LEARNING OUTCOMES
'UWAS Project' courses offer students the opportunity to get involved in transdisciplinary art or design based projects. The students learn about the practicalities of transdisciplinary collaboration as well as art and design based methods in project work.
Credits: 5
Schedule: 03.03.2022 - 05.05.2022
Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):
Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Maria Villa Largacha
Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):
Teachers:
Maria Villa (UWAS- Arts) maria.villalargacha@aalto.fi
Camilo Sanchez (Media Lab) camilo.sanchez@aalto.fi
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:
Varies depending on the teacher.
applies in this implementation
Assessment Methods and Criteria
valid for whole curriculum period:
Regular attendance required. Passing the course requires attending 80% of the lessons.
applies in this implementation
Students will assemble transdiciplinary groups to collaborate in the production of one podcast episode.
Assessment of the podcast projects is given (3-5 credits) according to the level of completion of: group assignments given throughout the course, individual participation in the different activities in Mycourses, and especially the time investment needed for research, fieldwork, and edition of the episode submitted at the end by each group. This way, groups may chose to do more or less involved audio projects based on their preference and time availability, and the credits will reflect it.
Attendance to 80% of the contact teaching sessions is required (6 sessions), which will run in person only. Independent group work will have the same schedule and rooms of the class as a baseline (31.03.22-14.04.22), but students may work remotely if desired.
Workload
valid for whole curriculum period:
Varies depending on the teacher.
applies in this implementation
Credits: 3-5 ECTS
Evaluation: Pass/Fail
Workload:
Contact teaching: 24 hs
Independent group work: 50 to 80 hs
Readings, field work, and other individual work: 10 to 36 hs
Enrolment limit: 25
DETAILS
Study Material
valid for whole curriculum period:
Varies depending on the teacher.
Substitutes for Courses
valid for whole curriculum period:
Prerequisites
valid for whole curriculum period:
SDG: Sustainable Development Goals
16 Peace and Justice Strong Institutions
17 Partnerships for the Goals
FURTHER INFORMATION
Further Information
valid for whole curriculum period:
UWAS course selection criteria: Registration order is not the primary selection criteria for this course. In order to ensure that students from different programs and schools of Aalto University may take UWAS courses, the selection is also based on the variety of students' disciplines. Master's students are also welcome.
Minimum amount of students: 7
Teaching Period:
2020-2021 Autumn I-Spring V
2021-2022 Autumn I-Spring V
Course Homepage: https://mycourses.aalto.fi/course/search.php?search=UWAS-C001103
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
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Details on the schedule
applies in this implementation
3.03 Lecture R001/M134
10.03 Lecture R001/M140 Majakka
17.03 lecture R001/M134
24.03.2022 R001/M134
31.03 -14.04 Independent student group work Conversation Room and A-pod:
31.03.2022 R001/M140 Majakka
07.04.2022 R001/M134
14.04.2022 R001/M134
21.04 Postproduction (A-pod) + Tarkovski R029/331 Otakaari 7
28.04 Postproduction (A-pod) + Tarkovski R029/331 Otakaari 7
5.05 Lecture R001/M134 Group Project presentations
- Opettaja: Kuusniemi Verna
- Opettaja: Sanchez Camilo
- Opettaja: Villa Largacha Maria