ID717 PRODUCT-SERVICE SYSTEMS FOR SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS
| Course Code: | 1250717 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (2.00 - 2.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Industrial Design |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. ÇAĞLA DOĞAN |
| Offered Semester: | Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
The course aims to foster:
- Identification of the current issues in product-servce systems (PSS) for sustainability,
- Exploration and evaluation of diverse approaches in PSS, and
- Integration of design considerations into PSS for developing sustainable solutions.
Course Content
Interdisciplinary team work to develop product-service systems as sustainable solutions for present and future needs. The relationship between industry/industrial design practice and sustainability/sustainable development; prevention/mitigation of environmental problems in industrial design profession; dematerialization of production and consumption; shift in design thinking from ´products´to ´solutions´; product-service systems; providing sustainable solutions through product-service systems; concept generation, scenario building and strategy development for sustainable product-service systems.
Course Learning Outcomes
On the completion of this course students will be able to:
- Understand the current issues in product-service systems (PSS) approaches for sustainability,
- Integrate sustainability considerations into projects through examining related tools and methods,
- Develop design solutions for sustainability focusing on PSS approaches, and
- Evaluate and reflect on the adaptation and application process, considering design solutions.
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Identifying research areas in distinct and contemporary topics and formulating research problems; | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Being competent in the research process, process planning, managing, analyzing data, and correctly interpreting findings; | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Transforming knowledge in the field and research results into strategies, politics, methods and/or decisions; | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Transferring research findings into design education and practice; | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Disseminating generated knowledge, making publications and presenting them; | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Having general knowledge in the field of design, having covered the literature and developing expertise in specific topics; | ✔ | |||
| 7 | Having responsibility towards own research, respecting and practicing research ethics; | ✔ | |||
| 8 | Having work discipline and skills in time planning; | ✔ | |||
| 9 | Having skills in oral, written and visual communication; | ✔ | |||
| 10 | Open to continuous education and self-development, having high professional motivation; | ✔ | |||
| 11 | Open and willing to share knowledge and skills with stakeholders; | ✔ | |||
| 12 | Being critical, able to make self-criticism, reflecting objective and unprejudiced thinking into their own work; | ✔ | |||
| 13 | Synthesising knowledge from different disciplines to use in one?s own field and using it for generating new knowledge. | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution