and learning methods

No aids are permitted.

Course requirements

Grade scale A-F.

Assessment

All exam papers are assessed by one internal and one external examiner.

Permitted exam materials and equipment

Lise Cecilie Kleppe and Anne Britt Djuve.

Grading scale

Grade scale A-F

Examiners

Two internal examiners. External examiners are used regularly.