FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

Department of Physics

GEIN 314 | Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Name
Service Design Project
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
GEIN 314
Fall/Spring
2
2
3
4

Prerequisites
None
Course Language
English
Course Type
Service Course
Course Level
First Cycle
Mode of Delivery -
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course -
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
Assistant(s) -
Course Objectives The main purpose of this course is to strengthen the knowledge regarding service design approaches and methods. In other words, the general aim of the course is to provide students with a set of techniques that will enable to design new services.
Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • The students who succeeded in this course; The students who succeeded in this course; The students who succeeded in this course; • Students will be able to apply service design approach and methods in the creation of novel service offerings. • Students will be able to identify, find and interpret information that is relevant to the given service design problems. • Students will be able to utilize various techniques which will enable them to discover user needs and new business opportunities. • Students will be able to envision, conceptualize and communicate service ideas. • Students will be able to collect and analyze data for studies on service design.
Course Description This course entails the theoretical knowledge and practical application of service design approaches and methods. In this case; students are expected to design their own service design projects. Students will produce visual presentations of their design concepts.

 



Course Category

Core Courses
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Management Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

 

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week Subjects Related Preparation
1 Introduction (general overview) None
2 Lecture: General principles of service design, changing roles of designers Reading: Daniela Sangiorgi & Sabine Junginger (2015) Emerging Issues in Service Design, The Design Journal, 18:2, 165-170.
3 Introduction to the service design project; information about the project theme Reading: Nicola Morelli (2009). Service as value co-production: Re-framing the service design pro-cess, Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, 20(5), 568-590.
4 Lecture: Service design methods and tools; Studio critiques of service design research and projects Research on service design project (desk research)
5 Lecture: Service design and social innovation; Studio critiques of service design research and projects Research on service design project (desk research & field research)
6 Lecture: Service interactions, encounters and experience; Studio critiques of service design research and projects Research on service design project (desk research & field research)
7 Lecture: The role of service design in shaping systems and organizations; Studio critiques of service design research and projects Research on service design project (desk research & field research)
8 Lecture: Service design projects at different levels and sectors; Studio critiques of service design projects Service design project development (scenario building)
9 Studio critiques of service design research and projects Service design project development (storyboard + stakeholder map)
10 Studio critiques of service design research and projects Service design project development (service prototype/visualization)
11 Presentation 1: Research and project outcomes None
12 Studio critiques of service design research and projects Service design project development (service prototype/visualization - version 2)
13 Studio critiques of service design research and projects Service design project development (service prototype/visualization - final version)
14 Presentation 2: Service design project outcomes None
15 Submission Submission of related project documentation (project logbook)
16 Review of the semester None

 

Course Notes/Textbooks
Suggested Readings/Materials

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weigthing
Participation
1
10
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
7
30
Presentation / Jury
2
30
Project
1
30
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exams
Midterm
Final Exam
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
11
100
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities Number Duration (Hours) Workload
Theoretical Course Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
4
64
Laboratory / Application Hours
(Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours)
16
0
Study Hours Out of Class
0
Field Work
0
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
0
Portfolio
0
Homework / Assignments
7
2
14
Presentation / Jury
2
4
8
Project
1
24
24
Seminar / Workshop
0
Oral Exam
0
Midterms
0
Final Exam
0
    Total
110

 

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

#
Program Competencies/Outcomes
* Contribution Level
1
2
3
4
5
1

To be able master and use fundamental phenomenological and applied physical laws and applications,

2

To be able to identify the problems, analyze them and produce solutions based on scientific method,

3

To be able to collect necessary knowledge, able to model and self-improve in almost any area where physics is applicable and able to criticize and reestablish his/her developed models and solutions,

4

To be able to communicate his/her theoretical and technical knowledge both in detail to the experts and in a simple and understandable manner to the non-experts comfortably,

5

To be familiar with software used in area of physics extensively and able to actively use at least one of the advanced level programs in European Computer Usage License,

6

To be able to develop and apply projects in accordance with sensitivities of society and behave according to societies, scientific and ethical values in every stage of the project that he/she is part in,

7

To be able to evaluate every all stages effectively bestowed with universal knowledge and consciousness and has the necessary consciousness in the subject of quality governance,

8

To be able to master abstract ideas, to be able to connect with concreate events and carry out solutions, devising experiments and collecting data, to be able to analyze and comment the results,

9

To be able to refresh his/her gained knowledge and capabilities lifelong, have the consciousness to learn in his/her whole life,

10

To be able to conduct a study both solo and in a group, to be effective actively in every all stages of independent study, join in decision making stage, able to plan and conduct using time effectively.

11

To be able to collect data in the areas of Physics and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1).

12

To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently

13

To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise.

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest

 


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