MAUU5900 Master's Thesis - Phase 3 Course description

Master's thesis is specialized individual research work in the field of universal design of ICT. Phase 3 (MT3) is dedicated to final analysis and writing the Master's thesis. Prototypes and/or other products that are developed as part of the project can also be part of the final thesis. The Master's thesis will be presented orally.

In this course, students will become familiar with and skilled in innovation with form and experimentation with material properties.

Admission to the programme and approved workshop training (coursework requirement in BAPD1020).

After completing the course, the student is expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and competence:

Knowledge

The student is familiar with

• methods of innovative ideation and idea processing
• experimental methods of exploring materials
• surface and processing techniques in various material areas

Skills

The student has basic skills in

• experimenting with materials and ideas related to 3D forms
• exploring different material surface properties
• experimental work with unpredictable results and possibilities
• working systematically with documenting experiments

Competence

The student

• is familiar with relevant ethical issues in the discipline and profession and is aware of professional attitudes in the design field
• is capable of referring to specialist literature
• is capable of exchanging points of view and experience with others with backgrounds in the field and in this way contribute to developing good practice
• is capable of reflecting on his/her own development in the learning process and adjusting it
• is capable of working with results that can be verified

Workshops, lectures, demonstrations, workshop practice and individual and group assignments.

• Individual students will be assessed based on the written Master thesis (15 000 - 20 000 words in APA style 6th Edition). This part of the examination counts 90% of the final grade.
• Individual oral presentation (30 minutes). This part of the examination counts 10% of the final grade.

Both exams must be passed in order to pass the course.

The oral presentation cannot be appealed.

The following coursework is compulsory and must be approved before the student can take the exam:

• Research question: One A4 page containing text and inspirational images.
• Work plan: Activity and time schedule.
• Patterns and colour: Physical or digital submission of a pattern report produced by the student containing at least three colour options based on Itten’s colour contrasts.
• Written reflection on the student’s own learning process and planning. Up to two A4 pages.

Portfolio assessment subject to the following requirements:

• Part 1. Contribution to the class’s joint materials library:
  • Physical documentation
  • Written and visual documentation (4-8 A4 pages)
• Part 2:
  • Physical object, idea sketches, models and material testing.
  • Presentation portfolio in A3 format containing a comprehensive and thorough visual process description (sketch material, text and images). Minimum of 15 pages.
• Part 3. Workshop manual
  • Supplementary submissions in the form of written and, if applicable, illustrated notes on all pages under the titles Mine notater (‘My notes’) in the workbook Verkstedhåndbok (‘Workshop manual’). This means that the workbook is re-introduced in this course and supplemented in relation to the course BAPD1010.

All parts of the portfolio must be passed (grade E or better) in order to pass the exam in the course.

The exam result can be appealed.