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70 700 Pre-diploma Design
Completed 240 ECTS in total.
The PreDip course aims to help students to develop a solid launch pad for their diploma projects, one that will allow them to start their design/research process from a knowledgeable and critical position, and with a clear plan. The choice of theme is primarily in the hands of each student, and the direction of which this subject takes is mainly the result of consultations between each student and their supervisor, the institute leader, and the course staff. The course encourages the student to reflect upon own strengths and weaknesses, the direction and theme of the assignment, as well as the required knowledge, structure and construction of the project.
KNOWLEDGE
During the course, the student should:
- Develop a reflective, constructive and critical stance to his or her own disciplinary interests, strengths and weaknesses. Based on these insights, the student should be able to reflect upon the context of the diploma task through a holistic and divergent view, as well as defining the direction of the project through concretization in a convergent view.
- Be able to identify what knowledge that the student has from before, and what knowledge the student need to gain; what do I know, and what do I need to know? Based on these insights, the student should take initiative to do research into fields of knowledge that is required in order to succeed with the assignment.
- Be able to define and formulate his or her own diploma project in such a way that the intentions,scope and design brief of the project are clearly communicated. Based on these requirements, the student should be able to plan the progression of the project, and to run and manage the project in a controlled manner through conscious time management, according to the given milestones during the semester.
SKILLS
- An ability to pitch concepts for as well peers as for potential tutors and partners.
- An ability to develop a feasible diploma project as required at the Institute of Design at AHO.
GENERAL COMPETENCE
- An ability to convey his or her maturity as a designer at a level that make a positive outcome for adiploma project at AHO very likely.
The course consists of a mixture of lectures, own research and writing, writing workshop, inspirational talks and words of advice given by teachers and previous students or external designers, aiming at improving the skills required to plan the tutoring and presentations, and to plan and formulate the diploma.
The evaluation of the course deliveries is basedon written submissions and presentations.
| Form of assessment | Grouping | Grading scale | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Report | Individual | Pass / fail | The student is responsible for taking required initiatives to make agreement with both main and secondary tutor. Furthermore, the student should submit the required deliverables and present the given assignments in plenary presentations according to the timetable of the course. The final submission consists of a final written project description and a final plenary presentation, which both are compulsory. Passed course requires approved written project description and oral presentation. |