Course detail
Bachelor Project Seminar (B-PDS)
FSI-6AS Acad. year: 2024/2025 Summer semester
Students will prepare the accompanying report on the topic of the bachelor project, will sort out and evaluate the source material, determine the current trend of the product and its development based on the literature. They will then elaborate a description of their own design solution, including variant studies, shape, technical, ergonomic, color and graphical solution of the given topic.
Language of instruction
Czech
Number of ECTS credits
3
Supervisor
Department
Entry knowledge
Basics of design theory, ergonomics, lay-out of printed matters, etc.
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
The condition of granting a classified credit is obligatory attendance at the seminars at the scheduled hours and individual consultation with the supervisor. The approach to the given task is evaluated as well as the completeness and quality of the individual stages of the work, and the submission of the specified outputs within the given deadlines. The final evaluation consists of evaluation of individual projects. In total it will be possible to aquire 100 points. Resulting classification will be defined by the ECTS scale.
According to the article No. 13 of Study and Examination Rules of Brno University of Technology ECTS evaluation degree scale is used. . If some of the projects are awarded less than 50 pts., final evaluation of the course is "failed". The course is evaluated with the following grades: ECTS EVALUATION DEGREES / PTS. RATING / NUMERIC RATING: A / 100 – 90 / 1 / Excellent; B /89 – 80 / 1,5 / Very good; C / 79 – 70 / 2 / Good; D / 69 – 60 / Satisfactory; E / 59 – 50 / Sufficient; F / 49 – 0 / 4 / Failed.
Compulsory attendance at seminars. Education runs according to the week schedule. The way of compensation of missed seminars is specified by the tutor.
Aims
The subject of the Seminar to Bachelor thesis is to pay attention to the analysis of the assignment, the theoretical basis and the elaboration of the documentation related to the subject of the bachelor thesis. The aim is to develop analytical and synthetic abilities by evaluating the design of existing competitive products in visual and technical aspects.
The student acquires:
The ability of analysis of design assignment.
The ability of scientific classification and elaboration of accompanying documentation of design project.
The ability to prepare an analysis and design evaluation, including graphic processing and typographic modification.
The study programmes with the given course
Programme B-PDS-P: Industrial Design, Bachelor's, compulsory
Type of course unit
Studio work
13 hours, compulsory
Syllabus
– Getting to know the BP guidelines and deadlines.
- Design analysis.
- Technical analysis.
- Problem analysis and Aims of solution.
- Variants of design.
- Shape solution.
- Technical and ergonomic solution.
- Color and graphical solution.
- Discussion.
- Final text correction of the analytical part, BP presentation.
- Graphics of BP poster.
- Portfolio.
- Submission – final printed version of BP, portfolio (A4 format).
Exercise
13 hours, compulsory
Syllabus
– Process of state exam, principles of diploma thesis presentation, principles for preparing bachelor thesis.
- Collecting and researching materials for design analysis of the given topic.
- Collection and researching documents for technical analysis of the given topic.
- Presentation of partial results of bachelor thesis by individual students. Discussion on presentation and results, answers to questions of the supervisor and other teachers.
- Submission – final printed version of BP, portfolio (A4 format).