Curricula

Objectives

The students know and master the stages of user-centred product development and design from customer need to product documents. They can apply their education to solve practical problems.

EA-ER EUR-ACE Engineering practice: The students are able to use appropriate methods in a user-centred product development process.

TKNSU Competence in design: The students master the technical documentation of user-centred product development projects. They can take into consideration the whole product life cycle in product development. The students understand the meaning of team work in user-centred product development.

YHTYR Entrepreneurship skills: The students have the ability to look for usable, ergonomical, customer-friendly, sustainable and economically-viable solutions in user-centred product development.

YHTVI Communication skills: The students are able to communicate in product development well, both orally and in writing in their mother tongue and know how to use communications technology in user-centred product development projects. The students are able to work in product development networks.

Content

User-centred design.
Product development and design activities.
The product development process and its stages.

Learning materials and recommended literature

Materials in the e-learning environment.

Teaching methods

Lectures
Independent study
Group learning
Exercise
Seminars

Practical training and working life connections

Projects

Alternative completion methods

The admission procedures are described in the degree rule and the study guide. The teacher of the course will give you more information on possible specific course practices.

Student workload

One credit (1 Cr) corresponds to an average of 27 hours of work.
Lectures 12 h
Exercises, guidance included 98 h
Seminars 5 h
Total 135 h

Evaluation scale

0-5

Evaluation criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

Excellent (5): The student masters the essential knowledge and skills of the course and can apply the knowledge acquired in a critical and innovative manner to demanding user-centred product development tasks.

Very good (4): The student masters the essential knowledge and skills and can apply the knowledge acquired in a critical and innovative manner to user-centred product development tasks.

Good (3): The student masters the essential knowledge and skills and can apply them to user-centred product development tasks:
- can explain the significance of the user-centred product development and innovation process among the other processes in a company
- is familiar with different types of user-centred product development processes and can describe their progress from a product idea to a finished product in the market
- is familiar with the basic project management tools and can implement them in study projects
- can use creative working methods in the innovation and solution of practical problems

Satisfactory (2): The student is familiar with the basic knowledge and terminology but can only satisfactorily apply them to user-centred product development tasks.

Adequate (1): The student identifies the basic knowledge and terminology but can only sufficiently apply them to simple user-centred product development tasks.

Evaluation criteria, good (3-4)

Good (3): The student masters the essential knowledge and skills and can apply them to user-centred product development tasks: - can explain the significance of the user-centred product development and innovation process among the other processes in a company - is familiar with different types of user-centred product development processes and can describe their progress from a product idea to a finished product in the market - is familiar with the basic project management tools and can implement them in study projects - can use creative working methods in the innovation and solution of practical problems

Very good (4): The student masters the essential knowledge and skills and can apply the knowledge acquired in a critical and innovative manner to user-centred product development tasks.

Evaluation criteria, excellent (5)

Excellent (5): The student masters the essential knowledge and skills of the course and can apply the knowledge acquired in a critical and innovative manner to demanding user-centred product development tasks.

Prerequisites

Basics of product development process.