ID403 COLLABORATIVE DESIGN I
| Course Code: | 1250403 |
| 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: | Prof.Dr. GÜLAY FATMA HASDOĞAN |
| Offered Semester: | Once in several years. |
Course Objectives
By the end of the course students will:
- Gain fluency in using design thinking tools and methods
- Define an interdisciplinary design problem and prepare a strategy in order to formulate a design solution
- Study real-life design problems defined by an industrial partner as an interdisciplinary team
- Demonstrate abilities to plan, manage and present the results of a design project
- Report the material accumulated and generated throughout the design process
Course Content
Interdisciplinary collaboration in design, design thinking methods including brainstorming techniques, user research and problem definition, prototyping and user testing, project management considering economic and technological constraints, university-industry collaboration for developing innovative design projects.
Course Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students will be able to:
- Develop teamwork skills;
- Get familiar with other disciplines’ terminology, approaches and methods for problem solving;
- Develop report writing and presentation skills;
- Gain experience in developing product concepts together with different disciplines and in collaboration with industry concurrently;
- Gain knowledge and experience in design thinking methods;
- Gain knowledge concerning the role of design and technology in innovation;
- Develop skills to manage a design project under economic and technological constraints
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Creative problem defining and solving. | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Planning and managing the design process. | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Presenting and conveying design solutions orally, in written and visually (2D and 3D). | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Planning, managing and evaluating the results of design-focused research. | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Contributing to the design of products in order to raise the life quality of the society. | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Generating and applying knowledge to serve sustainable production and life. | ✔ | |||
| 7 | Competency in intellectual and industrial property rights. | ✔ | |||
| 8 | Awareness of and sensitivity towards societal, institutional, individual and contextual differences. | ✔ | |||
| 9 | Awarenes of social and cultural facts and continuous change. | ✔ | |||
| 10 | Competency in economic, industrial and technological developments. | ✔ | |||
| 11 | Continuous development of professional knowledge, skills and approaches. | ✔ | |||
| 12 | Competency in the processes and actions in professional life. | ✔ | |||
| 13 | Adaptation to the different working environments and processes that the profession necessitates, and contributing to the development and improvement of these environments. | ✔ | |||
| 14 | Ability in working within teams. | ✔ | |||
| 15 | Giving importance to interdisciplinary interactions. | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution