Course - Design 7 - System - TPD4129
TPD4129 - Design 7 - System
About
Examination arrangement
Examination arrangement: Aggregate score
Grade: Letter grades
| Evaluation | Weighting | Duration | Grade deviation | Examination aids |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group Assignment | 6/10 | |||
| Individual Assignment | 4/10 |
Course content
This course teaches the fundamentals as well as more advanced concepts of systems thinking and design. It focuses on how to apply processes, methods and tools to solve complex situations in collaboration with internal and external actors. The proposed solution will be communicated through either a Product System, Service System or Product Service System (PSS).
Learning outcome
Knowledge:
The candidate
- masters the basic and advanced theories for systems thinking and design
- knows methodologies for developing a system/product concepts for a complex setting.
Skills:
The candidate
- has developed skills in analyzing and understanding complex socio-technical situations, to transfer this knowledge to a holistic and comprehensive
- can conduct concept development taking into account the interactions between system elements and relations between the system and various groups of stakeholders.
General qualifications:
The candidate
- has built further on previously acquired design methodology and expanded it to be able to deal with design in a multifaceted setting.
- is able to transition back and forth from team to individual work and vice versa.
Learning methods and activities
Lectures, seminars, company visits and individual tutoring. Oral (presentation slides) and poster presentations. Partly teamwork and partly individual work. The analysis of the current system and development of the future one, will be done in teamwork, whereas the development of sub-systems and elements are to be executed individually.
Further on evaluation
Group work: 60% of the grade:
- Students need to show an understanding of reference system, proposed an initial innovative system and consolidate sub-systems / elements from the proposed innovative system into a detailed final system.
Individual work: 40% of the grade:
- Students need to demonstrate the development of the subsystem and/or elements.
For a re-take of an examination, all assessments during the course must be re-taken.
Re-take of examination can be done in the following semester
Specific conditions
Admission to a programme of study is required:
Industrial Design (MSDESIG)
Industrial Design Engineering (MTDESIG)
Interaction Design (MIXD)
Recommended previous knowledge
TPD4144 - Design 6 or completed a bachelor's degree in design.
Required previous knowledge
The course is reserved for masterstudents in Industrial Design and Interaction design.
Course materials
"System Design" brief and materials issued by the external collaborator / actor. Selected articles about systems design, service systems and systems thinking.
No
Version: 1
Credits:
7.5 SP
Study level: Second degree level
Term no.: 1
Teaching semester: AUTUMN 2023
Language of instruction: Norwegian
Location: Gjøvik , Trondheim
- Design
- Technological subjects
Examination
Examination arrangement: Aggregate score
- Term Status code Evaluation Weighting Examination aids Date Time Examination system Room *
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Autumn
ORD
Group Assignment
6/10
Release
2023-11-30Submission
2023-12-04
09:00
INSPERA
23:59 -
Room Building Number of candidates -
Autumn
ORD
Individual Assignment
4/10
Release
2023-11-30Submission
2023-12-04
09:00
INSPERA
23:59 -
Room Building Number of candidates - Spring UTS Group Assignment 6/10 INSPERA
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Room Building Number of candidates - Spring UTS Individual Assignment 4/10 INSPERA
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Room Building Number of candidates
- * The location (room) for a written examination is published 3 days before examination date. If more than one room is listed, you will find your room at Studentweb.
For more information regarding registration for examination and examination procedures, see "Innsida - Exams"