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TPD4200

Sustainable Design

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Credits 7.5
Level Intermediate course, level II
Course start Spring 2025
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction English
Location Trondheim
Examination arrangement Assignment

About

About the course

Course content

This course aims to develop the candidates' knowledge and personal engagement towards sustainability issues in product design. Topics include theory and methods of sustainable design, environmental evaluation, and the role of sustainable design in society. Specific topics are:

  • Sustainable design tools
  • Sustainable design and behaviour
  • Sustainable design and practice change in society
  • Sustainable design and circular economy
  • Sustainable design and communication with and for society

Learning outcome

Knowledge:

The candidate has gained knowledge on:

  • basic theories
  • methods and tools
  • how to discuss sustainable design issues in a research paper

Skills

The candidate

  • can comprehend practical and societal issues concerning sustainable design related to his/her future professional role.
  • can apply elementary research skills such as reviewing literature.
  • Can process and evaluate information in an analytic way in a research paper

General qualifications:

The candidate has

  • knowledge on concepts, methods, values, and the role of sustainable design in society.

Learning methods and activities

Lectures, practical training and tutoring to write a research paper on a selected topic from the above.

Compulsory assignments

  • Oblig
  • Oblig
  • Oblig

Further on evaluation

In order to take the exam, lecture, practical training and tutoring attendance is mandatory. If you are lacking more than two mandatory attendances without a doctor’s attest, the course must be retaken the next time it is taught. You can register for a re-scheduled examination in the next exam period.

Specific conditions

Admission to a programme of study is required:
Industrial Design Engineering (MTDESIG)
Industrial Ecology (MSINDECOL)

Required previous knowledge

Limited to students in the second year in the 5-year Master Programme in Industrial Design, to students in the International Master in Industrial Ecology, and to students admitted to Minor in Architecture.

Course materials

To be announced at course start.

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From
TPD4145 7.5 sp Autumn 2013
TPD5100 7.5 sp Autumn 2013
This course has academic overlap with the courses in the table above. If you take overlapping courses, you will receive a credit reduction in the course where you have the lowest grade. If the grades are the same, the reduction will be applied to the course completed most recently.

Subject areas

  • Product Design Engineering - Design Methodology
  • Eco Design
  • Design Strategies
  • Product Design - EcoDesign

Contact information

Course coordinator

Lecturers

Department with academic responsibility

Department of Design