Intercultural Approach to Design Thinking (10 cr)
Code: A9269-3012
General information
- Enrollment
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18.03.2020 - 05.04.2020
Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
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01.04.2020 - 31.05.2020
Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 10 cr
- Local portion
- 0 cr
- Virtual proportion
- 10 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Distance learning
- Campus
- Laurea Leppävaara
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Seats
- 0 - 20
- Degree programmes
- Palveluelämysten tuottaminen ja kehittäminen (MSA2), Laurea Leppävaara (Finnish)
- Teachers
- Jami Riihihuhta
- Kristina Henriksson
- Päivi Mantere
- Teacher in charge
- Kristina Henriksson
- Study unit
- A9269
Learning outcomes
The student is able to
- communicate in English in a professional way in his/her own field of study
- apply intercultural management into practice
- apply intercultural theories into practice
- plan and develop services by applying service design thinking
Location and time
The studies go during 01.04.-31.05.2020.
You can still join this during the first week of April.
Materials
Design Thinking publications and books and other sources, cultural theory books
Teaching methods
This study unit implementation consists of pre- and post-assignments plus one intensive week online LIVE with German students during 26-30 April 2020.
Please sign up if you wish to join the Design Thinking project with students and teachers from Kiel University of Applied Sciences, Germany.
We will study cultural theories in addition to the intensive Design Thinking week. The study unit embeds English language studies by using English as the working language in accordance with the Learning by Developing approach.
Our learning environment will be Canvas, where we will test it at the same time.
Employer connections
a project with a German organization
Evaluation scale
Approved/Failed