Design Practice 1 - Unfolding

The aim of the course is to prepare students for work on their own master's project.
The subject must convey an understanding of specific investigations and precision of the further project work, in order to uncover, clarify, expand or refine key questions.

Contents:
The study covers the topics

1. Background and motivation, including the project's social relevance
2. Main questions and objectives
3. Project process with progress plan for implementation
4. Assessments related to resource use and form of presentation

The students carry out a preliminary project with investigations through design. Depending on the individual master's project, the investigations and experimentation may be related to materials, processes, scaling or other conditions.

On completion of the subject the student should have the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills, and general competence:

Knowledge:

• The student must be able to plan the research in their own design project

Skills:

• The student must be able to communicate and document design work at a high level

General competence:

• The student must be able to take initiative and individual responsibility for independent work and progress