Service Design and Sustainability Project for Brazilian AI Company (Travel to Brazil) (15 cr)

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- plan, implement and evaluate a Service Design project with service design methods
- develop sustainable practices in organisations

Location and time

Please, see the Timetable Engine at https://lukkarit.laurea.fi/ for the schedule information. Laurea reserves the right to modify the timetable.

Materials

The source materials needed for the subject area of the project are selected separately after the project assignment.
Materials include for example Canvas Theory course and other Service Design material.

Teaching methods

Interview 27.5.2025 8:00-9:00 (mandatory) to all applicants.

Working life partner; Brazilian company 4Intelligence.ai: https://www.4intelligence.ai
University partner, ICT Students and Professors:Instituto Nacional de Telecomunicações – Inatel: https://inatel.br/home/
Project content: ICT and business design.
Project will be conducted together with ICT students of Inatel, Brazilian Unitversity.

Project includes:
- Orientation day on campus mandatory
- 3 ECTS Service Design self-study Canvas Course.
- Virtual weekly workday
- 17.-21.112025 One week travel to Santa Rita, Brazil to Inatel University Campus for intensive mobility week.
Working in this project is in Laurea-Inatel mini-groups.
TRAVEL TO BRAZIL IS MANDATORY and mainly funded by TFK Opetushallitus, 2190€ per student including travel, accomodaation and daily allowance.
- Project seminar on Laurea Campus mandatory (Campus to de defined later)

Lecturers/Proferssors:
Tero Uusitalo, https://www.linkedin.com/in/tero-uusitalo-84239a39/
Marja Isokangas, https://www.linkedin.com/in/marjaisokangas/
Renzo Mesquita, https://www.linkedin.com/in/renzo-mesquita-01589536/

Blended learning implementation:
The project includes, in addition to teamwork, scheduled guidance on campus and online, which require participation. An independently studied part (in Canvas) supports the project implementation. Studying requires active participation and commitment to interactive project work. You will receive individual feedback for assignments from the teacher, and working life or peer feedback are also utilised.


Project’s guidance and working sessions can be viewed in Timetable Engine / Tuudo. Communication practices are agreed on a project-specific basis.

Laurea reserves the right to make changes.

Quality of implementation has been evaluated and self-evaluation report is available Teams.

Employer connections

Working life partner: Brazilian company 4Intelligence.ai

Exam schedules

Please, see the Timetable Engine at https://lukkarit.laurea.fi/ for the schedule information. Laurea reserves the right to modify the timetable.

International connections

The project study will be conducted in colloboration with Brazilian University Inatel studens.
The students will work in mixed mini-teams (Brazilian-Finnish) in the project.
The guidance: Laurea supervisors, Inatel supervisors.
Project employed is Brazilian company 4Intelligence.ai
Outputs will be delivered to Brazilian company 4Intelligence.ai

This course IS NOT suitable for exchange students.

Completion alternatives

According to the degree regulations (2024), "Students are entitled to apply for recognition of prior learning regardless of where, when and how the competence has been acquired. ... At Laurea, there are two different procedures for the recognition and accreditation of prior learning: a) accreditation of prior learning (competence acquired in higher education studies at another institution) and b) demonstration of competence (competence acquired in other ways). The recognition and accreditation of prior learning is initiated by the student themselves. The student is responsible for demonstrating and verifying their competence. The student is entitled to guidance for the recognition and accreditation of their competence." Further information in the student intranet.

Student workload

Workload of the study is measured in a way that to acquire the goal competence of the study, one credit corresponds to an average of 26.7 hours of work done by the student. The actual time needed varies e.g. according to prior competence.

Content scheduling

Goal of the project:
Develop Brazilian company´s business.

Evaluation scale

H-5

Further information

The study unit corresponds to the requirements of Bachelor's level education.

This study implementation is a P2P project meaning that the project is completed in a small group and guided by a teacher. Participating in the project requires attendance in the project guidance meetings and group meetings.

The prerequisite for participation is always that the possible competence prerequisites according to the curriculum (previous study or similar competence) are fulfilled. The student is responsible for taking into account the prerequisite conditions.

The quality of the study unit implementation has been assessed and the self-evaluation report is available for example in Canvas or Teams.