SL2548 - Advanced Sustainable Product Development - Blekinge Institute of Technology

1. Descision

This course is established by Dean 2019-12-06. The course syllabus is approved by Head of Department of Strategic Sustainable Development 2020-09-02 and applies from 2020-09-02.

2. Entry requirements

Admission to the course requires completed 4 credits in Product Development, for example from one of the courses Innovative and Sustainable Product Development, 7.5 credits or Value Innovation, 7.5 credits and taken course Sustainable Product Development, 7.5 credits.

3. Objective and content

3.1 Objective

3.2 Content

Students will learn to develop product-service system (PSS) concepts that contribute to strategic sustainable development, including application of advanced design strategies for this purpose, such as design for remanufacture, design for re-use and design for sustainable behaviour. Students will also learn how to analyse and compare PSS concepts in a gate decision context.

4. Learning outcomes

The following learning outcomes are examined in the course:

4.1. Knowledge and understanding

Apply PSS design for strategic sustainable development to generate ideas for how to address pre-identified needs.
Compare several design strategies for sustainability in terms of their relevance for a given PSS development project, and justify the choice of strategy/strategies to be implemented in the project’s ideation phase.
Apply design for remanufacture, design for re-use, and design for sustainable behaviour, as examples of how to enhance PSS ideas as part of the ideation phase.
Apply sustainability principles to analyse and compare PSS concepts as part of concept selection decision-making.
Describe how sustainable PSS design can be used to target needs in a wide socio-economic context, for example, PSS design for base of the pyramid.
Describe current research problems within PSS-design for sustainability.

4.2. Competence and skills

perform the sustainability principles analysis (above) even with very limited information.
present, in English, knowledge and arguments behind the selection of sustainable-PSS-concepts in order to persuade decision-makers at a decision gate.
develop personal teamwork skills further through evaluation and reflection.

4.3. Judgement and approach

identify own need for further knowledge in sustainable product development and take responsibility for own learning.

5. Learning activities

Students will learn through a combination of project-based learning, reading and lectures or seminars.

6. Assessment and grading

Modes of examinations of the course

Code	Module	Credit	Grade
2010	Project assignment 1	1.0 credits	GU
2020	Project assignment 2	1.5 credits	GU
2030	Oral presentation	3.0 credits	AF
2040	Written examination	1.5 credits	AF
2050	Written assignment	0.5 credits	GU

The course will be graded A Excellent, B Very good, C Good, D Satisfactory, E Sufficient, FX Fail, supplementation required, F Fail.

Project assignment 1 – design book
Project assignment 2 - sustainability principles analysis
Presentation – concept selection decision gate
Written assignment – personal development All examination tasks must be passed to receive a pass grade for the course. The course grade will be calculated by weighting together all assignments that are graded A-E based on the credits that the assignments are worth. Grading criteria for each examination task will be made available on the learning platform.

The information before a course occasion states the assessment criteria and make explicit in which modes of examination that the learning outcomes are assessed.

An examiner can, after consulting the Disability Advisor at BTH, decide on a customized examination form for a student with a long-term disability to be provided with an examination equivalent to one given to a student who is not disabled.

7. Course evaluation

The course evaluation should be carried out in line with BTH:s course evaluation template and process.

8. Restrictions regarding degree

The course can form part of a degree but not together with another course the content of which completely or partly corresponds with the contents of this course.

9. Course literature and other materials of instruction

Materials will be provided via the learning platform.

This is not a legal document. If you would like a copy of the legal decision regarding this course plan, contact the registrar at Blekinge Institute of Technology.

Course syllabus