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Course syllabus - Information Design in Practice

Scope

15.0 credits

Course code

ITE357

Valid from

Autumn semester 2025

Education level

First cycle

Progressive Specialisation

G2F (First cycle, has at least 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements)

Main area(s)

Information Design

Organisation

School of Innovation, Design and Engineering

Ratified

2025-01-16

Literature lists

Course literature is preliminary up to 8 weeks before course start. Course literature can be valid over several semesters.

    • Ratified date: 2025-09-15
    • Latest update: 2025-09-15

    Books

    Pontis, Sheila

    Making Sense of Field Research : A Practical Guide for Information Designers

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    URL: Link

    Routledge,

    Mandatory

    Miscellaneous

    Artiklar kan tillkomma

Objectives

The course aims to deepen the student's experience of how information design is applied in practice. This is done through collaboration with partners, through internships or through design projects. In addition, the aim is for the student to develop his/her ability to work with and reflect on design choices and processes based on purpose, industry practice, context, users, resources, sustainability and ethics.

Learning outcomes

After completing the course, the student should be able to:

  1. Motivate and discuss design choices based on purpose, context, users, resources, sustainability and ethics
  2. Identify and reflect on industry-specific practices and processes in a specific context
  3. Plan, implement and reflect on user involvement and collaboration in a design work

Course content

The course focuses on industry practices in information design as well as practical collaboration with organizations and users. A particular focus is on reflecting on the making in the design process from these perspectives. The course includes internship or project work with supervision to support the design process. Within these, design choices are addressed based on practices, needs, resources and time, users, context, sustainability and ethics. The course also includes lectures and seminars, mainly focusing on industry practice, user involvement and collaboration.

Specific requirements

60 credits completed courses in Information Design, of which 30 credits from specialization courses and 30 credits from general information design.

Examination

Seminar (SEM1), 2.5 credits, marks Fail (U) or Pass (G), examines learning outcomes 1-3
Assignment (INL1), 5 credits, marks Fail (U), Pass (G) or Pass with distinction (VG), examines learning outcomes 2 and 3
Project (PRO1), 7.5 credits, marks Fail (U) or Pass (G), examines learning outcomes 1 and 3

A student who has a certificate from MDU regarding disability study support, can request adaptions for the examination. It is the examiner who takes decisions on any adaptions, based on the certificate and other conditions.

Grade

Three-grade scale

Interim Regulations and Other Regulations

The course overlaps 12,5 credits with ITE351 Information Design in Organizations and ITE340 Information Design in Organizations, 7,5 credits with ITE329 Multimodal Information Design, 5 credits with ITE305 Supervised Placement and 2,5 credits with KIT106 Information Design in Practice.