Product Development and Integrative Technology, 6th semester
Semester Programme
For the exchange student who wants to develop products integrating technical and creative processes.
Target Group
To be eligible to take the 6th semester at the BA. In Product Development and Integrative Technology, the student must have an AP Degree or an equivalent degree at the same level to this within Production Technology, Mechanical Technology, Automation Technology, Automotive Technology or Energy Technology or similar.
Purpose
The purpose of this semester is to give the student skills to assess practical and theoretical problems within product development, construction, technical design and technological integration and select relevant methods and tools to solve these and manage the process.
Teaching Methods
The education is conducted through project-based learning and is in close cooperation with the industry. All teaching and counselling takes place in oral and written English. You will experience a lot of different teaching methods such as lectures, presentations, dialogue, exchange of experiences, group work and independent studies.
Conditions
Students must bring their own laptop.
Tuition Fee
Not applicable for EU/EEA-students and exchange students from partner institutions, all other students must pay. In this case, please send an e-mail to international@ucl.dk to learn more.
Activity 1
Type of Activity
Course and Project Work
Name
Integrative Technology: Strategy, Business, Project Management
ECTS
5
Workload
50 lessons – approximately 50% lectures, 25% group work or activities, 25% self-study
Learning Outcome
Knowledge
The student possesses:
- Development-based knowledge of essential practical and theoretical aspects of integration in relation to products and systems, and of management, planning and evaluation tools in the field of the environment, including environmental management, environmental management systems and sustainability philosophies;
- Understanding of practice, applied theory and method in product development and innovation, seen in the context of business organizations and systems, and the ability to reflect on how they are used in a business context.
Skills
The student is able to:
- apply methods and tools for the identification and analysis of significant technological factors relating to the connection between the construction, manufacture and use of a product, and must be proficient in the evaluation of essential practical and theoretical aspects of the integration of products and systems, including the relationships between technology, technique, knowledge and organization(s)
- assess practice-oriented and theoretical problems in implementation processes associated with the use of new technologies across the organization, identify strengths and weaknesses in them and justify and select relevant solution options
- communicate practice-oriented and professional problems and solutions to partners and users, including the use of relevant IT tools in the preparation and presentation of projects, concepts and proposed solutions
Competencies
The student is able to:
- handle parts of complex product and technology development, including those relating to modifications of products and systems
- independently engage in professional and interdisciplinary collaboration across the organization and across customary professional boundaries in order to implement technologies and concepts, and assume responsibility, including managing and leading technical development projects, within a professional ethical framework
- identify his or her own learning needs and develop his or her own knowledge, skills and competencies relating to the development, implementation and management of technological integration
Activity 2
Type of Activity
Course and Project Work
Name
Product Development: Product Maturation, Prototyping
ECTS
10
Workload
100 lessons – approximately 50% lectures, 25% group work or activities, 25% self-study
Learning Outcome
Knowledge
The student possesses:
- development-based knowledge of the practical and theoretical methodological structure of a technology project
- understanding of practice, applied theory and method at all stages of product development processes, including the financial implications of the project during both preparation/development and operation, and the ability to reflect on how these are used in a business context
Skills
The student is able to:
- apply methods and tools for identifying and collecting enterprise data, and use it to contribute to cross-organization process development and optimization, and must be proficient in planning development work, testing the product/solution (proof of concept) and identifying the quality of a technology project in relation to results, validity, reliability and relevance
- assess practice-oriented and theoretical problems with the meaning and application of concepts in the context of the development of professional terminology and technology, and justify and select relevant concepts
- communicate practice-oriented and professional problems and solution options seen in a business context and including environmental and sustainability considerations relating to product development, to peers, users and partners.
Competencies
The student is able to:
- handle both commercially and technologically appropriate product development, and create a project design for a technology project based on the selection, analysis and demarcation of a problem
- independently engage in professional and interdisciplinary collaboration across the organization and customary professional boundaries in order to implement product development, and assume responsibility within a professional ethical framework
- identify his or her own learning needs and develop his or her own knowledge, skills and competencies in product development
Activity 3
Type of Activity
Project Work
Name
Specialization: Innovation and Industrial Design
ECTS
5
Workload
90% Project work to be completed by the students on a topic they self-select and study, 10% supervision and oversight from teachers and aides
Learning Outcome
The specialization classes will be building on each student’s existing body of knowledge and help them independently expand upon their skills, in each of their chosen fields.
The students will also have class lectures in the field of sustainability.
Installation and Automation
Applied subject-specific methods and theories of development in the field of complex building and industrial installations and the optimization and operation of automatic systems, and must be proficient in the further development and adjustment of solutions.
Products and Production
Applied subject-specific methods and theories of development, planning, and application in the conception, design and construction of industrial products and the optimization, operation and integration of production systems, and must be proficient in the further development and adjustment of solutions.
IT and Electronics
Applied subject-specific methods and theories for use in the development of IT and Network solutions and in electronic and data processing systems, and must be proficient in the further development and adjustment of solutions.
Activity 4
Type of Activity
Course and project work
Name
Electives
ECTS
10
Workload
50% lectures and 50% self-study and project work
Learning Outcome
For the current range of elective programme components, including learning objectives and examination formats, please see the Elective Subject Catalogue. Contact the international coordinator for this study programme to hear more.
The students will select 2 Electives from the catalogue and the learning objectives will vary.
Specialisation: Innovation and Industrial Design will be concluded with a written project exam.
There will be an ongoing assignment throughout the semester to participate in writing an individual blog from study material in all ongoing lessons.
The semester will conclude with an external interdisciplinary exam (written, in the form of the blog, and oral) combining all subjects from the semester.