Future researchLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

You outline potential, probable and desirable futures and begin to implement them in your design process.

You are introduced to the different future research methods and learn to apply them in developing your own work and professional field.

Content

What methods are available to forecast the future?

What type of potential, probable and desirable futures do you see in your field?

How do you start implementing them in your own profession?

Accomplishment methods

Students can

a. use professional vocabulary systematically.

b. look for information in the key information sources of the field.

c. identify interrelated tasks.

e. use the key models, methods, software and techniques of the professional field.