POSDO6100 Practice Oriented Systemic Design Course description

In this course, you will be challenged to take a role as a practice oriented systemic designer - facilitating, managing, and designing systems, service and product solutions, and strategies for implementation.

Systems and game theory provide you with methods to change and develop services, strategies, practice and thinking.

The course is a collaboration between Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway and partner institutions in Europe.

None, other then the admission requirements.

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

Knowledge 

The student will attain knowledge within:

• general systems theory

• cybernetic and communication theory

• system dynamics and analysis

• game dynamics in systems

• methods for data gathering in complex settings (visual interviewing, design probes and play probes, co-design, among others)

• experimentation in systems

Skills 

The student is capable of:

• describing and identifying exceedingly complex contexts

• creating systems-maps

• performing system analyses

• utilizing methods for data gathering, sharing, cooperation, analysis, and documentation: visual interviewing, design probing, play probing, co-design, feministic design, auto-ethnographical research, mapping workshops, and analysis of relations, patterns, causality, stakeholders, systems dynamics.

• documenting findings in co-created visualizations.

• creating strategies and interventions for change in private and public sector. 

General competence 

The student attains advanced competence in systemic design by:

• developing the ability to understand and handle complexity and systems thinking in design processes.

• holistic thinking and understanding of design projects in relation to sustainability and global megatrends.

• communication and cooperation by visualization

The course consists of workshops, tutoring sessions and independent study.

The participants will be encouraged to work with cases from their own professional working life in groups or with additional cases presented in the course.

None.

Individual or group portfolio examination. 

The portfolio consists of: Systems Maps (visual map).

The examination result can be appealed. 

All aids are permitted, as long as the rules for source referencing are followed

Grader scale: A-F

Two examiners. External examiners are used regularly.

To apply for this course you need:

• A bachelor’s degree, or an equivalent degree or equivalent work experience. Work experience can be covered by: 3 years of work experience with an interest or experience in change on a systemic level, services, products, organizational development or sustainable processes. 

• CV

• A letter that outlines your motivation for applying for the course, and how you think this might benefit your professional practice.