Entry requirements

General entry requirements + English 6. At least 45 credits in the main field of Interaction Design

Progression level in relation to degree requirements

The course is included in the main field of Interaction design and can be included in the degree requirements for a bachelor's degree in Interaction design.

Course contents

The purpose of this course is to allow students to independently frame and execute an interaction design project, drawing upon the skills and knowledge from the first two years of the programme. The mode of working and learning objectives are modelled on the exam thesis and a progression from a similar course in the first year.

In this course, students individually frame, plan, execute and account for an interaction design project. Students might draw upon earlier experiences in the programme, or engage with a contemporary research topic. Through the project, students build knowledge through design activities, engaging with literature and relevant stakeholders. Advisors will help students navigate the complexity of the projects, which culminates in a report modelled on the exam thesis and open exhibition. In addition to working on a major project, lectures will be given in support of designerly modes of research, engaging with literature, and on contemporary research themes where appropriate.

Learning outcomes

1. Independently establish a framing of an interaction design problem through engagement in the design situation and relevant literature
2. Engage with stakeholders relevant to the design situation constructively and ethically
3. Draw out and communicate insights from the project in a scholarly format, including proper referencing, citing and quoting
4. Contextualise and show the relevancy of the work and its findings for interaction design
5. Critically reflect on the work, identifying its limitations and the opportunity for future work
6. Engage relevant stakeholders in dialogue around the framing of the project, the reasoning of decisions made in the project and its outcome

Learning activities

Lectures, advising, technical workshops and peer critiques.

Assessment

• Report. A long-form scholarly report of 6,000-9,000 words (HP 10; LOs 1-6)
• Exhibition & defence. Students produce artifacts and materials which communicate their work and engage with stakeholders beyond the university and further defend their work in an oral format (HP 5; LOs 4-6).

For re-examination of production assignments, certain circumstances apply since the examination of these assignments are dependent on student participation during certain periods of time and in specific projects. Re-examination will be given according to the student’s rights, but with adjustments to the specific assignment since it can not be conducted in the same context as the ordinary examination.

Course literature

Due to the independent nature of the projects, students will be expected to locate and make use of additional literature.

• Muratovski, G. (2016) Research for Designers. SAGE Publications.
• Koskinen, I., Redström, J., Zimmerman, J., Wensveen, S. and Binder T. (2011) Design Research Through Practice: From the Lab, Field, and Showroom. Morgan Kaufmann.
• Warburton, N. (2007). The Basics of Essay Writing. Routledge.

Course evaluation

Malmö University provides students who participate in, or who have completed a course, with the opportunity to express their opinions and describe their experiences of the course by completing a course evaluation administered by the University. The University will compile and summarise the results of course evaluations. The University will also inform participants of the results and any decisions relating to measures taken in response to the course evaluations. The results will be made available to the students (HF 1:14).

Interim rules

If a course is no longer offered, or has undergone significant changes, the students must be offered two opportunities for re-examination based on the syllabus that applied at the time of registration, for a period of one year after the changes have been implemented.

Additional information

If a student has a Learning support decision, the examiner has the right to provide the student with an adapted test, or to allow the student to take the exam in a different format. The syllabus is a translation of a Swedish source text.