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BAPD2310 Aesthetic, culture and Sustainability in Critical Perspectives Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Estetikk, kultur og bærekraft i kritiske perspektiver
Study programme
Bachelor's Degree Programme in Product Design
Weight
10.0 ECTS
Year of study
2023/2024
Curriculum
SPRING 2024
Schedule
Programme description
Course history

Introduction

All support materials are allowed for both assessments.

Recommended preliminary courses

Successful completion of the first year of the BA programme, or equivalent qualifation

Required preliminary courses

The final assessment will be graded on a grading scale from A to E (A is the highest grade and E the lowest) and F for fail.

Learning outcomes

Two examiners will be used, one of which can be external. External examiner is used regularly.

Content

This module seeks to foster knowledge about the relationships between culture and sustainability, and the role aesthetics play in influencing these. The definitions of the terms culture, aesthetics and sustainability and how these all relate will be presented and put forward for discussion. Key ethical issues relating to these matters will also addressed. The module is intended to further students' abilities in critical thinking, written analysis and argumentation, and by extension of this their ability to partake in professional discourse. The work will culminate in a written assignment targeted for publication in a professional journal.

Teaching and learning methods

No overlaps.

Course requirements

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

  • A written assignment emphasising critical reflection and academic argumentation
  • Reflective note

Assessment

Written assignment. May be delivered as an individual work or two students may submit a joint delivery. The assignment should be between 2.500 and 3.000 words.

Results may be appealed.

Permitted exam materials and equipment

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

Grading scale

Grade scale A-F.

Examiners

Two internal examiners. External examiners are used intermittently.

Overlapping courses

BAPD2210 (20 stp.) overlapper 10 stp. med emnet BAPD2200 (10 stp.).