LEARNING OUTCOMES
After the completion of the course students will
1) Understand the principles of sustainability in product, service and system design.
2) Be able to approach sufficiency and sustainable consumption with design
3) Be able to assess and argue for design solutions for sustainable consumption.
Credits: 5
Schedule: 11.01.2022 - 17.02.2022
Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):
Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Mikko Jalas, Tatu Marttila
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 course introduces the topic areas of design-for-sustainability and frameworks including product-service-systems, service design and material circulation. It situates these design strategies in the overall landscape of escalating levels of consumption, and develops design approaches to mitigate these trends. Each topic is approached via lectures, readings and through a group work assignment.
Assessment Methods and Criteria
valid for whole curriculum period:
Course contents consist of weekly lectures, readings and related assignments. The course also includes a group exercise. To pass, the students are required to attend the lectures (80%) and perform all the assigned exercises, readings and written tasks given each week.
Assessment methods and criteria:- Individual writing tasks 30%
- Active presence at the course platforms, activity log 20%
- Group assignments, final and intermediary reports 40%
- Peer evaluation in groups 10%
Workload
valid for whole curriculum period:
5 ECTS = 135 hours.
Lectures, and class-room exercises, 36 hours
Group work, 40 hours
Reading course literature and related writing tasks, 40 hours
Feedback and participation on course platforms outside of the classroom, 10 hours
Personal reflection 9 hours
DETAILS
Study Material
valid for whole curriculum period:
1. Ceschin, G & Gaziulusoy, I (2019). Design for Sustainability: A Multi-level Framework from Products to Socio-technical Systems. Routledge.
2. Ainger, C. M. (2014) Sustainable infrastructure: principles into practice
3. Ashby, Michael F. (2015) Materials and Sustainable Development, Elsevier Science & Technology.
4. Vezzoli, C., C. Kohtala, and A. Srinivasan (2014) Product-Service System Design for Sustainability
5. Selected other readings
Substitutes for Courses
valid for whole curriculum period:
Prerequisites
valid for whole curriculum period:
SDG: Sustainable Development Goals
3 Good Health and Well-being
8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
12 Responsible Production and Consumption
13 Climate Action
16 Peace and Justice Strong Institutions
FURTHER INFORMATION
Further Information
valid for whole curriculum period:
Course is thought by two teachers: Mikko Jalas and Philip Hector.
To pass, the students are required to attend 80% of the lectures.
Teaching Period:
2020-2021 Spring III
2021-2022 Spring III
Course Homepage: https://mycourses.aalto.fi/course/search.php?search=MUO-E8030
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 via WebOodi.
Maximum number of students 55.
The order of priority for admitting students:
Creative Sustainability major students;
Creative Sustainability minor students;
Department of Design masters students (taken in in the order of registration);
Students for whom the course is part of his/her major's or programme's alternative studies and has been scheduled in the student's PSP (HOPS) for the current academic year;
All other master students.
- Teacher: Jalas Mikko
- Teacher: Marttila Tatu