Análise temática e metodológica dos trabalhos de conclusão do curso de Design/UFAL

Abstract

The present study aims to develop a contextual, methodological and thematic analysis of the academic production of students graduating from the design course at the Federal University of Alagoas. Specifically, we sought to verify the distribution of final papers by year of delivery, course area, methodologies used, TCC modality, specialty and advisors, in addition to raising discussions about the problems faced by students when they reach the TCC production stage. Ninety- one works completed between the years 2015 and 2021 were analyzed, using a descriptive and qualitative- quantitative methodology that had as procedures the bibliographic research, the documentary research and the survey research, all of them based on the digital repository of the course. From the analyzes carried out, it was found that there is a concentration of TCCs guidelines in a few teachers (who are overloaded), areas (a high demand for graphic design and low demand for interior design) and methodologies (dominated by a few authors with industrial based methodologies or design thinking). That said, it was identified that there are problems for students during the production of the work, as it is common for the themes to have no connection with the sectors in which they work after graduation and there is no interest in the academic career. In addition, the development of the work takes longer than expected, there are difficulties with orientation and downtime.