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Subject |
Related Preparation |
| 1) |
Introduction to course. Outline of semester. Short writing assignment describing expectations and past experiences. |
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| 2) |
“Telling Stories” by Maeve Binchey and excerpt from “Portrait of a Lady” by Henry James. Writing about love and our concepts of what it means and how it is portrayed in the two stories. |
Reading. |
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“Goodbye Marcus, Goodbye Rose” by Jean Rhys. Our experiences in life prepare us for the future. How do our lives change after a hugely impactful experience? |
Writing assignment. |
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“Happy Endings” by Margaret Atwood. Writing about theme, characters, plot and mood. Example of summary and analysis of a short story. |
Reading. |
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“Whose Life Is It Anyway?” by Brian Clark. The nature of life. What is our responsibility to ourselves? To others? |
Essay. |
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“Moral Hazard” by Kate Jennings. The aging process and inconceivable choices. Is it possible or even acceptable to choose death over life? |
Essay. |
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Midterm Essay concerning the nature of love and marriage and death and the choices involved. How do the stories exemplify the themes? |
Reading. |
| 8) |
Review. |
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| 9) |
“Crime and Punishment” by Dosteovsky. Using logic to make excuses for a criminal act. |
Essay. |
| 10) |
“Remains of the Day” by Kazuo Ishiguro. Prejudice and characters who must act against their better nature. |
Reading. |
| 11) |
“The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas” by Ursula Le Guin. Is it ever acceptable to sacrifice someone for the greater good? |
Reading. |
| 12) |
“The Joneses”. Capitalism and creating a desire and market. |
Background research. |
| 13) |
Essay on consumerism and capitalism. What goods do we consider desirable and why? |
Research. |
| 14) |
“First Confession” by Frank O’Connor. Comedy and plot. How does an author show theme through the use of humor? |
Reading. |
| 15) |
Final. |
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| 16) |
Final. |
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Program Outcomes |
Level of Contribution |
| 1) |
Having the theoretical and practical knowledge proficiency in the discipline of industrial product design |
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| 2) |
Applying professional knowledge to the fields of product, service and experience design development |
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| 3) |
Understanding, using, interpreting and evaluating the design concepts, knowledge and language |
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| 4) |
Knowing the research methods in the discipline of industrial product design, collecting information with these methods, interpreting and applying the collected knowledge |
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Identifying the problems of industrial product design, evaluating the conditions and requirements of problems, producing proposals of solutions to them |
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| 6) |
Developing the solutions with the consideration of social, cultural, environmental, economic and humanistic values; being sensitive to personal differences and ability levels |
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Having the ability of communicating the knowledge about design concepts and solutions through written, oral and visual methods |
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To identify and apply the relation among material, form giving, detailing, maintenance and manufacturing methods of design solutions |
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Using the computer aided information and communication technologies for the expression of industrial product design solutions and applications |
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| 10) |
Having the knowledge and methods in disciplines like management, engineering, psychology, ergonomics, visual communication which support the solutions of industrial product design; having the ability of searching, acquiring and using the knowledge that belong these disciplines when necessary. |
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| 11) |
Using a foreign language to command the jargon of industrial product design and communicate with the colleagues from different cultures |
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| 12) |
Following and evaluating the new topics and trends that industrial product design needs to integrate according to technological and scientific developments |
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