为学生

This is where deep disciplinary knowledge and cross-disciplinary interests come together in action. Human-centered design is an opportunity to critically and actively engage with the messy and challenging problems facing our world at a scale we can actually impact. 这是一个实验的空间, 探索, 培养创造性表达, 负责任地处理材料和想法. This is a place to get your hands on some real tools for making change.

课程

在这1学分中, introductory course we explore what designing towards justice might look and feel like. 学生将采用以人为本的设计, a process that centers the lived experience of people most impacted by a challenge in creatively addressing it. We will look at the implications of design in shaping the world around us and 开发 a critical lens on designs' role in making change. 学生 will explore what it means to re-frame challenges as opportunities, 进行谦逊的询问, 用新的方法观察, 综合定性研究, co-generate想法, 原型, 测试他们的设计. 1 credit; S / U只. 课程上限:16名学生

This 4-credit project-based col劳动ative studio emphasizes a design process that engages those most impacted by a given design scenario in creatively and col劳动atively designing possible new scenarios that benefit both people and the planet. We will take a critical look at the impact of design on the world around us and how the field is evolving. We will 开发 our own perspectives on designs' role in shaping the future by investigating design narratives, 当代实践, 新兴的框架. Together we will explore what it means to frame and reframe challenges as opportunities, 调整我们的意识, 练习谦卑地倾听, 提高我们的观察能力, 与利益相关者, 综合定性研究, co-generate想法, 通过原型制作让这些想法具体化, 在情境中与人一起测试我们的概念, 给予和接受反馈, 传达我们的设计.

你是否要开始你的澳门葡京博彩软件之旅, embarking on or returning from an immersive experience abroad, weaving your interests through a Concentration or self-designed major, or wrestling with expressing what a Smith education has prepared you to do, 这门课是为你准备的. 测试你自己设计的不同整合路径, 讲述你自己的故事, 创建一个数字作品集来展示你的作品. 下课前, you will be able to articulate connections between your work in and outside of the classroom, and to explain how Smith is preparing you to engage with the world beyond. 报名人数限12人. (E)

This class will teach students 3D printing literacy and introduce students to the contexts within which this technology is being used in different fields. We will explore the technology of 3D Printers and learn how to design and produce 3D printed objects. 学生 will be introduced to various software used to generate 3D designs,涵盖计算机辅助设计和扫描的基础知识. We will also learn how to prepare these models for printing using printer-specific software and finally create the 3D printed models. 1 credit; S / U只. 课程上限:24名学生

This course explores the materiality of paper through hands-on making and research. Papermaking is a craft of multiple cultural traditions with a depth of history and context. 与陆地的连接, 资源, 劳动, and techniques can be examined by following a sheet of paper from its beginnings through to its disposal. During this course, we will work together to make paper from plant-based and recycled materials. 与校园收藏合作, we will study the societal and environmental context of paper. Course participants will explore one aspect of papermaking in depth through a final independent project. S / U只. 报名人数限12人.

协同领导和设计沉浸

协同领导和设计沉浸 (CLDI) is an integrative cohort program sponsored in partnership by the Wurtele Center for Leadership and the 设计思考 Initiative. CLDI is for students who are looking for intensive opportunities to put col劳动ative leadership skills into practice. 该项目为学生提供了学习的机会, 开发 and apply human-centered design leadership in a real-world setting.

CLDI将学生与嵌入式连接起来, fully paid summer experiences around the world where they will have a chance to practice col劳动ative change-making in the context of a local organization and contribute to the advancement of socially, 在经济上, 环境健康的社区. 该项目为学生提供了学习的机会, 开发, and apply human-centered design leadership in real-world settings. Each year CLDI Fellows apply in the fall to participate in specific internship experiences and are matched with a host organization for the following summer through a rigorous application process.

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原型设计工作室

Capen Annex features a prototyping studio stocked with tools for bringing ideas from the design phase to reality—including two laser cutters, 3D打印机, 乙烯基切割机, 缝纫机, 基本的电动工具. 工作室对澳门葡京博彩软件社区的所有成员开放.

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学生计划奖学基金

Applications for a Student Project Scholarship are considered on a rolling basis. Scholarships are granted to students interested in supplementing their entrepreneurial vision, 创意课程项目, 制作原型, 或者进一步发展个人项目. 学生 are limited to: (i) one approved request each academic year and (ii) up to $1,资金总额为1,000元. *Petitions for larger grants will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Scholarships may be used for costs associated with research or personal projects, 创业企业, 原型, course-related activity or attendance at conferences not covered by the SGA Conference Fund.

资格

你在澳门葡京博彩软件的学习成绩一定很好.
You must not graduate from 澳门葡京博彩软件 prior to utilizing the funds.
You must have completed all paperwork necessary to receive payments from 澳门葡京博彩软件.

成功申请者将获得资助, disbursed as reimbursements through the Controller’s Office, 后 completion of the approved activity and presentation of lessons learned to members of the review committee.

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