Design Engineering Communication

Catalog description

Communication is a vital component of effective collaboration. In this 4-week course, students learn how the extended human-centered design process can apply and be implemented by graphical and language-based communication for different audiences. Beginning with exercises framing the challenge of identifying and engaging different audiences, students will consider the broad variety of design engineering audiences and their information consumption and dissemination behaviors. Identify, adapt and create appropriate communication strategies for a variety of objectives and contexts, such as individual inquiry, eliciting feedback or engaging support. Students teach each other, bringing tools and approaches from their disciplinary homes to this shared endeavor. This studio transitions discussions of effective communication to drafting the Capstone Studio proposal. Initial drafts are used as the basis for learning; they are developed and transformed from detailed statements of interest to a group proposal for all participants.