i. institutional support and commitment to continuous improvement
i. institutional support and commitment to continuous improvement
i. institutional support and commitment to continuous improvement
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Course Number & Title:<br />
ARTHI5120 Survey Modern <strong>and</strong> Post-<br />
Modern Design (3)<br />
Course Description:<br />
This lecture course surveys design his<strong>to</strong>ry, from 1750 <strong>to</strong><br />
the present day, introducing the ideas that have driven<br />
design in the modern era.<br />
Course Goals & Objectives:<br />
1) Design culture <strong>and</strong> practice: Course seeks <strong>to</strong> es-<br />
tablish the foundation for students <strong>to</strong> create the in-<br />
vestigative <strong>and</strong> critical apparatus that is paramount<br />
<strong>to</strong> contemporary architecture <strong>and</strong> design practices.<br />
Student Performance Criterion:<br />
1) Criteria:<br />
a) A.1. Speaking <strong>and</strong> Writing (ability)<br />
b) A.2. Design Thinking (ability)<br />
c) A.9. His<strong>to</strong>rical <strong>and</strong> Global (underst<strong>and</strong>ing)<br />
d) C.9. Social Responsibility (underst<strong>and</strong>ing)<br />
Topical Outline:<br />
1) Design culture: Critical <strong>and</strong> interdisciplinary inves-<br />
tigations of artifacts, built environments, <strong>and</strong> texts<br />
throughout the course seek <strong>to</strong> establish essential<br />
links between designers, objects, <strong>and</strong> users in the<br />
his<strong>to</strong>ry <strong>and</strong> culture of design <strong>and</strong> architecture.<br />
2) Design practice: The course emphasizes creative<br />
ways of probing material sources for writing <strong>and</strong> cri-<br />
tiquing design his<strong>to</strong>ry <strong>and</strong> current design practices.<br />
Representative texts of cultural theory supplement<br />
lectures for engaged forms of material analysis. Stu-<br />
dents participate in reading review, discussions <strong>and</strong><br />
a collection of text based analysis projects leading<br />
up <strong>to</strong> the production of an academic paper.<br />
Prerequisites:<br />
All required summer courses.<br />
Textbooks/Learning Resources:<br />
Various sources including:<br />
• Twentieth Century Design by Jonothan M.<br />
Woodham, Oxford <strong>and</strong> New York: Oxford University<br />
Press, 1997.<br />
Offered (semester <strong>and</strong> year):<br />
• Semester: FALL<br />
• Year: ONE<br />
Faculty assigned:<br />
• 2009-2010 academic year:<br />
167 | Spring 2011<br />
IV. Supplemental Information<br />
Atha, Christine O (F/T), Mah, Kai Wood (F/T)<br />
• 2010-2011 academic year:<br />
Atha, Christine O (F/T), Mah, Kai Wood (F/T)<br />
Supplemental Information<br />
SECTION IV