School Of Computing, Engineering And MathematicsMajor Project CommencementWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 300459.2
Discipline: OTHER ENGINEERING AND RELATED TECHNOLOGIES
Student Contribution Band: 2
Level: 4
Credit Points: 20
Assumed Knowledge
Knowledge related to the successful completion of year 3 Industrial Design is assumed.
Prerequisite
300313 Design Studio 4: Simulate to Innovate AND 300314 Designed Inquiry
Corequisite
300775 Industrial Experience
Unit Enrolment Restrictions
Successful completion of 220 credit points.
About this Unit
This unit prepares students to be flexible and innovative, with the emphasis placed on design, and its place in and effect on society and people. Students are challenged to respond to a real world design brief focusing on a specific user group and context-of-use. Students undertake desk, field and practical research in order to find design opportunities for detailed development in the second semester of the fourth year program. Peer learning is an important part of the learning experience, as is a user-centred design research approach and is facilitated by an intensive off-campus field trip in the project start-up phase.