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ME52048: Ideas, concepts, and design

[Page last updated: 15 August 2024]

Academic Year: 2024/25
Owning Department/School: Department of Mechanical Engineering
Credits: 10 [equivalent to 20 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: 200
Level: Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7)
Period:
Academic Year
Assessment Summary: CWPG 30%, CWRA 50%, CWVV 20%
Assessment Detail:
  • Team portfolio (CWPG 30%)
  • Reflective essay (CWRA 50%)
  • Viva (CWVV 20%)
Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Requisites:
Learning Outcomes:
* Develop, apply and discuss appropriate project briefs

* Develop, apply, and reflect on effective creative habits in your practice

* Discuss, analyse, and critique creative processes and design methods from theory and practice

* Generate, and critically evaluate, creative concepts for design interventions in climate contexts

* Identify appropriate opportunities for design as a vehicle for positive change in climate contexts


Synopsis: Use creativity and rigorous evaluation to identify innovative and meaningful design solutions. You'll develop creative processes both individually and in teams, using a variety of methods taken from design practice and theory. These include ideation, concept development, and evaluating proposed solutions. This unit involves both hands-on and theoretical learning.

Content:
* Identifying, developing, and evaluating potential for innovative and meaningful design interventions
* Estimating potential impact of a given design
* Individual and team- based approaches to design creative processes

Course availability:

ME52048 is a Must Pass Unit on the following courses:

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Notes:

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