• MayProjects

MAY PROJECTS

LIST OF PROJECTS

• YesColombia

• RedCrossIceland

• MohammedProject

• DesignSuccess

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CREATIVE PROJECT DESIGN - Description

As a conclusion to the first year's studies, the students must take an examination in Creative Project Design in the form of a group project. The students work in groups of 3-4 individuals and decide whether they wish to complete a project for an external customer or develop their own project, over a period of at least five weeks. The project must consist of the completion of practical work in the form of either that the project is realised or that parts of it are demonstrated as a pilot project.

EXAMINATION PROCESS

The examination process has three phases:

• Development and solving of a concrete project.
• Written documentation, including process description (examination report).
• Oral presentation, explanation, elaboration and discussion (oral examination).

At the beginning of the project period the students must provide a short synopsis, which the team leaders base their approval of the project's idea, scope, limits and content. Deadlines and the other elements of the examination process, including subject-specific guidance, are arranged by the team leaders and are handed out to the students at the beginning of the examination period. During the project, the students have the right to two hours' guidance by the examiner. The final guidance session must be completed at the latest one week before the deadline for handing in

THE WRITTEN REPORT

The extent of the written project is maximum 20 sides plus 5 sides for the description of the process. The oral examination must be held at the earliest three days and at the latest three weeks after the handing in of the written project. The students have 25 minutes to present the project, after which there is allowed 45 minutes for the examination, clarification, elaboration and discussion.

SYLLABUS

The project group must be capable of understanding the project work in the context of the syllabus from the first and second semesters.

EVALUATION

The oral and written parts of the examination are weighted equally in the evaluation of the project. The evaluation is mostly based upon the students' ability to design, develop, and complete a project, together with the group's ability to master the problems and challenges that are connected with project in a nuanced and reflective way, including:

• The project group's ability to document, communicate and understand the different perspectives of the entire project
• The relevance and originality of the project
• The project group's ability to utilise the theory and methodology from the teaching with a particular emphasis on the group's ability to master the goalsetting phase, the planning phase, the completion phase and the evaluation

phase The starting point of the examination will be the following themes:

• Need, target group and interested parties.
• The projects economic perspective, including budget and financing.
• The perspectives of the concept in relation to the surrounding society.

Based on the process description, the evaluation will be based on the group's ability to develop and navigate in relation to the project's internal processes such as group formation, together with leadership and the organisation of the work in the project. A particular emphasis is generally placed upon the group's overview and ability to evaluate the project's strengths and weaknesses. The evaluation is carried out by the group's team leader(s) and an external censor. Grades are awarded using the Danish '13-scale'. The examiner(s) and censor complete a short, written reason for the evaluation. If the examination results in a grade less than 6 (fail), then the group is permitted to have one (1) re-examination. At the reexamination, the students must submit a new written report. The head of studies decides the date of the reexamination.

SHORT FACTS:

SYNOPSIS

Synopsis needs to be approved by either Kasper or Gry. Approval of synopsis will start from the time where all groups have been formed. Deadline for approval is Wednesday April 26 at 12.00. If, at that point, there are groups without approved synopsis we will start approving synopsis again from Tuesday May 2nd.

GUIDANCE:

During the project each group have access to 2 hours of guidance with either Kasper or Gry. Guidance needs to be booked in advance with either Gry and Kasper and this is the responsibility of the group. Guidance can take place from Monday May 1 until Tuesday May 23 (both days included)

ECONOMY:

Each group will have DKK 2.500,00 provided by the school. You will have access to the money from Monday May 1 - and you will be able to collect the money from Ove and Lis (our "financial" office). Remember receipts to document your expenses.

DEADLINE:

Deadline for the written report is Tuesday May 30th at 12.00. The report must be handed in to Karin at the main office in 4 copies.

ORAL EXAM:

The oral exams takes place from Tuesday June 6 until Saturday June 10 (both days included). Each exam takes approx 3 hours - starting at 09.00 and 13.00. Each exam consists of 25 min presentations, 45 min of discussion, approx 45 min for discussion and determination of grade and feedback between examiners and censor and finally approx 20 min with feedback, grading and questions.

In case there are more than 10 groups we will have 3 exams some of the days - with the 3rd exam starting at 16.30.