DESIGN 704 : Design Impacts
Creative Arts and Industries
2022 Semester Two (1225) (15 POINTS)
Course Prescription
Course Overview
This course focuses on purpose-led Design as a catalyst for positive change. It presents an overview of the ways that Design can promote and actualise the regeneration of our natural environment and the socio-cultural cohesion of a context through collaborative, systemic, and circular innovation. Students will learn fundamental theory, frameworks, and methods to plan for impact and measure performance. In line with the Maori traditional principle of Kaitiakitanga, by proposing new ways of relating to our land and our community that acknowledge the limits of our planet, the role of biodiversity and the value of community, design can positively help us find solutions to complex (wicked) problems.
Students will recognise, identify and critically analyse the impact of design outcomes and develop an advanced understanding of the interrelation of the different dimensions of Sustainable Development. Students will research, collect and analyse a series of cases from their field of interest. By selecting, framing, and reflecting on these cases, students will have the possibility of viewing from the lens and positionality of different design models and impact metrics presented in class.
Students will further explore impactful contributions that Design can offer within their professional fields and find inspiration to develop their own impact metrics framework that is specific to their own context and aligned to international standards.
Capabilities Developed in this Course
| Capability 2: | Critical Thinking |
| Capability 5: | Independence and Integrity |
| Capability 6: | Social and Environmental Responsibilities |
Learning Outcomes
- To develop an advanced critical understanding of how design outcomes respond to and deliver change (Capability 2.1 and 6.1)
- To develop an ability to recognise, identify and critically analyse the impact of design outcomes (Capability 2.1)
- To develop an advanced understanding of the interrelation of the different arenas in which design initiatives achieve impact (Capability 5.5, 6.1 and 6.2)
Assessments
| Assessment Type | Percentage | Classification |
|---|---|---|
| Case Study Analysis of High Impact Design Solutions | 50% | Individual Coursework |
| Custom Impact Evaluation Framework | 25% | Group & Individual Coursework |
| Candidate Concept Designs | 25% | Group & Individual Coursework |
| 3 types | 100% |
| Assessment Type | Learning Outcome Addressed | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| Case Study Analysis of High Impact Design Solutions | ||||||||||
| Custom Impact Evaluation Framework | ||||||||||
| Candidate Concept Designs | ||||||||||
Teaching & Learning Methods
Workload Expectations
This course is a standard 15 point course and students are expected to spend 12.5 hours per week involved in each 15 point course that they are enrolled in.
For this course, you can expect 1 hour of lectures, a 2 hour tutorial, 2 hours of reading and thinking about the content and 7.5 hours of work on assignments.
Delivery Mode
Campus Experience
Attendance is expected at scheduled activities including labs, tutorials, or studios to complete components of the course.
Lectures will be available as recordings. Other learning activities including seminars may be available as recordings.
The course may include live online events including tutorials.
The activities for the course are scheduled as a standard weekly timetable delivery
Learning Resources
Course materials are made available in a learning and collaboration tool called Canvas which also includes reading lists and lecture recordings (where available).
Please remember that the recording of any class on a personal device requires the permission of the instructor.
Student Feedback
At the end of every semester students will be invited to give feedback on the course and teaching through a tool called SET or Qualtrics. The lecturers and course co-ordinators will consider all feedback and respond with summaries and actions.
Your feedback helps teachers to improve the course and its delivery for future students.
Class Representatives in each class can take feedback to the department and faculty staff-student consultative committees.
Academic Integrity
The University of Auckland will not tolerate cheating, or assisting others to cheat, and views cheating in coursework as a serious academic offence. The work that a student submits for grading must be the student's own work, reflecting their learning. Where work from other sources is used, it must be properly acknowledged and referenced. This requirement also applies to sources on the internet. A student's assessed work may be reviewed against online source material using computerised detection mechanisms.
Class Representatives
Class representatives are students tasked with representing student issues to departments, faculties, and the wider university. If you have a complaint about this course, please contact your class rep who will know how to raise it in the right channels. See your departmental noticeboard for contact details for your class reps.
Inclusive Learning
All students are asked to discuss any impairment related requirements privately, face to face and/or in written form with the course coordinator, lecturer or tutor.
Student Disability Services also provides support for students with a wide range of impairments, both visible and invisible, to succeed and excel at the University. For more information and contact details, please visit the Student Disability Services’ website http://disability.auckland.ac.nz
Special Circumstances
If your ability to complete assessed coursework is affected by illness or other personal circumstances outside of your control, contact a member of teaching staff as soon as possible before the assessment is due.
If your personal circumstances significantly affect your performance, or preparation, for an exam or eligible written test, refer to the University’s aegrotat or compassionate consideration page https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/academic-information/exams-and-final-results/during-exams/aegrotat-and-compassionate-consideration.html.
This should be done as soon as possible and no later than seven days after the affected test or exam date.
Learning Continuity
In the event of an unexpected disruption we undertake to maintain the continuity and standard of teaching and learning in all your courses throughout the year. If there are unexpected disruptions the University has contingency plans to ensure that access to your course continues and your assessment is fair, and not compromised. Some adjustments may need to be made in emergencies. You will be kept fully informed by your course co-ordinator, and if disruption occurs you should refer to the University Website for information about how to proceed.
Student Charter and Responsibilities
The Student Charter assumes and acknowledges that students are active participants in the learning process and that they have responsibilities to the institution and the international community of scholars. The University expects that students will act at all times in a way that demonstrates respect for the rights of other students and staff so that the learning environment is both safe and productive. For further information visit Student Charter https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/forms-policies-and-guidelines/student-policies-and-guidelines/student-charter.html.
Disclaimer
Elements of this outline may be subject to change. The latest information about the course will be available for enrolled students in Canvas.
In this course students may be asked to submit coursework assessments digitally. The University reserves the right to conduct scheduled tests and examinations for this course online or through the use of computers or other electronic devices. Where tests or examinations are conducted online remote invigilation arrangements may be used. In exceptional circumstances changes to elements of this course may be necessary at short notice. Students enrolled in this course will be informed of any such changes and the reasons for them, as soon as possible, through Canvas.