ID223 DESIGN AND SOCIETY

Course Code:1250223
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week):3 (3.00 - 0.00)
ECTS Credit:5.0
Department:Industrial Design
Language of Instruction:English
Level of Study:Undergraduate
Course Coordinator:Assist.Prof.Dr DAMLA TÖNÜK KRUITHOF
Offered Semester:Fall Semesters.

Course Objectives

This course portrays an array of relationships unfolded into designed objects with the aim of providing a perspective into broader relationships surrounding design. This will also help to develop analysis and critique skills that are important for design discipline. 


Course Content

Discussion of design as a profession; examples of the influences of design on different civilisations; the inter play between design and society, infrastructures, human organisations; discussion of methodologies / theoretical frameworks for analysis; material culture; STS perspectives, reflection on design.


Course Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course students will be able to relate to and understand broader issues that surround designed objects. They will be able to critically approach given problems and be able to formulate their own perspective. They will be able to understand users of designed objects with indepth methods.


Program Outcomes Matrix

Level of Contribution
#Program Outcomes0123
1Creative problem defining and solving.
2Planning and managing the design process.
3Presenting and conveying design solutions orally, in written and visually (2D and 3D).
4Planning, managing and evaluating the results of design-focused research.
5Contributing to the design of products in order to raise the life quality of the society.
6Generating and applying knowledge to serve sustainable production and life.
7Competency in intellectual and industrial property rights.
8Awareness of and sensitivity towards societal, institutional, individual and contextual differences.
9Awarenes of social and cultural facts and continuous change.
10Competency in economic, industrial and technological developments.
11Continuous development of professional knowledge, skills and approaches.
12Competency in the processes and actions in professional life.
13Adaptation to the different working environments and processes that the profession necessitates, and contributing to the development and improvement of these environments.
14Ability in working within teams.
15Giving importance to interdisciplinary interactions.

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