ID507 DIRECTED STUDIES IN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
| Course Code: | 1250507 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 1 (1.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 3.0 |
| Department: | Industrial Design |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assoc.Prof.Dr. FATMA KORKUT |
| Offered Semester: | Once in several years. |
Course Objectives
This course aims to:
- encourage students to undertake independent or collaborative inquiry within the field of industrial design.
- support the development of self-directed research projects under faculty supervision.
- foster critical thinking and in-depth engagement with a selected topic.
Course Content
Individual or teamwork on a selected topic within the field of industrial design, conducted under the supervision of a faculty member. Emphasis on independent exploration, critical inquiry, and in-depth engagement with a subject of mutual interest.
Course Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
- identify and define a focused research or design topic within the field of industrial design under the supervision of a faculty supervisor
- demonstrate independent inquiry skills through the development and execution of a self-directed project or study
- apply critical thinking and analytical methods to investigate complex issues relevant to industrial design
- present well-documented outcomes in the form of reports and presentations.
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Identifying research areas in distinct and contemporary topics and formulating research problems; | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Being competent in the research process, process planning, managing, analyzing data, and correctly interpreting findings; | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Transforming knowledge in the field and research results into strategies, politics, methods and/or decisions; | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Transferring research findings into design education and practice; | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Disseminating generated knowledge, making publications and presenting them; | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Having general knowledge in the field of design, having covered the literature and developing expertise in specific topics; | ✔ | |||
| 7 | Having responsibility towards own research, respecting and practicing research ethics; | ✔ | |||
| 8 | Having work discipline and skills in time planning; | ✔ | |||
| 9 | Having skills in oral, written and visual communication; | ✔ | |||
| 10 | Open to continuous education and self-development, having high professional motivation; | ✔ | |||
| 11 | Open and willing to share knowledge and skills with stakeholders; | ✔ | |||
| 12 | Being critical, able to make self-criticism, reflecting objective and unprejudiced thinking into their own work; | ✔ | |||
| 13 | Synthesising knowledge from different disciplines to use in one?s own field and using it for generating new knowledge. | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution