ID438 DESIGN FOR SUSTAINABLE BEHAVIOR CHANGE
| Course Code: | 1250438 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (2.00 - 2.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 5.0 |
| Department: | Industrial Design |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Lecturer Dr. DİLRUBA OĞUR |
| Offered Semester: | Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
The course aims to enable students to:
- gain knowledge towards current approaches and strategies for sustainable behavior change, as well as emerging roles and responsibilities of designers towards driving change,
- equip skills and knowledge in planning, designing and facilitating user research and design activities tailored to specific design challenges,
- learn techniques for translating research findings into ideation phase of the design process through critical analysis,
- gather knowledge for developing design interventions for sustainable behavior change with a critical reflection on the design solutions’ relevance with the defined design problem,
- acquire knowledge and skills for effectively communicating their design processes and design interventions with the audience.
Course Content
This course adopts a multifaceted approach through involving behavioral and sustainability aspects with a particular emphasis on promoting sustainable behavior change. Adopting a practice-oriented approach, the course includes literature review and user research for a comprehensive understanding of users' behaviors and addressing design challenges in relation to sustainability; the design and facilitation of an ideation workshop for the generation of diverse ideas aiming to foster sustainable behavior change; and development, presentation and evaluations of the design interventions in relation to diverse problem areas.
Course Learning Outcomes
On the completion of this course the students will be able to:
- gain a deeper understanding about the approaches towards sustainable behavior change, and recognize their roles and capabilities as mediators for driving change,
- plan the user research process, adapt user research tools and techniques, facilitate research sessions, analyze and interpret the received information,
- transform literature and user research findings into design explorations,
- develop collaborative and interpersonal skills while addressing issues within team-based problem-solving contexts,
- communicate their design processes and final design interventions verbally and visually through various means.
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Creative problem definition, developing solution-oriented ideas, critical thinking and creating solution proposals by synthesizing the knowledge gained | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Planning, managing and conducting the design process | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Planning and carrying out design-oriented research and transferring the results to the design process | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Thinking with basic design and visual organization elements and principles and being able to apply ideas in two and three dimensions | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Identifying the user's needs, predicting their expectations and integrating them into the design process | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Ability to work individually and to conduct team-work | ✔ | |||
| 7 | Understanding the relationship of the Industrial Design field with different disciplines and being able to carry out interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary studies | ✔ | |||
| 8 | Ability to communicate in international mediums using a foreign language and follow the professional agenda | ✔ | |||
| 9 | Developing an independent, lifelong learning approach by being aware of the ever-changing contexts of design | ✔ | |||
| 10 | Being aware of the socio-cultural, socio-economic and environmental context in design and considering the benefit of society and the environment | ✔ | |||
| 11 | Ability to interpret the issues related to art and culture affecting the historical development of industrial design on the local and global scale | ✔ | |||
| 12 | Having knowledge about business models, ethical principles, and laws and regulations that should be followed in professional practice | ✔ | |||
| 13 | Knowing the materials and production technology within the scope of Industrial Design and using them in the design process | ✔ | |||
| 14 | Having command of technological developments in the field of industrial design, being able to use the necessary technological tools | ✔ | |||
| 15 | Being able to present design ideas and solutions with relevant communication tools and methods | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution