FFD 403 | Course Introduction and Application Information

To be able to equipped with theoretical and practical knowledge of industrial design, and to apply it to a variety of products, services and systems from conventional industries to urban scale with innovative and sustainable approaches

To be able to communicate design concepts and proposals for solutions, which are supported with quantitative and qualitative data, to specialists and non-specialists through visual, written, and oral means

To be able to equipped with the related theoretical and methodological knowledge of engineering, management, and visual communication that is required for interdisciplinary characteristic of industrial design; and to collaborate with other disciplines, organizations, or companies

To be able to equipped with the knowledge of history and theory of design, arts and crafts; and culture of industrial design

To be able to equipped with social, cultural, economic, environmental, legal, scientific and ethical values in the accumulation, interpretation and/or application of disciplinary information and to employ these values regarding different needs

To be able to develop contemporary approaches individually and as a team member to solve today’s problems in the practice of industrial design

To be able to define design problems within their contexts and circumstances, and to propose solutions for them within the discipline of industrial design considering materials, production technologies and ergonomics

To be able to use digital information and communication technologies, physical model making techniques and machinery, at an adequate level to the discipline of industrial design

To be able to employ design research and methods within the theory and practice of industrial design

To be able to recognize the need and importance of a personal lifelong learning attitude towards their chosen specialization area within the industrial design field

To be able to collect data in the areas of industrial design and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1)

To be able to speak a second foreign language at a medium level of fluency efficiently

To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise