Course Topics
Eco-Social Design & Practice, Mapping Professional Pathways, Methods for Engaged Dialogue, Case-study analysis

Teaching format
This seminar will be held as an experiential and dialogical learning space. Students engage directly with eco-social design practitioners through expert interviews, field visits, and interactive sessions. The course enables students to learn from real-world experiences, ask critical questions, and reflect collectively.

Educational objectives
Knowledge and understanding Students of the Master in Eco-social Design will have developed their own individual project practice and will be able to: - design, implement and manage projects - initiate, carry out and lead project-oriented research, development and design activities - involve stakeholders and actors in projects, identify their needs, conflicts and potentials and work productively with them - working with different experts, companies, organisations, groups and people Applying knowledge and understanding Students will be able to develop projects and practices suitable for addressing complex challenges. Making judgements Students will be able to take responsibility for the development and management of projects and activities. Communication skills Students will be able to: - communicate convincingly in different ways and with different audiences - present projects convincingly - argue creative and strategic decisions - show how the social, ecological and economic aspects of sustainability interact in their projects - organising and/or moderating discussions and creative processes among project stakeholders - communicate productively within the team - lead creative processes and teams Learning skills Students will be able to working independently to learn according to different situations and in a personal way through experimentation and planning.

Assessment
As part of the assessment, students will choose a case study centered on a practitioner working in eco-social design. They will critically analyze the expert’s work, methodologies, and context, and communicate their insights in the form of an oral presentation.

Evaluation criteria
Student work will be assessed based on three criteria: depth of analysis, critical reflection and relevance and selection of the Case Study.