On May 13, 2025, the Department of Interior and Furniture Design organized a round table with stakeholders from the academic community, employers, higher education students, and graduates of the bachelor’s and master’s level educational and professional programs in “Environmental Design”.

Participants of the round table discussed the content and components of the EP “Environmental Design” of the first (bachelor’s) and second (master’s) levels of higher education, specialty B2 “Design”, field of knowledge B “Culture, Art and Humanities”.

Participants of the round table

The moderator of the event was Danylo Kosenko, PhD, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Interior and Furniture Design, guarantor of the EP “Environmental Design” (bachelor’s level).

The event was attended by Kalyna Pashkevych, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Dean of the Faculty of Design of KNUTD; Tetiana Bulhakova, PhD, Associate Professor of the Department of Interior and Furniture Design, guarantor of the EP “Environmental Design” (master’s level); Natalia Chupryna, Doctor of Art Studies, Professor, Head of the Department of Art and Fashion Design; Olena Herasymenko, PhD, Associate Professor; Olha Yezhova, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, Professor of the Department of Graphic Design; Tetiana Krotova, Doctor of Art Studies, Professor, Professor of the Department of Art and Costume Design; as well as lecturers, postgraduates and students of the Faculty of Design.

Colleagues from Ukrainian and foreign educational institutions were invited:

Anzhela Skripchenko, Candidate of Technical Sciences, Professor, Faculty of Design, Technical University of Moldova;

Oksana Lahoda, Doctor of Art Studies, Professor, Head of the Department of Textile and Clothing Design, Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts;

Lada Tsymbala, Candidate of Art Studies, Associate Professor, Department Associate Professor, Lviv National Academy of Arts;

Natalia Skliarenko, Doctor of Art Studies, Professor of the Department of Architecture and Design, Lutsk National Technical University;

Yulia Tretiak, Doctor of Architecture, Professor, Head of the Department of Design, Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture;

Sviatoslav Berdynskykh, Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Design, University of Economics and Law “KROK”;

Serhii Koval, Candidate of Physics and Mathematics, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Design, Admiral Makarov National University of Shipbuilding, and others.

Participants of the Round Table

The guarantors of the EP “Environmental Design” of the first (bachelor’s) level, Associate Professor Danylo Kosenko, and of the second (master’s) level, Associate Professor Tetiana Bulhakova, familiarised stakeholders with the educational and professional programmes, main goals, educational components (ECs) that contribute to the formation of general and professional competencies and the achievement of programme learning outcomes.

Colleagues shared their own experiences in training bachelors and masters in specialty B2 “Design” at higher education institutions in Ukraine and generally gave positive feedback on the content of the EP “Environmental Design”, as well as provided suggestions for improvement.

For instance, Professor Yulia Tretiak advised strengthening the connection between the programme learning outcomes 18-20 and professional competencies in the master’s level EP, as well as combining EC 4 “Renovation of Environmental Design Objects” with EC 5 “Design in Environmental Design”.

Professor Oksana Lahoda shared her experience in organising pedagogical training for master’s level students, fully supported the separation of EC “Conceptual Design of Environmental Design Objects” into a separate component, and also proposed to rename EC 5 to “Environmental Design Projecting”.

Natalia Skliarenko advised to enhance the topic of digital technologies in the training of master’s students, for example, within the course “Conceptual Design of Environmental Design Objects” or by adding a separate educational component. Regarding the bachelor’s programme, Natalia Skliarenko recommended clarifying the names of the educational components “Fundamentals of Environmental Design”, “Design Projecting”, “Environmental Design”, which, although consistent and devoted to the gradual development of professional competencies over four years, may cause confusion due to the similarity of names. As an option, it was proposed to combine some of these components.

Professor Oksana Lahoda and Associate Professor Serhii Koval shared their considerations regarding the introduction from the new academic year, according to legislative requirements, of the course “Basic General Military Training” based on draft changes to the educational programmes of KSADA and Admiral Makarov NUS.

Master student Violetta Semenchenko expressed the idea of combining the EC “Pedagogical Technologies in Designer Training” with the EC “Methodology of Modern Scientific Research with Fundamentals of Intellectual Property” and proposed to add pedagogical practical training for master students.

Based on the results of the meeting, a number of proposals from stakeholders regarding the improvement of the EP “Environmental Design” for the bachelor’s and master’s levels were summarised, which will be considered by the working groups during the programme updates. The guarantors of the programmes, Danylo Kosenko and Tetiana Bulhakova, thanked the participants for their comments and suggestions.

03.06.2025