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Design: Digital Design

Code: KXE22S2

Degree:
Bachelor of Culture and Arts

Degree title:
Bachelor of Culture and Arts

Credits:
240 ects

Duration:
4 years (240 cr)

Start semester:
Autumn 2022

Descriptions

The curriculum of the Degree Program in Design is a knowledge-based. It is divided into the studies of the University of Applied Sciences, core requirement studies of the degree program and professional studies.

The curriculum has been developed in co-operation with partners in business and industry and the students to meet the future requirements in the field of design and to incorporate comprehensive design thinking and its use in multi-disciplinary collaboration. The curriculum is based on the following aspects: mastering sustainable design, user-centered design, production and technology, design process, visual arts as well as developing skills in service design and building one´s professional

Objective

The learning outcomes of the degree are grounded on the mastery of sustainable design, production and technology, the design process, visual and user-centred design and on the building of professional identity and service design skills.
Completion of the degree programme will enable students to work as service designers, designers, visualizers, interior designers, industrial designers, concept artists, compositors, user interface designers and usability experts, textile designers and other versatile experts in design and media.

Show study timings by semester, study year or period

Code Name Credits (cr) 2022-2023 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 Autumn 2022 Spring 2023 Autumn 2023 Spring 2024 Autumn 2024 Spring 2025 Autumn 2025 Spring 2026 1. / 2022 2. / 2022 3. / 2023 4. / 2023 1. / 2023 2. / 2023 3. / 2024 4. / 2024 1. / 2024 2. / 2024 3. / 2025 4. / 2025 1. / 2025 2. / 2025 3. / 2026 4. / 2026
KXE22S2-1001
Core Curriculum

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25
KM00ES67 Academic and Communication Skills 5
KX00EE99 Professional English 5
KX00EE98 Professional Swedish 5
KM00EF58 Entrepreneurship 5
KM00BK91 Preparation for the Final Project 5
KXE22S2-1002
Core Courses in Digital Design

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10
KM00EI62 History of Digitalization 5
KM00EI63 Digital Design in Society 5
KXE22S2-1003
Professional Core Courses in Digital Design

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90
KM00EI64 User-Centred Design 5
KM00EI65 Markup and Page Description Languages 5
KM00EI66 User-Oriented Design Project 10
KM00EI67 Fundamentals of Visual Design 5
KM00EI68 Communities and Communication Design 5
KM00EI69 Server Programming 5
KM00EI70 Communities and Communication Design Project 10
KM00EI71 Service Design 5
KM00EI72 Creative Design 10
KM00EI73 Front End Programming 5
KM00EI74 Research-based Development 10
KM00EI75 Ethics of Design 5
KM00EI77 Business and Design 5
KM00EI76 Design Thinking 5
KXE22S2-1004
Advanced Digital Design Courses

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30
KM00EI78 Interactive Web Technologies 10
KM00EI79 New Technologies and Development Environments 10
KM00EI80 Advanced Service Design 10
KM00EI81 Advanced User Interface Design 10
KM00EI82 Advanced Design Skills 10
KXE22S2-1005
Multidisciplinary Courses in Digital Design

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15
KM00EI83 Advanced Project 15
KXE22S2-1006
Elective Studies

(Choose ects: 15)

15
KXE22S2-1007
Innovation Project

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10
XX00DZ39 Multidisciplinary Innovation Project 10
KXE22S2-1008
Internships

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30
KM00BL68 Internship 1 15
KM00BL69 Internship 2 15
KXE22S2-1009
Bachelor´s Thesis

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15
KX00EF48 Bachelor`s Thesis and Maturity Test 15
Total 240 60 60 70 55 30 30 30 30 50 20 30 25 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 25 25 10 10 15 15 12.5 12.5

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

amk::amk-tutkintojen kieliopinnot

AMK-tutkintoon johtavien opintojen tavoitteena on, että tutkinnon suorittaneella on riittävä viestintä- ja kielitaito oman alansa tehtäviin sekä kansainväliseen toimintaan ja yhteistyöhön. (Valtioneuvoston asetus ammattikorkeakoulusta 1129/2014, 4 §).

Professional English

Vieraan kielen kirjallinen ja suullinen taito, joka ammatin harjoittamisen ja ammatillisen kehityksen kannalta on tarpeellinen.

Professional English
Second language (Finnish)

No attached course units

Second domestic language (Swedish)

Ruotsin kielen taito, joka julkisyhteisöjen henkilöstöltä vaadittavasta kielitaidosta annetun lain (424/2003) mukaan vaaditaan korkeakoulututkintoa edellyttävään virkaan kaksikielisellä virka-alueella ja joka ammatin harjoittamisen ja ammatillisen kehityksen kannalta on tarpeellinen.

