Academic Catalog

ID404 COLLABORATIVE DESIGN II

Course Code: 1250404
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(2-2)
ECTS Credit: 5.0
Department: Industrial Design
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Course Coordinator: Assoc.Prof.Dr. FATMA KORKUT
Offered Semester: Once in several years.

Course Content

This course aims to support interdisciplinary collaboration among engineering and industrial design students for developing innovative products or systems. The first part of the course is devoted to the generation of ideas and development of innovative product concepts through interdisciplinary team-work. Special emphasis on the pleasurability and usability aspects of the concept. In the second part of the course, the teams are required to continue to work on the product concept and develop a fully functioning model. Special emphasis on economic and technological constraints. The students who pass the first part of the course, must register to the second part in the following semester.