SYE4108 - Product Development and Innovation

Offering Academic Unit
Department of Systems Engineering
Credit Units
3
Course Duration
One Semester
Pre-requisite(s)
Students under 2-year curriculum (ASII Entry): Completion of at least 30 CUs of the programme requirement (excluding OOD, University Language) by semester B of the preceding academic year. Students under 4-year and 3-year curriculum (both normative 4-year and ASI entry): Completion of at least 45 CUs of the Major Requirement (excluding GE & College Requirements).
Equivalent Course(s)
SEEM4034 or SEEM4109 or ADSE4108 
Course Offering Term*:
Semester B 2025/26

* The offering term is subject to change without prior notice
 
Course Aims

In today's competitive global markets, continuous product design and innovation are essential for modern enterprises to maintain their edge. This course equips students with foundational knowledge and skills critical for successful product development and innovation. Students will learn a wide range of theories, methods, and tools to support empathy, ideation, prototyping, testing, and optimization throughout the product innovation process. Emphasis is placed on harnessing cutting-edge generative AI in design to boost creativity and drive innovation. Through a team-based design project, students will gain hands-on experience and may develop innovative products with commercialization potential. This course is tailored to prepare students for leadership roles in innovative enterprises.


Assessment (Indicative only, please check the detailed course information)

Continuous Assessment: 80%
Examination: 20%
Examination Duration: 2 hours

Examination: Students will be assessed via the examination to their understanding of the concepts and techniques learned as well as the capabilities to apply these concepts, theories and techniques.

 
Detailed Course Information

SYE4108.pdf