DESIGN 6300: Exploration in Graduate Design Studies
Exploration and discovery in future-oriented domains of design practice and research. Students will practice the tools for exploration including reading, writing, making, planning, and reflection in order to establish their own research path.
Prereq: Design grad students only, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 787. Repeatable to a maximum of 6 cr hrs.
Prereq: Design grad students only, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 787. Repeatable to a maximum of 6 cr hrs.
Credit Hours
3
Overview
This course is a seminar in which students will explore theories and methods for advanced design-based inquiry. The course will provide students with an opportunity to articulate their research orientation, focusing on “problematization”—how to approach a situation or topic of inquiry. The course will offer frameworks to contextualize questions within a broader field
Objectives
At the end of the course successful students should be able, at an advanced level, to:
- Problematize a research project
- Define and scope research questions
- Understand epistemic and methodological differences between research conducted in different disciplines
- Use conjecturing as problematizing methodology
- Create a cohesive first year review thesis thread short paper and portfolio documenting their work
Course Materials
- Reading and resources will be listed in detail on the syllabus
Course Organization
This is a 3 credit hour course that meets once a week for 2 hours
Sample Coursework
Students can expect:
- Group discussions and assigned readings
- Lecture, group meetings, and presentations
Semester(s) Offered:
Spring