6 EC
Semester 1, period 3
5512SSSL6Y
| Owner | Minor Rethinking Sustainable Societies |
| Coordinator | dr. M. Giezen |
| Part of | Minor Interdisciplinary Minor Sustainability, year 1 |
This course is developed around a pressure cooker format that mimics a climate-proof planning process and integrates design thinking. This practice-based approach is also particularly suited to develop skills around cooperation, project management, design thinking, and stakeholder analysis. The course will take place in four weeks of intensive cooperation. It will start with an introduction day with the client and content and skills workshops. Students will then actively cooperate in the first week on the analysis phase, The second week will again start with a workshop and reflection session and then students will continue with the second phase of visioning. The third week will again start with a workshop and reflection session, after which the students will work on the third phase of plan development using a backcasting and prototyping approach. The fourth week will focus on elaboration and refinement. It will start again with a workshop and reflection session, and end with the presentations of the plans to the client.
Provided through Canvas and Library
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Component |
Amount |
Duration |
Hour |
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Starting days and workshops |
5 |
4 |
20 |
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Research and preparing reports and plan |
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80 |
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Preparing presentation |
1 |
8 |
8 |
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Group meetings interactions |
15 |
2 |
30 |
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Reading materials |
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30 |
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Total |
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168 |
Additional requirements for this course:
Students need to be present at the start of the sessions. Workshops cannot be missed. 1 point per session will be subtracted from the final grade per missed workshop. Students should be present at group meetings. Missing more than two leads to 1 point subtraction of the final grade per additional missed meeting.
| Item and weight | Details |
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Final grade | |
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75% Final Report | |
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25% Presentation |
Need to redo all assignments
Feedback on summative assessment is provided through Canvas. Continuous feedback on the project and presentation is possible during the tutorial sessions. Please make use of those moments.
The course assignments consist of a final presentation and a report. Descriptions and rubrics are provided on Canvas.
The group will receive one grade. Students can then distribute their grades in such a manner that the average remains that grade. E.g. If a group of 3 students receives a 7, they can choose to all keep a 7, or distribute the grade such as for example student A:6. B:7, C:8. This enables students to more fairly attribute grading to their input to the project that the lecturer is unable to assess. The report should include a discussion of the type and amount of work done by each individual student and how this relates to the final grade that person should be getting.
Please note that exceeding the number of words significantly has a negative impact on your score (Individual assignments: -0.5 points per 50 additional words, Group assignment: -0.5 per 100 additional words).
Handing in your assignment late will lead to a subtraction of 0.5 points per half hour (e.g 1-
30 = -0.5, 31-60 =-1, …)
The 'Regulations governing fraud and plagiarism for UvA students' applies to this course. This will be monitored carefully. Upon suspicion of fraud or plagiarism the Examinations Board of the programme will be informed. For the 'Regulations governing fraud and plagiarism for UvA students' see: www.student.uva.nl
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Week 1 |
Introduction to the course Introduction by Municipality Lecture Climate Proof Development Workshop Collaborative Team Workshop DT
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Workspace and Q&A |
Workspace and Q&A |
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Week 2 |
Scrum Stand-up Workshop DT: Interpretation, Visioning and Ideate |
Workspace and Q&A |
Workspace and Q&A |
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Week 3 |
Scrum Stand-up Workshop DT: Backcasting, Elaborate and Prototype
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Workspace and Q&A |
Workspace and Q&A |
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Week 4 |
Scrum Stand-up Workshop: Test and Refine |
Workspace and Q&A |
Presentation to client Hand in report Thursday afternoon 03/02 |
The schedule for this course is published on DataNose.
Up to 20 working days after the announcement of the result, students have the right of inspection of their work (all forms of assessment). The student can request a copy of his/her work by e-mailing the teacher/course coordinator.
Feedback will provided through Canvas and in the closing session. Students can request a meeting with the teacher by emailing them to discuss the feedback.
Please note: you lose the right of feedback from the examiner when you don’t attend the Collective Assessment Evaluation without good reasons. For more information about the right of inspection, please refer to OER part A FNWI, article 4.9.
After the above mentioned 20 working days have expired the entire exam package must be handed over to the IIS Service Desk after which the work will be archived.