ID501 GRADUATE DESIGN STUDIO I
| Course Code: | 1250501 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (2.00 - 2.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 9.0 |
| Department: | Industrial Design |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. ÇAĞLA DOĞAN |
| Offered Semester: | Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
The course aims to foster:
- Understanding of the current, emergent and future directions of production and consumption, as well as the emerging roles and competencies of designers, their collaborators, and users in the design process,
- Recognition of the steps to be taken to reach a ‘desired’ future through a cross-disciplinary perspective,
- Skills and experience for planning design and research activities that target specific issues and contexts of use, and
- In-depth understanding of and critical reflection on possible designerly interventions for transitioning towards desired futures from a socio-cultural and environmental perspective.
Course Content
A graduate design studio course adopting a practice-oriented approach with a specific emphasis on the use of research to inform and respond to problem areas in design. Students carry out research as an integral part of a design project. Design research methods and techniques relevant to the course include literature reviews and field studies, including ethnographic research, participatory design, generative and co-design sessions, and design proposal evaluations. Course topics are chosen by the instructor from amongst contemporary and cross-disciplinary problem areas.
Course Learning Outcomes
On the completion of this course students will be able to:
- Build empowering future visions through the analysis of the state-of-the-art in various disciplines,
- Identify their roles in the future of the profession and recognise their capacity as agents of change,
- Identify the paths to ‘desired’ future visions and the societal and technological changes affecting the paths through a participatory approach,
- Transform findings and insights from the literature and design research into design explorations through a critical socio-cultural and environmental perspective, and
- Critically reflect on (un)intentional socio-cultural and environmental aspects of design process and outcomes.
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