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- Department of Architecture and Building Engineering
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- Graduate major in Technology and Innovation Management
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- Academic unit or major
- Undergraduate major in Transdisciplinary Science and Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Inaba Kazuaki Saijo Miki Saito Shigeki Ohashi Takumi Taoka Yuki
- Class Format
- Lecture (Livestream)
- Media-enhanced courses
- Day/Period(Room No.)
- Intensive ()
- Group
- -
- Course number
- TSE.A342
- Credits
- 2
- Academic year
- 2022
- Offered quarter
- 2Q
- Syllabus updated
- 2022/4/26
- Lecture notes updated
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- Language used
- English
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Course description and aims
In this course, students can learn the basics of design thinking in a PBL(Project Based Learning) style. Students from different backgrounds form teams. Each team selects a small project to work on design activities, and make a presentation on the outcome.
The goals of the course are to learn the basics of design thinking and to exercise implementing them.
[Important] In order to maintain a good balance as a team, students who wish to take courses are collected and selected from among them before registration, and only the selected students are allowed to register this course as additional courses. Please note that we will be recruiting students after April.
Student learning outcomes
Students
- understand the basic knowledge and skills of design thinking
- become accustomed to cross-cultural communication
- become cross-culturally aware
Keywords
design thinking, PBL (project based learning)、cross cultural awareness
Competencies that will be developed
| Specialist skills | Intercultural skills | ✔ Communication skills | Critical thinking skills | ✔ Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
Class flow
As collaboration is the main activity, this course is an intensive course of one week. Short term overseas students will join this class. Online workshop type lectures are planed through Zoom. (Depending on the situation of short-term international students, the course may not be offered.)
Course schedule/Required learning
| Course schedule | Required learning | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 5 day intensive course Day 1 (June 27, 10:45-12:25, 14:20-17:55) Ice-breaking, team formation, simple collaboration, lecture on design thinking Day 2 (June 28, 10:45-12:25, 14:20-17:55) Introduction to Japanese society, culture and technology, explanation of problems to tackle in this class, concept designing by team Day 3 (June 29, 10:45-12:25, 14:20-17:55) Selection of a design concept, 2D prototyping, improvement of the design concept Day 4 (June 30, 10:45-12:25, 14:20-17:55) 3D prototyping or preparation of demonstration Day 5 (July 1, 10:45-12:25, 14:20-17:55) Finishing operation, preparation of presentation, presentation | Each team designs the following target. Products, systems and services purchased only by Japanese people |
Textbook(s)
N/A
Reference books, course materials, etc.
hand out materials as needed
Assessment criteria and methods
(1) participation situation to / attitude to tackle a project (30%)
(2) result of project and its presentation (70%)
will be evaluated as a team.
Related courses
- ESD.B401 ： Engineering Design Advanced
- ESD.B402 ： Engineering Design Project
- ESD.A402 ： Design Thinking Fundamentals
Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)
Basic English Communication.
Motivations to global teamwork.
Other
[Important] In order to maintain a good balance as a team, students who wish to take courses are collected and selected from among them before registration, and only the selected students are allowed to register this course. Please note that we will be recruiting students after April.
