BE SMARTER THAN YOUR SMARTPHONE      3 Credit Hours

Catalog description

This course uses the development of the smart phone to illustrate the multi-disciplinary nature of design and innovation. It provides an understanding of the technologies that make the smartphone possible. Specifically, the course covers the role of research and design in product development, the changed in patterns and nature of our communications through smartphones, and the implications for businesses, markets and society. The aim of this course is to introduce the multidisciplinary nature of innovation using the smartphone as an example. It presents the complexities, challenges, and opportunities that the smartphone has created.