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Design and Society

Spring 2009, 163B (main class), 166B (mentor sessions)


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Course assessments:

  1. UNST end-of-year evaluation (external link)
  2. Class end-of-year evaluation (external link) (closed)
  3. RateMyProfessor (external link)

Open projects:


News, updates, and reminders:


Tasks, assignments, and readings:


Useful links and instructions:



Logbook:

  • Thu, Jun 4:
    • Homework for today:
    • Main session:
      • Quiz 9 (make-up quiz): Solution
      • Exposition/demo of final project
      • Everybody gets 2 minutes to present the project. You decide how you want to use the time.
    • Mentor session:
      • Course evaluation
      • UNST end-of-year evaluations
  • Tue, Jun 2:
    • Homework for today:
      • Self-evaluation due, form pdf | Word
    • Main session:
    • Mentor session:
      • Finish open project and ePortfolio
  • Thu, May 28:
  • Tue, May 26:
    • Homework for today:
      • First draft of reflective essay due. UNST ePortfolio assignment | Reflective essay rubric
      • Title or name and 10-line description due for open project
      • Example: NEW
        • Title: Robotic painting
        • Description: I will design a LEGO robot that randomly moves around on a 3x3 feet canvas and deposits paint at locations depending on the color detected by two LEGO light sensors. The robot will use two motors to move into any direction on the canvas. I will experiment with different robot programs---a skill I have learned in class---to determine what behaviors result in the most beautiful painting. This will address the "Inquiry and Critical Thinking" UNST goal. The graphical and artistic aspect of this project will address the "Communication" goal. Art also has an inherent societal impact. The final painting will be exposed in the last main session and I will also document the robot program in a one-page report.
    • Main session:
      • Work on open project
    • Mentor session:
      • Work on open project
  • Thu, May 21:
  • Tue, May 19:
    • Homework for today:
      • 10:00pm: Final version of cover letter and resume due
    • Main session:
    • Mentor session:
  • Thu, May 14
    • Homework for today:
    • Main session:
    • Mentor session:
  • Tue, May 12:
    • Homework for today:
      • 10:00pm: First draft of cover letter due. You must also submit the job ad.
    • Main session:
      • Misc info, slides
      • Fishbowl: "Reinventing humanity," assignment
      • Grading: 60pts = never spoke, 90pts = spoke once, 95pts spoke twice, 100pts spoke multiple times and/or had particularly good comments/questions at least once.
    • Mentor session:
  • Thu, May 7:
  • Tue, May 5:
    • Homework for today:
      • 10:00pm: First draft of resume due. The cover letter draft and the job ad are due May 12.
    • Main session:
    • Mentor session:
      • Major exploration fair, see flyer (external link) (pdf)
      • You'll get time in mentor session to go to this fair
      • You will have to stop by the ECE table for an attendance signature
  • Thu, Apr 30:
  • Tue, Apr 28:


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Contacts:


Where and when:

  • Class: Cramer Hall 103, Tue/Thu, 9:30am - 10:45am
  • Mentor session 1: Cramer Hall 249, Tue/Thu, 11:00am – 11:50pm
  • Mentor session 2: Cramer Hall 249, Tue/Thu, 12:00pm – 12:50pm
  • Mentor session 3: Cramer Hall 249, Tue/Thu, 01:00pm – 01:50pm
  • Office hours: See here

Syllabus:

  • Syllabus, Mar 30, 2009 revision 1
  • The syllabus will be adjusted during the quarter.
  • This website will always be more up-to-date than the syllabus.
  • You are expected to check the course Wiki the day after every class.

Texts for Spring:

  • Required: none

Class description:

Designers influence the creation of products, images, infrastructure and environments surrounding us, both virtual and real. Acting in a deliberate manner, designers engage with the problems facing their communities, and act to solve them by developing pragmatic, creative and innovative solutions. This course will use designers’ activities as an analogy for individuals in other disciplines; in the end, everyone is a designer as they determine the context and direction of their life. Using design as our focus, we will explore individual responsibilities toward society: How can we act to bridge the gap between design and ecological sustainability? How can individuals acting locally compete within the global economy? Using hands-on activities, case studies, and historical investigations, we will explore techniques for design, visualization, and creative problem solving, and share our visions for a future where designing, and by extension all activity, occurs in harmony with natural systems.
While this course uses hands-on activities as part of the teaching and learning process there is significant amount of reading and writing expected.

Grading and assignments:


Late submission policy:


Classroom rules


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Created by: cteusche Last Modification: Tuesday 16 of June, 2009 10:25:40 PDT by cteusche


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