SYBA3900 Bachelor's Thesis Course description

Passed second year of the programme or equivalent.

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

• has broad knowledge of the nurse's role and responsibilities in a chosen area of specialisation
• has broad knowledge of nursing research and other relevant research and professional development in a chosen area of specialisation

Skills:

The student is capable of

• defining clinical issues of relevance to professional development in nursing
• carrying out systematic literature searches
• clarifying concepts, analysing and assessing different sources of information, and using these sources to formulate relevant argumentation
• carrying out an independent, limited literature study under supervision and in accordance with applicable standards of research ethics
• presenting specialist literature in an independent, logical and systematic manner

Competence:

The student

• is capable of disseminating and arguing for strengths and weaknesses when working on or highlighting a chosen area of specialisation
• is familiar with professional ethical issues and can contribute to planning professional development in clinical practices

Lectures, seminars, supervision and self-study.

The following coursework must have been approved in order for a student to be permitted to take the exam:

• Project description for the bachelor's thesis.
• Completed supervision (three compulsory hours of the four hours offered).

If the deadlines are not met, students may be obliged to wait until the next academic year to submit their bachelor's thesis.

This course involves the exploration of underlying phenomenon for the experiences that products and services elicit. Theories on product attachment, psychological mechanisms and heuristics, game and play theory make the fundament for design methods intended to elicit meaningful experiences. Design created within this context brings a discussion about product attachment, product lifetime and consumption up to surface, in relation to sustainable design, and behaviour. In extension, these discussions produce understanding and design processes that make the origin for a design projects and thus products and services with more predictable outcomes in relation to what feelings and activities they elicit.

Admission to the Master-s programme

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

Knowledge

The student has

• attained advanced knowledge on methods that involve the exploration and creation of products and services that may elicit feelings of attachment and enjoyment.
• level on theories and methods in "game mechanics in design"

Skills

The student is able to

• create design parameters on the basis of exploring user psychology and behaviour in real life and through theory
• explore and use design methods that involve the study of psychological mechanisms (habits, persuasion, and feelings of attachment)
• comprehend and apply methods that involve the exploration and creation of products and services that may elicit feelings of attachment and enjoyment.

General competence

The student has

• developed understanding and practices based on how to understand and create products and services that are attuned with the principles of sustainable design within the dimension of consumerism/user behaviour, feelings of attachment and the environment
• the ability to implement a chosen specialization as an additional approach or focus within this specific course context

The most important teaching and learning methods for this course are workshops, lectures, group work, studio courses and tutoring.

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

• One note of reflection. Maximum 1000 words.
• Group assignments, lasts for 1-5 days.