课程 & 浓度

Here you will learn more about the concentrations DTI is connected with 和 additional courses we offer. For recommendations on course across the curriculum that integrate 设计 and hands-on making schedule an appointment with Emily Norton to discuss.

浓度

The Design Thinking Initiative hosts the Interdisciplinary Making Concentration and is a partner in coordinating the 合作创新 Concentration.

Interdisciplinary Making Concentration

IMX is for students who make things–who learn by doing. Concentrators explore making as a way to underst和ir disciplinary studies and reimagine their work in broader contexts. Concentrators learn to actualize ideas and both advance and diversify the culture of making at Smith and beyond. IMX provides the opportunity to underst和 impacts of the made world, challenge definitions of making, model interdisciplinarity in action, and learn how to take advantage of the many making 资源 on campus.

合作创新 Concentration

For any Smithie who wants to change something for the better! 做出真正的改变, you will have to work with other people to understand and address complex challenges, 和 合作创新 concentration will help you build the skills and capacities you need to do that effectively. 合作创新 concentrators gain practical experience and develop skills for working with others to solve problems ethically and equitably all while critiquing and reimagining dominant frameworks for leadership, 设计, 和创业.

课程

This course is a series of workshops that situate particular making techniques that take place in Smith’s many “makerspaces” within social, 经济, 生态, historical and cultural contexts. 学生 connect their making practice to the ways making informs their liberal arts education. This course also serves to introduce students to the faculty and staff who facilitate making at the many different making spaces across the college. S / U只. 报名人数限18人.

Offered as IDP 200 and ARS 200. This course explores speculative 设计 practices as a way to col劳动atively envision radical social transformation. The course focuses on imagining worlds without capitalism, building on local Solidarity Economy efforts. 学生 work in small groups to make these visions tangible through stories, 安装, performances and models of everyday objects from the future. 学生 learn to make iteratively as a process of critical thinking and to evaluate project work based on its ability to provoke questions and connect with viewers. Prerequisites: 100-level studio art course or IDP 116 or equivalent. 报名人数限16人. (E)

在这1学分中, introductory course we explore what 设计ing towards justice might look and feel like. 学生 will employ human-centered 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 设计 in shaping the world around us and develop a critical lens on 设计s' 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, synthesize qualitative research, 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 

Whether you are starting your Smith journey, embarking on or returning from an immersive experience abroad, weaving your interests through a Concentration or self-设计ed major, or wrestling with expressing what a Smith education has prepared you to do, 这门课是为你准备的. Test different integrative paths of your own 设计, 讲述你自己的故事, and create a digital portfolio to showcase your work. 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 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. In partnership with on-campus collections, 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.