MAPD4300 Design for Experience Course description

This course introduces students to the concept and complexity of experience. Experience is understood as a series of complex interactions between humans and their technological, social, and natural environments, which users interpret into general impressions. The course addresses this complexity by introducing multifaceted approaches to designing for the experience of products and/or services.

Students will be invited to explore practical design concepts concerning socio-cultural contexts, technological interface interactions, and the phenomenology of experience, as well as employing theoretical approaches to engaging users. These explorations will include applied experiments and design iterations through testing and scenario building. To create more meaningful experiences, issues of user motivation, mastery, and well-being will take central focus in revisions and discussions.

Admission to the Masters program

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

Knowledge:

The candidate can

• discuss and describe user experience using phenomenological, cognitive and behavioral theoretical concepts
• choose relevant methods for exploration of design for experience

Skills:

The candidate can:

• organize and plan design process using phenomenological, cognitive and behavioral theoretical concepts
• implement experiments, user testing and probing in lab conditions and in the field
• design product features and service components considering experience as a key factor
• critically assess their designs, product features, service components and implications of the design intervention for the experience

General competence:

The candidate can:

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

Følgende arbeidskrav må være godkjent før eksamen kan avlegges:

• Deltakelse på seminar. Undervisningen er organisert som seminarer basert på studentenes egenaktivitet, medansvar og kontinuerlige arbeidsinnsats. For å avlegge eksamen kreves derfor minimum 80 % deltakelse i undervisningen.

• Forberedte innlegg til seminarene. Til hver gang forbereder studentene omtrent 3-4 refleksjonsspørsmål på grunnlag av en faglig refleksjon knyttet til pensum.

Individuell muntlig eksamen på om lag 30 minutter. Eksamensoppgaven blir oppgitt 48 timer før muntlig. Det legges vekt på evne til å kunne trekke linjer, få frem perspektiver og kontraster og å se sammenhenger.

Ny/utsatt eksamen

Ny/utsatt eksamen foregår som ved ordinær eksamen.

Alle hjelpemidler er tillatt.

Det gis gradert karakter på skalaen A-F, der A-E er bestått og F er stryk.

Det benyttes intern og ekstern sensor.

Emnet deles i to deler:

• Klassikere i samfunnsvitenskapelig tenkning
• Demokrati og demokratiopplæring (samfunnskunnskap er regifaget)