Professional Swedish
Not grouped
Academic and Communication Skills
Entrepreneurship
Preparation for the Final Project
History of Digitalization
Digital Design in Society
User-Centred Design
Markup and Page Description Languages
User-Oriented Design Project
Fundamentals of Visual Design
Communities and Communication Design
Server Programming
Communities and Communication Design Project
Service Design
Creative Design
Front End Programming
Research-based Development
Ethics of Design
Business and Design
Design Thinking
Interactive Web Technologies
New Technologies and Development Environments
Advanced Service Design
Advanced User Interface Design
Advanced Design Skills
Advanced Project
Multidisciplinary Innovation Project
Internship 1
Internship 2
Bachelor`s Thesis and Maturity Test

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

Metropolian johtoryhmä hyväksynyt 10.6.2019. Esityksen valmisteli työryhmä: Tapani Martti, Marjatta Kelo, Jenni Koponen, Taru Ruotsalainen, 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 one's actions and their consequences as well as to evaluate the effects of one's actions
- is able to work according to the ethical principles of the subject field
- is able to take other people into account in one's work
- is able to apply the principles of equality
- is able to take account of the effects of disparities in one's work
- is able to apply the principles of sustainable development and understanding global responsibility of one's actions
- is capable of contributing to social change by means of one's expertise and ethical values

Entrepreneurship
Preparation for the Final Project
Communities and Communication Design
Service Design
Ethics of Design
Design Thinking
Multidisciplinary Innovation Project
Bachelor`s Thesis and Maturity Test
Innovation Competence

- is capable of creative problem-solving and development of working methods
- is able to work in projects
- is able to conduct research,development and innovation projects, applying existing knowledge in the field, current phenomena and methods to find human-centred solutions
- is able to find customer-oriented, sustainable and profitable solution

Preparation for the Final Project
Research-based Development
New Technologies and Development Environments
Advanced Service Design
Advanced User Interface Design
Advanced Design Skills
Advanced Project
Multidisciplinary Innovation Project
Internship 1
Internship 2
Bachelor`s Thesis and Maturity Test
Multicultural Competence

- is able to work in a multicultural community and customer environment
- is able to take into account the effects of and opportunities for global development and phenomena in one's field
- possesses communicative competence necessary for one’s work and for professional development in the subject field

Professional English
Professional Swedish
Advanced Project
Internship 1
Internship 2
Learning Competence

- lifelong learning skills: is ableto describe, self-evaluate and develop one's skills and learning approaches and methods
- is able to retrieve and analyse information and evaluate it critically
- is capable to take responsibility for collaborative learning and sharing knowledge in teams

Academic and Communication Skills
Preparation for the Final Project
History of Digitalization
Markup and Page Description Languages
User-Oriented Design Project
Communities and Communication Design Project
Service Design
Internship 1
Internship 2
Bachelor`s Thesis and Maturity Test
Technological Competence

- is able to utilise the opportunities provided by technology and digitalisation in one's profession
- is able to recognise the effects of technological development on one's work and professional tasks
- is able to participate in the development of technology used in one's field

User-Centred Design
User-Oriented Design Project
Fundamentals of Visual Design
Communities and Communication Design
Server Programming
Communities and Communication Design Project
Service Design
Creative Design
Front End Programming
Research-based Development
Interactive Web Technologies
New Technologies and Development Environments
Advanced Service Design
Advanced User Interface Design
Advanced Design Skills
Bachelor`s Thesis and Maturity Test
Working Community Competence

- is able to operate as a memberof a multidisciplinary work community, taking into account the diversity and promoting the wellbeing of the community
- is able to communicate and interact in working life
- is able to create personal working life connections and to operate in professional networks
- is capable of making decisions in unexpected situations
- is able to apply the principles of organisational management and leadership in working life, and work independently as an expert of one’s field
- is able to work as an entrepreneur
- is able to work in a customer-oriented way
- is able to adjust one's actions in reaching long-term objectives

Entrepreneurship
Preparation for the Final Project
Digital Design in Society
User-Oriented Design Project
Communities and Communication Design
Communities and Communication Design Project
Research-based Development
Business and Design
Advanced Service Design
Advanced User Interface Design
Advanced Design Skills
Advanced Project
Multidisciplinary Innovation Project
Internship 1
Internship 2
Bachelor`s Thesis and Maturity Test
Not grouped

Design (Bachelor, UAS)::competences (2020)

