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Master's Degree Programme in Design: Designer (Master's)_COPY

Code: K1024S6

Degree:
Master of Culture and Arts

Degree title:
Muotoilija (ylempi AMK), Master of Culture and Arts

Credits:
60 ects

Duration:
1.5 years (60 cr)

Start semester:
Autumn 2024

Descriptions

The extent of the Master's Degree Programme in Design is 60 ECTS including the final thesis 30 ECTS. The duration of the programme is 1,5 years.

The teaching method used is multimodal teaching, which consists of contact and online teaching and various information retrieval, analysis and development tasks carried out in working life. The studies are carried out on a project basis as development and learning tasks that are related to the development challenges of working life. The studies emphasize networking, teamwork skills and learning methods that strengthen internationalization.

Objective

The expertise produced by the master's degree emphasizes the breadth and applicability, which make it possible to work in a wide range of jobs and workplaces. Changes in working life have been taken into account in the study content by connecting them to students' work communities and the research and development work they need.

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Code Name Credits (cr) 2024-2025 2025-2026 Autumn 2024 Spring 2025 Autumn 2025 1. / 2024 2. / 2024 3. / 2025 4. / 2025 1. / 2025 2. / 2025
K1024S6-1001
Advanced Studies in Design (Master's)

(Choose all )

25
K100CY91 User-driven Product and Service Design 10
K100CY92 Urban Design 5
K100CY93 Design Management 5
XX00EJ16 Research Methods and Skills 5
K1024S6-1002
Elective Studies

(Choose ects: 5)

5
K1024S6-1003
Master’s Thesis

(Choose ects: 30)

30
XX00FB87 Master’s Thesis 30
Total 60 40 15 20 20 15 10 10 10 10 7.5 7.5

Due to the timing of optional and elective courses, credit accumulation per semester / academic year may vary.

STRUCTURE Master (A18.12.2014/1129)

Asetuksen 18.12.2014/1129 mukainen rakenne. 2 § Opintojen rakenne Ylempään ammattikorkeakoulututkintoon johtaviin opintoihin kuuluu: 1) syventäviä ammattiopintoja; 2) vapaasti valittavia opintoja; 3) opinnäytetyö.

Master´s Thesis
Master’s Thesis
Advanced Professional Studies
User-driven Product and Service Design
Urban Design
Design Management
Research Methods and Skills
Elective Studies

No attached course units

Not grouped

Metropolia's Generic Competences::Master's Degree, UAS

Metropolian johtoryhmä hyväksynyt 10.9.2019. Esityksen valmisteli työryhmä: Tapani Martti, Marjatta Kelo, Kari Björn, Elina Värtö, Tiina Kokko. Lähteinä on käytetty mm. ARENEn suositus tutkintojen yhteisten kompetenssien soveltamisesta ammattikorkeakouluissa (2010), Valtioneuvoston asetus tutkintojen ja muiden osaamiskokonaisuuksien viitekehyksestä 120/2017, Valtioneuvoston tulevaisuusselonteot 1 & 2 (2017-2018) sekä Opetus- ja kulttuuriministeriön tulevaisuuskatsaus 2018.

Ethical Competence

- is able to take responsibility for the actions of a community and their consequences as well as to evaluate the effects of the actions
- is able to apply the ethical principles of the subject field as an expert and as a developer of working life
- is able to make responsible and sustainable decisions, considering an individual and the community
- is able to contribute to the principles of equality in working life
- is able to contribute to the principles of sustainable development and social responsibility
- is able to leading socially influential activities based on ethical value

User-driven Product and Service Design
Design Management
Research Methods and Skills
Master’s Thesis
Innovation Competence

- is able to create new knowledge and improve existing working methods by combining expertise from different fields
- is capable of managing projects
- is able to manage research,development and innovation projects and masters the methods of research and development work
-is able to develop innovative,customer-oriented, sustainable and cost-effective solutions

User-driven Product and Service Design
Urban Design
Design Management
Master’s Thesis
Multicultural Competence

- is capable of managing and developing multicultural,international networks and working communities
- is able to predict the effects of and opportunities for global development and phenomena in one’s own field
- is capable of demanding international communication and interaction

Urban Design
Learning Competence

- lifelong learning competence:is able to self-evaluate and develop one's expertise in a versatile and focused way
- is able to retrieve, analyse and produce information and evaluate it critically from the viewpoint of different fields
- is able to supervise and mentor others and to share one's expertise
- is capable of taking responsibility for collaborative learning in a target-oriented way

