Sustainability and Design (Dalian)

Learning Outcomes

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• communicate informed concepts appropriately
• connect and apply key themes and research resources within your programme or professional discipline
• manage your time

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• make informed decisions regarding working practices and justify those decisions;
• identify the central themes and ethical and environmental issues within the design and creative industries and relate them to your own practice;
• present and debate a basic understanding of low impact practices, sustainability and creative design that considers wider local and global communities

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• integrity in creative design;
• an awareness of practices that demonstrate an understanding of creative solutions to the social and environmental challenges faced by society
• the concept and value of ethical and sustainable design;

This module introduces you to some of the debates and arguments that are central to an understanding of ethical and sustainable design. You will be introduced to such issues as provenance and managing of sustainable initiatives, the value of cultural diversity and social responsibility in design and creative practice. You will be encouraged to debate these definitions, perspectives and the application of these theories relative to your subject.

The critical perspectives addressed in this module are integral to your future positioning as a design practitioner.

Teaching methods include:

• Lectures
• Seminars
• Critical debates

Learning activities include:

• Lectures
• Contributions to group discussions
• Research and reading
• Peer group learning

Relationship between the teaching, learning and assessment methods and the planned learning outcomes:

You will be introduced to a range of subject material through lectures and have the opportunity to discuss and debate these subjects in seminar groups. You will be encouraged to research and study particular aspects of social responsibility and ethical and sustainable practices in design, in particular, with regards to your own subject and ideas. You will have the opportunity to critically reflect on your practice and debate your awareness of the needs of others and the potential impact of creative design on the environment.

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Draft piece

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback: The purpose of formative feedback is to enhance your learning, help you understand how your work is developing and how you can improve it in the future. There are no marks attached to formative assessment and it will not count towards your final module mark. You will receive feedback through seminars, tutorials and critiques.
• Final Assessment: No
• Group Work: No

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.