Merja Kosonen / lk 30.1.2020

Sustainable Design Competence
History of Digitalization
Digital Design in Society
User-Centred Design
User-Oriented Design Project
Communities and Communication Design
Communities and Communication Design Project
Service Design
Creative Design
Research-based Development
Ethics of Design
Business and Design
Design Thinking
New Technologies and Development Environments
Advanced Service Design
Advanced User Interface Design
Advanced Design Skills
Advanced Project
Multidisciplinary Innovation Project
Internship 1
Internship 2
Bachelor`s Thesis and Maturity Test
User-centred Design Competence
History of Digitalization
Digital Design in Society
User-Centred Design
Markup and Page Description Languages
User-Oriented Design Project
Communities and Communication Design
Server Programming
Communities and Communication Design Project
Service Design
Creative Design
Front End Programming
Research-based Development
Ethics of Design
Business and Design
Design Thinking
Interactive Web Technologies
New Technologies and Development Environments
Advanced Service Design
Advanced User Interface Design
Advanced Design Skills
Advanced Project
Multidisciplinary Innovation Project
Internship 1
Internship 2
Bachelor`s Thesis and Maturity Test
Design Process Competence
Academic and Communication Skills
Professional English
Professional Swedish
Entrepreneurship
Preparation for the Final Project
Digital Design in Society
User-Centred Design
Markup and Page Description Languages
User-Oriented Design Project
Fundamentals of Visual Design
Communities and Communication Design
Server Programming
Communities and Communication Design Project
Service Design
Creative Design
Front End Programming
Research-based Development
Ethics of Design
Design Thinking
Interactive Web Technologies
New Technologies and Development Environments
Advanced Service Design
Advanced User Interface Design
Advanced Design Skills
Advanced Project
Multidisciplinary Innovation Project
Internship 1
Internship 2
Bachelor`s Thesis and Maturity Test
Production and Technology Competence
User-Centred Design
Markup and Page Description Languages
User-Oriented Design Project
Communities and Communication Design
Server Programming
Communities and Communication Design Project
Service Design
Creative Design
Front End Programming
Design Thinking
Interactive Web Technologies
New Technologies and Development Environments
Advanced User Interface Design
Advanced Design Skills
Advanced Project
Internship 1
Internship 2
Bachelor`s Thesis and Maturity Test
Visual Competence
User-Centred Design
User-Oriented Design Project
Fundamentals of Visual Design
Communities and Communication Design
Communities and Communication Design Project
Service Design
Creative Design
Ethics of Design
Design Thinking
Advanced Service Design
Advanced User Interface Design
Advanced Design Skills
Advanced Project
Multidisciplinary Innovation Project
Internship 1
Internship 2
Not grouped

Code Name Credits (cr)
KXE22S2-1001
Core Curriculum

(Choose all)

25
KM00ES67 Academic and Communication Skills 5
KX00EE99 Professional English 5
KX00EE98 Professional Swedish 5
KM00EF58 Entrepreneurship 5
KM00BK91 Preparation for the Final Project 5
KXE22S2-1002
Core Courses in Digital Design

(Choose all)

10
KM00EI62 History of Digitalization 5
KM00EI63 Digital Design in Society 5
KXE22S2-1003
Professional Core Courses in Digital Design

(Choose all)

90
KM00EI64 User-Centred Design 5
KM00EI65 Markup and Page Description Languages 5
KM00EI66 User-Oriented Design Project 10
KM00EI67 Fundamentals of Visual Design 5
KM00EI68 Communities and Communication Design 5
KM00EI69 Server Programming 5
KM00EI70 Communities and Communication Design Project 10
KM00EI71 Service Design 5
KM00EI72 Creative Design 10
KM00EI73 Front End Programming 5
KM00EI74 Research-based Development 10
KM00EI75 Ethics of Design 5
KM00EI77 Business and Design 5
KM00EI76 Design Thinking 5
KXE22S2-1004
Advanced Digital Design Courses

(Choose ects: 30)

30
KM00EI78 Interactive Web Technologies 10
KM00EI79 New Technologies and Development Environments 10
KM00EI80 Advanced Service Design 10
KM00EI81 Advanced User Interface Design 10
KM00EI82 Advanced Design Skills 10
KXE22S2-1005
Multidisciplinary Courses in Digital Design

(Choose all)

15
KM00EI83 Advanced Project 15
KXE22S2-1006
Elective Studies

(Choose ects: 15)

15
KXE22S2-1007
Innovation Project

(Choose all)

10
XX00DZ39 Multidisciplinary Innovation Project 10
KXE22S2-1008
Internships

(Choose all)

30
KM00BL68 Internship 1 15
KM00BL69 Internship 2 15
KXE22S2-1009
Bachelor´s Thesis

(Choose all)

15
KX00EF48 Bachelor`s Thesis and Maturity Test 15