EPN-V2

MAPD4300 Design for Experience Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Design for Experience
Study programme
Master's Degree Programme in Product Design – Design in Complexity
Weight
10.0 ECTS
Year of study
2023/2024
Curriculum
SPRING 2024
Schedule
Course history

Introduction

Vurdering av læringsutbyttet vil skje på grunnlag av gjennomføring og rapport, muntlig og visuell presentasjon, inkludert posterpresentasjon, i plenum samt muntlig, individuell eksaminering.

1) Rapport teller 70 %

2) Gjennomføring, muntlig og visuell presentasjon i gruppe samt muntlig, individuell eksaminering teller 30 %.

Eksamensdel 1) Eksamensresultat kan påklages.

Eksamensdel 2) Eksamensresultat kan ikke påklages.

Begge eksamensdeler må være vurdert til karakter E eller bedre for at studenten skal kunne få bestått emnet.

Required preliminary courses

Alle.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this course the students are expected to have these learning outcomes acquired:

Knowledge:

The candidate can

  • discuss and describe an experience through phenomenological as well as behavioral theoretical concepts
  • choose relevant methods for exploration of design for experience

 

Skills:

The candidate can:

  • plan and organize design process using phenomenological, and behavioral methods.
  • implement experiments, user testing and probing in a lab and in the field.
  • design product features and service components that consider experience as a key factor.
  • critically assess their designs, product features, and service components and the implication of the design intervention for the experience.

General competence:

The candidate can:

  • critically assess wider societal perspective on experience of products and services.
  • practice evaluation of ethical issues and cultural relevance when conceptualizing and developing design for experience.

Content

  • Emotional factors in design/psychological mechanisms in design
  • Experimentation and fieldwork
  • Service experience 
  • User behavior 
  • Task analysis
  • Human to human, human to product interaction
  • Mastery, resilience, motivation
  • Different forms of user engagement

Teaching and learning methods

To interne sensorer. Ekstern sensor brukes jevnlig.

Course requirements

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

  • One note of reflection. Maximum 1000 words.

Assessment

Individual or group portfolio examination. The portfolio consists of:

  • design process documentation. Various medias if possible. Students can choose to work in groups. Maximum 3 students per group.

The examination result can be appealed. 

Permitted exam materials and equipment

No restrictions.

Grading scale

Grade scale A-F. 

Examiners

Two internal. External examiner is used periodically.