Product quality and development

Basic information:

studies in the field of: Quality Science
name of the programme: Product quality and development
studies: full-time second-cycle programme, track: general academic
leading discipline: management and quality studies

Full-time Master’s degree (four-semester) studies in Product quality and development enable students to acquire competences in designing innovative products, shaping and assessing their quality, and managing them in all phases of the life cycle.

The curriculum includes courses that provide practical content such as: the design and management of sustainable products (including innovations), instrumental methods of product evaluation, quality management in services, conducting marketing research, performing LCA analyses, designing and implementing activities related to ensuring the safety and quality of products, and company management. In addition, students acquire knowledge about consumer behaviour, communication in business, shaping, improving and managing production processes in accordance with principles of sustainable production. Students have the opportunity to shape their curriculum by selecting, from a pool of elective lectures, subjects tailored to their preferences and interests.

Students can choose from the following specializations: product design and commercialization or Cosmetic product manager. The latter is offered primarily to those who want to develop their competences in designing and managing cosmetic products, as well as in running a business in the cosmetics market.

Subject	Number of hours	ECTS points	Form of verification	Code	Block
Marketing research	Lectures: 15 Classes: 30	4	Exam	1	B
Safety and quality of products	Lectures: 30 Classes: 30	5	Assessment	1	B
Managerial economics	Lectures: 30 Classes: 30	5	Assessment	1	A
Philosophy with elements of logic	Lectures: 15	3	Assessment	1	A
Quality assessment of food products	Lectures: 30 Classes: 45	5	Exam	1	A
Statistical process control	Lectures: 15 Classes: 30	4	Exam	1	A
Quality management	Lectures: 15 Classes: 30	4	Exam	1	A
Sum	345	30
Sum (Lectures)	150
Sum (Classes)	195

Subject	Number of hours	ECTS points	Form of verification	Code	Block
Instrumental methods of product quality assessment	Lectures: 15 Classes: 30	3	Exam	1	B
Quality assessment of non-food products	Lectures: 30 Classes: 45	5	Exam	1	A
Diploma seminar	Seminars: 15	1	Assessment	1	C
Elective course I	Lectures: 30	2	Assessment	5	B
E-consumer	Lectures: 30	2	Assessment	0	B
Relationship marketing	Lectures: 30	2	Assessment	0	B
Market data analysis methods	Lectures: 30	2	Assessment	0	B
Nutraceuticals	Lectures: 15	1	Assessment	0	B
Introduction to perfumery	Lectures: 15	1	Assessment	0	B
Techniques in consumer preferences research	Lectures: 15	1	Assessment	0	B
Consumer behaviour	Lectures: 30 Classes: 15	3	Exam	1	B
Product management	Lectures: 15 Classes: 30	4	Exam	1	B
Corporate management	Lectures: 15 Classes: 15	2	Assessment	1	B
Sum	285	20
Sum (Lectures)	135
Sum (Classes)	135
Sum (Seminars)	15

Speciality: Cosmetic product manager

Subject	Number of hours	ECTS points	Form of verification	Code	Block
Good hygienic practice for cosmetic products	Lectures: 15 Classes: 45	5	Assessment	1	C
Cosmetic product packaging	Lectures: 15 Classes: 15	3	Assessment	1	C
Properties and quality of cosmetic ingredients	Lectures: 30	2	Assessment	1	C
Sum	120	10
Sum (Major + Speciality)	405	30
Sum (Lectures)	60
Sum (Classes)	60

Speciality: Product design and commercialisation

Subject	Number of hours	ECTS points	Form of verification	Code	Block
Design thinking	Classes: 15	1	Assessment	1	C
Aesthetic and market trends	Lectures: 15	2	Assessment	1	C
Innovation management	Lectures: 15 Classes: 15	3	Assessment	1	C
Brand management	Lectures: 15	2	Assessment	1	C
Project management	Lectures: 15 Classes: 15	2	Assessment	1	C
Sum	105	10
Sum (Major + Speciality)	390	30
Sum (Classes)	45
Sum (Lectures)	60