Urban Design
Design Management
Research Methods and Skills
Master’s Thesis
Technological Competence

- is able to apply technological opportunities in management, expert and development work
- is able to predict the effects of technological development on one's field, work and operating environment
- is capable of promoting technological development and its utilisation in one's field

User-driven Product and Service Design
Master’s Thesis
Working Community Competence

- is able to develop and lead the operation of a diverse and multidisciplinary work community and to improve its wellbeing and productivity
- is able to develop working life communication and interaction in a participatory way, taking diversity into account
- is able to apply technological possibilities in working life communication and interaction
- is able to create and lead networks and partnerships
- is capable of managing and supervising tasks and improving activities in complicated and unpredictable environments
- is capable of working in demanding expert, entrepreneur, management and supervision tasks as an expert or entrepreneur, and has abilities for management and supervision task

User-driven Product and Service Design
Design Management
Research Methods and Skills
Master’s Thesis
Not grouped

ARENE 2022::UAS shared competences::Master’s degree

Replaces the “Metropolia's Generic Competences::Master's Degree” -matrix. Heidi Rontu/31.8.2022

Ethics

The graduating student assesses and promotes the realisation of ethical principles and values of their field of profession, taking equality and non-discrimination into account.
- Is able to promote ethically sustainable activities and the realisation of ethical reflection in their different operating environments.
- Promotes the realisation of the ethical principles and values of their field.
- Makes decisions taking individual, communal and societal perspectives into account.
- Promotes the realisation of diversity and accessibility.
- Implements the principles of responsible conduct of research and promotes their application in their work community.
- Is able to manage societally influential activities based on ethical values.

User-driven Product and Service Design
Urban Design
Design Management
Research Methods and Skills
Master’s Thesis
Proactive development

The graduating student is able to manage the development of new solutions that anticipate the future and produces new information using different research and development methods.
- Produces new information and reforms operating methods, combining competence in different fields.
- Is able to implement research, development and innovation projects and apply different research and development methods.
- Is able to develop new customer-oriented, sustainable and economically viable solutions, anticipating the future.
- Is able to analyse the current situation and anticipate the future of their field and changes in the operating environment.

User-driven Product and Service Design
Urban Design
Design Management
Research Methods and Skills
Master’s Thesis
Internationality and multiculturalism

The graduating student is able to develop and manage multicultural and international operating environments and networks.
- Is able to develop operating methods that take multiculturalism into account in their work community.
- Is able to anticipate the impacts and opportunities of global development and phenomena.
- Is able to interact, communicate and develop activities internationally in their own field.

Urban Design
Design Management
Sustainable development

The graduating student develops and manages sustainable and responsible operating methods in their work and promotes sustainable change in their work community and society.
- Is able to apply the knowledge and future visions of sustainable development comprehensively as a basis for sustainable solutions.
- Is able to analyse and assess systemic dependencies of complex multidisciplinary problems and the different dimensions of solutions
- Is able to manage the search, implementation and establishment of sustainable solutions and operating models in their work

Urban Design
Design Management
Research Methods and Skills
Master’s Thesis
Learning to learn

The graduating student promotes their own and their community's continuous learning and competence development, drawing on knowledge from different fields and the opportunities of digitalisation.
- Is able to assess and develop their expertise diversely and in a goal-oriented manner at different stages of their career and life.
- Is able to acquire, critically assess and produce information while taking into account the perspectives of different fields.
- Is able to develop and manage goal oriented, continuous learning in their community.

User-driven Product and Service Design
Urban Design
Design Management
Research Methods and Skills
Master’s Thesis
Operating in a workplace

The graduating student is able to develop and manage their work community and reforms working life. - Is able to develop and manage multidisciplinary teams and work communities.
- Is able to develop the communication and interaction culture of work communities.
- Is able to develop and manage the comprehensive well-being of a work community.
- Utilises the opportunities of technology and digitalisation in development and management.
- Promotes the resilience of a work community.

User-driven Product and Service Design
Urban Design
Design Management
Research Methods and Skills
Master’s Thesis
Not grouped

Code Name Credits (cr)
K1024S6-1001
Advanced Studies in Design (Master's)

(Choose all)

25
K100CY91 User-driven Product and Service Design 10
K100CY92 Urban Design 5
K100CY93 Design Management 5
XX00EJ16 Research Methods and Skills 5
K1024S6-1002
Elective Studies

(Choose ects: 5)

5
K1024S6-1003
Master’s Thesis

(Choose ects: 30)

30
XX00FB87 Master’s Thesis 30