Course syllabus - Perspectives on Industrial Development and Transformation 2

2.5 credits

INS203

Autumn semester 2026

First cycle

G1F (First cycle, has less than 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements)

Industrial Systems

Department of Engineering Sciences

2025-12-19

Literature lists

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

Objectives

The aim of the course is to provide an in-depth educational perspective with a focus on curiosity-driven citizenship that brings in an understanding of the engineer's role and responsibility in society. Furthermore, the course aims to be norm-breaking and questioning in order to create new perspectives on complex issues and challenge the student's image of the professional role as an engineer. The course is linked to the university's strategic map and will contribute to create curious, future-equipped and courageous students.

The students' knowledge perspectives are extended with interdisciplinary approaches through fiction, art, and culture, but also scientific texts, multidisciplinary research perspectives, popular science film clips and interviews, and critical reflection seminars. The student is given the opportunity to weave together theory and practice through reflection on the projects that the students have carried out in parallel and what they have learned from these.

Learning outcomes

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

demonstrate ability to validate the complexity of problems in industrial development linked to production development, green transition and smart factories
demonstrate the ability to reflect and analyse one's own

Course content

Overall perspectives on production management, green transition and smart factories
Complex problems in green transition and smart factories,
Globalization, ethics and morality that bridge perspectives on the engineer's role in society
How art, culture and education can broaden our perspectives and contribute to reflection
Research linked to a broadened perspective on complex problems

Specific requirements

20 credits within Industrial systems, including 2,5 credits in Perspectives on Industrial Development and Transformation 1.

Examination

SEM1, Seminar, seminar series, 2.5 credits, marks Fail (U) or Pass (G)

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

Two-grade scale