Kursens beskrivning

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Students will develop:

• Capabilities for problem reasoning
• Expertise in planning and design assessment
• Knowledge of societal and environmental responsibilities

Students will demonstrate:

• Creative-thinking and judgment capability
• Teamwork capability
• Communications skills

Credits: 12

Schedule: 14.09.2021 - 07.12.2021

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Anssi Joutsiniemi, Antti Ahlava, Pia Fricker, Tuula Jääskeläinen

Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):

CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):

Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):

Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English

CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD

Content

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  The Capstone project brings together students from different backgrounds to work together in teams, contributing their respective expertise and skills to solve real-world challenges. It also provides the students with a realistic task related to the topical framework of the USP programme,  where projects usually span multiple disciplines and require team-based efforts to create a solution. The capstone project is supervised by the USP teaching team and sets focus on  supporting the students to learn in an environment that matches a real working environment. The set-up of the project is a tight integration between research and practice and can lead into a master thesis project. Capstone projects can be in close collaboration with cities, business partners or stakeholders, or can be initialised and set up through a student initiative. 

Assessment Methods and Criteria

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Varies according to topic.

Workload

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  5-12 ECTS (approx. 27 working hours = 1 ECTS)

DETAILS

Study Material

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Varies in accordance with the topic of the period - provided during the studio on the announced web portal. 

Substitutes for Courses

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Substitutes for Courses

Prerequisites

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Prerequisites

SDG: Sustainable Development Goals

11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

13 Climate Action

15 Life on Land

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Teaching Period:

  2020-2021 Autumn I-II

  2021-2022 Autumn I-II

  Course Homepage: https://mycourses.aalto.fi/course/search.php?search=USP-E0314

  Registration for Courses: Sisu replaces Oodi on 9 August, 2021. Priority order to courses is according to the order of priority decided by the Academic committee for School of Arts, Design and Architecture: https://www.aalto.fi/en/services/registering-to-courses-and-the-order-of-priority-in-aalto-arts

  Registration in Aalto University Sisu.

  Minimum amount of students: 6

Beskrivning