ITI46105 Design of Digital Environments (Autumn 2009)

The course is connected to the following study programs

Obligatory course in the Master's Degree Programme in Computer Science.

Prerequisites

Bachelor of science in Computer Science or Digital Media Production

Lecture Semester

Autumn 2009

Content

Design and Production
Digital environments
Design history
Design theory
Design activity
Value and sesponsibility
Cases

Forms of teaching and learning

A design project to be implemented as a sketch project after three separate design methods have been applied and tested. The project will be supported by tutorials, lectures and seminars (See the course website for changes and updates.).

Coursework requirements - conditions for taking the exam

Completion of all course assignments at given deadlines.

The assignments must be approved before the final exam.

Examination

Individual assessment of course project in the form of a preliminary sketch project with the testing of three separate design methos. Grades onthe A - F scale.

In the case of a Fail, new assignments must be approved by the course instructor.

Literature

• Discovering Design, Richard Buchanan and Victor Margolin, University of Chicago Press, 1995
• Design Methods, 2nd Edition by John Chris Jones John Wiley & Sons; ISBN: 0471284963

Recommended reading:
- A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, Kate Turabian, University of Chicago Press, 2007, ISBN-10: 0226823377, ISBN-13: 978-0226823379

- The Chicago Manual of Style, University of Chicago Press Staff, ISBN-10: 0226104036, ISBN-13: 978-022610434

- The Elements of Style Illustrated, William Strunk, E.B. White and Maira Kalman, The Penguin Press, 2005, ISBN-10: 0143112724, ISBN-13: 978-0143112723