Programme guidelines

Curriculum overview

Curriculum

The CreaTe curriculum is a three year curriculum at Bachelor’s level, with a study load of 180 credits (EC) in total. Each year compromises 60 EC. The programme is taught in English.

Curriculum construction

The curriculum is built from units of study. There is a distinction between explorative and directive units.

In explorative units students work in groups on the exploration of a design process. Their exploration leads to a prototype of a product or

service. Various aspects of the design process are explored: idea and concept generation, evaluation of concepts, presentation, defence and

justification of a product or service, the planning of the process of turning an idea into a prototype, the organization of the actual process of

prototype development, etc. The learning goals of the explorative units cover (aspects) of all final qualifications. The explorative units support

the learning by doing approach towards teaching. There are five explorative units, three in the first year, and two in the second.

In the directive units students are guided towards learning goals by lectures, tutorials and assignments. The learning goals of directive units

generally cover only parts of specific qualifications, like skills and knowledge in technology, skills and knowledge in graphic design, or skills

and knowledge in concept and idea evaluation from a user perspective.

The directive units are classified by the area of their learning goals. We distinguish six areas. They are Design, Business, Smart Technology,

New Media, Computer Science and Mathematics and Modelling.

One quarter of the year is devoted to specialization. As a second year student you choose either the Smart Technology, or the New Media subjects to specialize in. In the remainder of the second year all students take three more explorative units, a portfolio unit of 2EC, and directive units in the areas Design, Computer Science, Business and Mathematics and Modelling.

The first half of the third year is for further personal development in a direction of your own choice. It serves e.g. to prepare for a Master’s programme but you can also opt for a semester of study abroad. This semester is called ‘profileringsruimte’ in Dutch, i.e. free space to establish a profile.

In the second half of the third year you choose electives, aimed at human technology interaction and ethics and professional conduct.

In this last semester of the final year you also do the Bachelor’s graduation project.

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