Collaboration

Postgraduate course

Course description

Objectives and Content

In this course the students will gain experience from group work in a stand-alone project designed in consultation with external stakeholders. Each student´s role and tasks in the project are negotiated with the project participants.

The project emphasis is placed on joint research, collaborative idea development and a common design process. Students acquire real-world experience by developing and executing a group project within a clearly delimited period of time and defined frameworks leading to a final concept.¿

Students learn to work quickly, methodically and in a targeted manner by adopting relevant design approaches and tools to manage the project.¿

The project will be composite and have a complexity that provides challenges on different levels, also conceptually, where aesthetic, ethical and functional aspects are to be given careful consideration.

Learning Outcomes

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

Knowledge:

  • How to realize a complex design project together with others
  • Know about relevant methods and tools for collaborative design projects.

Skills:

  • Be able to analyze and present ideas and concepts with peers
  • Be able to use tools for visual documentation and team-work in process and idea development.

General competence:

  • Reflect on ethics and in own and other design practices
  • Manage group development work, make collaborative decisions and project planning
  • Recognize aesthetic and functional implications of design in cross disciplinary contexts
  • Communicate and make arguments for design decisions to external stakeholders.

Full-time/Part-time

Full time

ECTS Credits

10

Level of Study

Master's

Semester of Instruction

Spring
Required Previous Knowledge
Passed the subjects DES310, DES311 and DES312
Access to the Course
Admission to the master's program in design.
Teaching and learning methods
  • Group work
  • Field trips
  • Lectures¿
Compulsory Assignments and Attendance
  • Group presentation

Compulsory assignment and attendance listed above must be approved for the student to enter the exam.

Forms of Assessment

The following form of assessments are used in this course:¿

Visual and oral group presentation of the project, including research, idea development, work process, own contribution, and the collaboration

Grading Scale
Pass / Fail
Assessment Semester
Spring
Reading List
The syllabus will be ready by 01.07. for the autumn semester and 01.12. for the spring semester.
Course Evaluation
The subject will be evaluated every third year, according to UiB¿s quality system
Programme Committee
The program board is responsible for the academic content and structure of the study and for the quality of the study program and all subjects in the program.
Course Administrator
The Faculty of Art, Music and Design, Department of Design has the administrative responsibility for the course and the study programme.