Study Guide

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- define their professional profile
- set goals and develop their professional profile accordingly
- produce a portfolio for postgraduate studies or job-seeking purposes

Implementation and methods of teaching

Thee course will start on 26.9.2023 with a presentation of the content, implementation and exercises and orientation exercises at LAB's Mukkulankatu 19 campus. Language of teaching and performance is Finnish.
Most of the face-to-face teaching and supervision of the course will take place at the M19 campus in the form of professional discussions, interviews, lectures, coaching and interactive exercises, which require the student to attend the scheduled contact days. Parts of the contact days may later, by mutual agreement, also take the form of virtual learning in Microsoft Teams. The course includes five main exercises, which are carried out during the contact hours and independently outside the contact hours. There will be no hybrid delivery of the course.
During the course, students will update their professional portfolio and development plan, among others, as independent work, focusing on their content communication and the quality of their work samples. The materials and all assignments will be published in Microsoft Teams and the student will complete the assignments independently.

Timing and attendance

26.9.-21.11.2023.
There are scheduled teaching days approximately once a week. Attendance requirement for the lessons is at least 80%.

Learning material and recommended literature

Literature, studies and reports. More detailed learning/source materials will be shared or announced during the course in the Microsoft Teams group of the course.

Alternative completion methods

Recognition of previously acquired knowledge only with equivalent content of at least bachelor's level (BA).

Working life cooperation

The course may include visits from design companies and industrial design alumni.

Learning environment

Face-to-face teaching and mentoring: LAB Lahti campus (Mukkulankatu 19)
Return of assignments: Microsoft OneDrive
Separately arranged virtual meetings: Microsoft Teams
Course feedback: Peppi-integrated Spark course feedback (opens 2 weeks before the end of the course, closes 2 weeks after).
Communication and materials: Microsoft Teams / o365: Professional Profiling TEMU20S Autumn 2023.

Student time use and work load

The 5 credits of the course are built up through 135 hours of total work. In terms of time, the work is divided into 64 hours of guided face-to-face or virtual activities (1 day/week) and 71 hours of independent work as determined by the student.

- Exercises approximately 65% of the time
- Lectures, presentations and discussions: approximately 35%.

Contents

The student will be able to
- define his/her professional profile
- develop his/her professional profile in a goal-oriented way
- produce an appropriate portfolio of their own competences for further studies or job search

The aim is to clarify the student's identity as a designer and professional competence - to understand what influences the kind of designer the student is now and what he or she wants to become in the near future. The course will raise awareness of the steps that should be taken to help the student achieve the goals he or she has set. The focus is already on the period before the studies, from which the focus is shifted to the plans after the studies.

The course also focuses on communicating about oneself and one's competences and on further developing one's own professional portfolio as a communication tool. The course will also anticipate future job search processes, simulate/scenario different situations, acquire competences, prepare material to demonstrate competences, search for and approach a suitable employer.

Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.

Prerequisite skills:
a) Knowledge and skills equivalent to at least five semesters of the industrial design curriculum (approximately 150 credits).
b) At least basic software skills:
* Rhinoceros 3D or SolidWorks 3D or equivalent modeling software.
* Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and Adobe InDesign or equivalent graphical software.

Assessment criteria

Presence and participation in interaction and implementation activities
Teamwork skills
Producing professional speeches
Completing the portfolio and other exercises in accordance with the objectives and timetable.

Assessment scale

1-5

Failed (0)

Student
- has not participated in the teaching and the practical work according to the requirements of the course.
- has been absent for more than 20% of the lessons.
- has not completed all the assignments given or has returned them more than 45 days late.
- has shown poor teamwork skills.

Assessment criteria: level 1 (assessment scale 1–5)

The student is:
- attended more than 80% of the face-to-face classes.
- Participated in discussion, group work and exercises.
- Participated in the mid-term review and assessment of the exercises.
- has completed the given exercises within the given timeframe and to a satisfactory standard.
- demonstrated an understanding of the importance of the whole and made an effort to use the course for self-development with a satisfactory level of achievement.
- has produced adequate visual material which needs to be further developed.
- has demonstrated adequate teamwork skills.

Assessment criteria: level 3 (assessment scale 1–5)

The student is:
- attended more than 85% of the face-to-face classes.
- Participated well in discussions, group work and exercises.
- Participated in the mid-term review and assessment of exercises.
- Completed the given exercises well within the given timeframe.
- demonstrated an understanding of the importance of the whole and made good use of the course for self-development.
- produced good visual material that can be further developed in the future.
- demonstrated good teamwork skills.

Assessment criteria: level 5 (assessment scale 1–5)

The student is:
- attended more than 90% of the face-to-face classes.
- Participated commendably actively in discussions, group work and exercises.
- Participated in the mid-term review and assessment of exercises.
- has completed the given exercises within the given timeframe.
- demonstrated an understanding of the importance of the whole and made an excellent effort to use the course for self-development.
- has produced visual material of a commendably high quality which can be directly used later.
- demonstrated excellent teamwork skills.