Innovations and Development (Kutu25) (2 cr)
Code: XX00DM01-3021
General information
- Enrollment
- 25.08.2025 - 03.09.2025
- Registration for introductions has not started yet. Registration starts :startDate
- Timing
- 22.09.2025 - 26.09.2025
- The implementation has not yet started.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 2 cr
- Local portion
- 2 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Contact learning
- Unit
- SeAMK Cultural Management
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Degree programmes
- Bachelor of Culture and Arts, Cultural Management
- Teachers
- Jussi Kareinen
- Jaana Liukkonen
- Groups
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KUTU25Bachelor of Culture and Arts, Cultural Management
- Course
- XX00DM01
Evaluation scale
Passed/failed
Objective
The student can:
- solve real working-life development tasks (companies, organisations, associations) in small groups, consisting of students of different fields
- conduct a customer survey and, based on it, develop and test different solutions to the commissioner’s problem
- consider the business aspects while choosing their solution
- present the solution, or concept, chosen by the group to the commissioner in a professional way
- apply design thinking and its process in future in development tasks in their own field
Content
In the daytime implementation, the course is implemented as a one-week intensive course during SeAMK Innovation Week. During that time, the students do not attend any other courses at SeAMK.
In the multimodal implementation, the course is implemented online, following a separate timetable.
- Preliminary assignment on the concepts and processes of the course (design thinking, service design, groupwork)
- Analysis of the problem of the development task
- Collection of customer information with different methods
- Brainstorming of solution options with different methods
- Testing of solution options and their development based on the testing
- Presentation of a solution, or concept
- Teamwork skills and daily reporting on one’s work
Materials
Opintojaksolla jaettava materiaali
Teaching methods
The course is implemented as a week-long intensive course, SeAMK Innovation Week. During the week, students do not participate in any other SeAMK teaching.
- Preliminary assignment on course concepts and processes (design thinking, service design, group work)
- Analysis of the problem of the development task
- Collection of customer data using different methods
- Ideation of possible solutions using different methods
- Testing and development of solutions based on testing
- Presentation of the solution or concept
Student workload
Kontaktiopetus 34h sekä itsenäisen työn osuus 20h
Assessment criteria, approved/failed
Hyväksytty:
Ennakkotentin läpäisy hyväksyttävästi, aktiivinen osallistuminen intensiiviviikon työskentelyyn, oman oppimisen reflektoinnin palautus
Hylätty:
Jonkin edellä mainitun puutteellinen suoritus
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)
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Assessment criteria, approved/failed
- By completing the preliminary assignment successfully, the student shows their command of the stages and concepts of the customer-focused development project
- The student shows their command of the customer-focused development process by actively participating in the solving of the development task in the group
- The student can collect customer information using different methods and apply information to solve the development task
- The student has participated in the presentation of the group’s results to the commissioner