School Of Computing, Engineering And MathematicsIntroduction to Industrial Design MethodsWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 301030.2
Discipline: OTHER ENGINEERING AND RELATED TECHNOLOGIES
Student Contribution Band: 2
Level: 1
Credit Points: 10
Equivalent Units
300034 Introduction to Professional Practice; 300461 Engineering & Industrial Design Practice; 300674 Engineering, Design & Construction Practice; 700038 Engineering, Design & Construction Practice; 700107 Engineering, Design & Construction Practice
About this Unit
Professional practice across many disciplines has evolved toward a co-creative model where a better understanding of stakeholders, human and environmental contexts and the integration of an interdisciplinary approach is seen to accelerate multiple solution developments and innovation. Students are introduced to design research methods and professional design practice in three discovery projects gaining strategic problem solving and critical thinking skills as a core outcome. Special emphasis is placed on lifelong learning, academic literacy and professional skills including information literacy, leveraging knowledge sets, project management, designing for sustainable systems (guided by the global United Nations Sustainable Development Goals UNSDGs) and teamwork, all of which equip students for subsequent academic and professional contexts.