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769A23 · 6 credits · Advanced level (A1N) · Kognitionsvetenskap

Thinking with Representations

Active · next start VT 2027

100%

passed the latest regular sitting

UPG2 · 5 Jul 2025 · 13 students

100%

passed the regular sittings, all sittings over the last 5 years

UPG2 · 13 students

This module only reports passing results, so the pass rate does not show how many did not pass.

Part of 1 programme

Hand-in or lab

UPG2 Written group assignments

  • G

Main rounds

100% passed · 13 students

  • 100%13

Later rounds

100% passed · 7 students

  • 100%7
  • Pass a later round: 100% (7 students), compared with 100% (13 students) on the ordinary exam
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Sittings with fewer than 5 students, often credit transfers or special sittings. They are not part of any figure on this page.

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Other modules

Partial exams, hand-ins and labs. They are not part of the figures at the top.

Hand-in or lab

UPG1 Individual written assignment

  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D

Main rounds

100% passed · 8 students

  • 100%8

Later rounds

100% passed · 7 students

  • 100%7
  • Pass a later round: 100% (7 students), compared with 100% (8 students) on the ordinary exam
  • Get B or A: 87% (15 students)
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Other module

OBL1 Mandatory seminars

  • G

Main rounds

100% passed · 8 students

  • 100%8

Later rounds

100% passed · 7 students

  • 100%7
  • Pass a later round: 100% (7 students), compared with 100% (8 students) on the ordinary exam
Show small sittings (3)

Sittings with fewer than 5 students, often credit transfers or special sittings. They are not part of any figure on this page.

  • 100%1
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  • 100%1

About the course

Aim

Upon completing the course, the student should at an advanced level be able to:

  • apply basic concepts from distributed cognition to design thinking
  • represent alternatives in a design space and reflect on the value of these representations in design
  • use and develop tools and methods for representations and reflect on how the tools enable and limit design thinking
  • reflect on how to systematically represent complex situations on a detailed as well as holistic level

Content

The course deals with methodological knowledge in design-oriented cognitive science with the following content:

  • different roles that representations play in design
  • use of various tools and methods to plan and apply these representations in a design process
  • learning mechanisms through representations as well as the link between representations and the knowledge they offer
  • general implications of placing representations at the center of the design process
Examiner
Johan Blomkvist
Main field of study
Kognitionsvetenskap
Syllabus on Studieinfo ↗