Syllabus

LEARNING OUTCOMES

After successfully completing the course, the students are able to:

1. Understand the characteristics of glass as a material, including its aesthetic and expressive quality;
2. Implement critical thinking towards glass making;
3. Carry out a creative process by relying on means of documentation, reflection and discussions;
4. Produce the projects/artefact(s) and present the concept and process of making to others. 

Credits: 9

Schedule: 07.01.2025 - 17.02.2025

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Taiviola

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:

  Depending on the yearly changing theme, the course highlights process, artistic sensibilities or social and environmental responsibility incorporating design, sculpture, architecture and/or craft. Students refine their ability to think and communicate through a multifaceted medium and seek a personal approach to the material and its aesthetics.   The task is to approach glass and glass making from a critical point of view, challenging oneself to think about what glass making stands for in today's world - both for the student and in the wider societal context. The assessment starts from doing background research, sketching and presenting the concept ideas and then proceeding to hands-on studio work and resulting in the making of the actual piece(s) in glass. The concept development, designing and evaluation are shared, reflected and connected to wider theoretical discourse in project seminars.

Assessment Methods and Criteria

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  To pass the course, the student has to participate in lectures and group activity (80%) and present the final artefact(s). 

  Evaluation criteria: documentation and content of background research, material design process and hands-on experimentations; quality of personal learning diary; visual and verbal communication skills.

Workload

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Course workload 9 ECTS = 243 h. 80% attendance is required.

  • Contact teaching: 60 h
  • Independent studying: 150 h
  • Time to think: 32 h
  • Course evaluation: 1 h 

DETAILS

Study Material

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Latva-Somppi, Riikka & Mäkelä, Maarit & Lindströn, Kristiina & Ståhl, Åsa (2021). Entangled Materialities. Caring for soil communities at glass industry sites. FORMakademisk 14 (2).

   

Substitutes for Courses

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Substitutes for Courses

Prerequisites

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Prerequisites

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Teaching Language: English

  Teaching Period: 2024-2025 Spring III
  2025-2026 Spring III

  Registration:

  Registration in SISU. Minimum 10 students - maximum 16.

  First priority for CoDe 1st year students, then 2. other CoDe students. After this 3. Design students, 4. ARTS students and lastly 5. other Aalto students.

  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-at-aalto-arts  

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