KDK3910 Bachelor Thesis Course description

In the bachelor's thesis, the student chooses an area of specialization within art and mediation on the basis of artistic and theoretical competence acquired during the course of entire study.

The course begins with a bachelor's preparatory group project.

Passed the course KDK3010 Art, Mediation and Context

In this course, the students will complete a human computer interaction project as a group of two to four students. The projects can be self-proposed by the students, or offered by faculty members within OsloMet, a private company, public organization and non-profit organization.

The course begins with a bachelor's preparatory project, Artistic Manifests (individual and group work). The project focuses on different artistic and theoretical approaches in art and mediation, related to artistic manifests.

The work on the bachelor's thesis will mainly take place in the form of independent work through process-oriented writing and investigative theoretical and artistic work. Teaching is given in the form of continuous guidance seminars with opposition. The students are responsible for their own learning, organization and implementation of the work.

In order to be permitted to sit the exam in the course, the following compulsory coursework must have been completed and approved: Project Artistic manifesto (individual and group work):

• An artistic manifesto (group work)
• An artistic work (individual work)
• An exhibition (group work)

The bachelor project:

• submission of three written project outlines with progress schedule
• three oral and visual presentations at seminars for fellow students and lecturers as well as one individual theoretical seminar

The required coursework is compulsory and assessed as approved/not approved.

Mandatory attendance

Mandatory attendance of 80% is required. In order to sit the exam, the student's absence must not exceed 20%.

After completion of this course, the student has the following learning outcomes, defined as knowledge, skills, and general knowledge:

Knowledge

The student has:

• in-depth understanding of the synthesis of user needs, user interface design, and users’ interaction with technologies.
• advanced knowledge within areas in designing, developing and evaluating user interfaces.
• in-depth knowledge about conducting a human-computer interaction project.
• understanding of the importance of different roles in a human-computer interaction project.

Skills

The student can:

• apply human-computer interaction approaches and methods, and design principles in a project.
• conduct a project referring to human-computer interaction life cycle model.
• execute a human-computer interaction project systematically, from identifying user requirements, designing, and developing user interface to evaluations with users.

• work in a human-computer interaction project with group members from diverse disciplines.

General competence

The student can:

• identify issues related to user interfaces and propose relevant solutions.
• reflect on the importance of incorporating universal design, accessibility, and usability in human-computer interaction projects.

• reflect and discuss on the use of different approaches and methods in human-computer interaction projects.

Lectures/tutorials and supervision sessions. The students work in a group of two to four in a human-computer interaction project.

The following required coursework must be approved before the student can take the exam:

An individual peer review report. This report will document feedback from the student directed to each of the other group members, reflecting the submitter’s insights about the others’ contribution to the project and constructive comments.

An individual report. This report will document the students own effort and learning in the project.

The exam will be assessed by one internal and one external examiner.

All aids are permitted, provided the rules for plagiarism and source referencing are complied with.