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BAPD2210 Cultural understanding and Communication Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Kulturforståelse og kommunikasjon
Study programme
Bachelor's Degree Programme in Product Design
Weight
20.0 ECTS
Year of study
2023/2024
Curriculum
SPRING 2024
Schedule
Programme description
Course history

Introduction

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

  • A compulsory Orientation Meeting.
  • A project outline that describes how the group will organise their work on the project.
  • A standard learning agreement must be entered into between the project provider/supervisor and the student(s), and this must be approved by an internal supervisor before the project can begin.
  • Three minutes of meetings from the supervision meetings held during the project period.
  • An oral mid-term presentation, individual or in groups (max 5 students), 10 minutes + 5 minutes Q&A.

The deadlines for submitting the project outline and the minutes of the meetings will be presented in the teaching plan, which is made available at the beginning of the semester.

Required preliminary courses

Written project report (100% of the final grade).

A written project report delivered at the of the semester, individual or in groups (max 5 students), 3000 words +/-10 %.

For group projects, all members of the group receive the same grade. Under exceptional circumstances, individual grades can be assigned at the discretion of the project supervisor(s) and Head of Studies.

The exam result can be appealed.

Learning outcomes

All aids are permitted, as long as the rules for source referencing are complied with.

Content

The course aims to promote knowledge and awareness of the use of communication and cultural understanding in a given design project. Students will learn to communicate using semantic tools, as well as through verbal and visual communication. The student will be introduced to the use of communication methods and presentation techniques and learn how to communicate a message to a target audience.

The course also includes literature on design ethnography, mapping, sustainability, designing presentation material and communication.

The work will result in a product, report and associated communications material.

Teaching and learning methods

Grade scale A-F.

Course requirements

Two internal examiners. External examiners are used regularly.

Assessment

Portfolio assessment, individual or in groups of up to three people, subject to the following portfolio requirements in the project report:

  • Scope of the portfolio - one student max 35 pages, group of two students max 40 pages, group of three students max 45 pages. Appendices come in addition.
  • Process documentation in the form of pictures, graphics, text and other media, with argumentation for the development and choices made.
  • Result from the designer project.
  • Grounds for choices and giving an oral presentation (carried out as a coursework requirement).
  • Discussion and analysis of how/what the product the student has designed communicates, and in what way and to whom.

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.

Permitted exam materials and equipment

All.

Grading scale

Grade scale A-F.

Examiners

Two internal examiners. External examiners are used regularly.