Subject	Number of hours	ECTS points	Form of verification	Code	Block
Ecological evaluation of products	Lectures: 15 Classes: 15	4	Exam	1	B
Communication in business	Lectures: 15	2	Assessment	1	B
Konwersatorium w języku obcym	Lectures: 30	2	Assessment	5	D(B)
Business etiquette	Lectures: 15	1	Assessment	0	D(B)
Creative thinking	Lectures: 15	1	Assessment	0	D(B)
Current issues in economic sciences	Lectures: 30	2	Assessment	0	D(B)
Ecological and sustainable products	Lectures: 15	1	Assessment	0	D(B)
HR management and leadership	Lectures: 30	2	Assessment	0	D(B)
Human resources management	Lectures: 30	2	Assessment	0	D(B)
Communication with Russian business correspondence elements (lecture in Russian)	Lectures: 30	2	Assessment	0	D(B)
La comptabilité financiére et le contrôle de gestion	Lectures: 30	2	Assessment	0	D(B)
Management and organization	Lectures: 30	2	Assessment	0	D(B)
Qualitätsmanagement	Lectures: 30	2	Assessment	0	D(B)
Solar power technologies for sustainable electricity generation	Lectures: 15	1	Assessment	0	D(B)
Protection of intellectual and industrial property	Lectures: 15	2	Assessment	1	B
Diploma seminar	Seminars: 15	1	Assessment	1	C
Elective course II	Lectures: 30	2	Assessment	5	B
Design and utility of high-tech products	Lectures: 30	2	Assessment	0	B
Social media in marketing	Lectures: 30	2	Assessment	0	B
Food and cosmetic product toxicology	Lectures: 30	2	Assessment	0	B
Trends in cosmetics	Lectures: 30	2	Assessment	0	B
Design management	Lectures: 30	2	Assessment	0	B
Human nutrition	Lectures: 30	2	Assessment	0	B
Elective course III	Lectures: 30	3	Exam	5	B
Marketing communication	Lectures: 30	3	Exam	0	B
Strategic marketing	Lectures: 30	3	Exam	0	B
Nanomaterials	Lectures: 30	3	Exam	0	B
Podstawy toksykologii środowiska	Lectures: 30	3	Exam	0	B
Public relations	Lectures: 30	3	Exam	0	B
Packaging systems	Lectures: 30	3	Exam	0	B
Sum	165	16
Sum (Lectures)	135
Sum (Classes)	15
Sum (Seminars)	15

Speciality: Cosmetic product manager

Subject	Number of hours	ECTS points	Form of verification	Code	Block
Business plan	Lectures: 15	1	Assessment	1	B
Marketing of cosmetic services	Lectures: 15 Classes: 15	3	Assessment	1	C
Design of cosmetic products	Lectures: 15 Classes: 45	6	Exam	1	C
Promotion of cosmetics	Lectures: 15 Classes: 15	2	Assessment	1	C
Brand management of cosmetics	Lectures: 15	2	Assessment	1	C
Sum	150	14
Sum (Major + Speciality)	315	30
Sum (Lectures)	75
Sum (Classes)	75

Speciality: Product design and commercialisation

Subject	Number of hours	ECTS points	Form of verification	Code	Block
Innovation process analysis	Lectures: 15 Classes: 15	3	Assessment	1	C
Consumer product evaluation	Lectures: 15 Classes: 15	3	Assessment	1	C
Packaging design	Lectures: 15	2	Assessment	1	C
Product design	Lectures: 30 Classes: 60	6	Exam	1	C
Sum	165	14
Sum (Major + Speciality)	330	30
Sum (Lectures)	75
Sum (Classes)	90

Subject	Number of hours	ECTS points	Form of verification	Code	Block
Diploma seminar	Seminars: 30	22	Assessment	1	C
Elective course IV	Lectures: 30	2	Assessment	5	B
The allergens in food and cosmetics	Lectures: 30	2	Assessment	0	B
Team management	Lectures: 30	2	Assessment	0	B
Marketing instytucji kultury	Lectures: 30	2	Assessment	0	B
Merchandising	Lectures: 30	2	Assessment	0	B
Products category management	Lectures: 30	2	Assessment	0	B
Practitioner's lectures	Lectures: 30	2	Assessment	1	B
Sum	90	26
Sum (Seminars)	30
Sum (Lectures)	60

Speciality: Cosmetic product manager

Subject	Number of hours	ECTS points	Form of verification	Code	Block
Price strategy and distribution management of cosmetics	Lectures: 15 Classes: 30	4	Exam	1	C
Sum	45	4
Sum (Major + Speciality)	135	30
Sum (Lectures)	15
Sum (Classes)	30

Speciality: Product design and commercialisation

Subject	Number of hours	ECTS points	Form of verification	Code	Block
Product commercialization	Lectures: 15 Classes: 15	3	Exam	1	C
Customer experience design	Classes: 15	1	Assessment	1	C
Sum	45	4
Sum (Major + Speciality)	135	30
Sum (Lectures)	15
Sum (Classes)	30