Course Number: IAT 391
Credit Hours: 3 Vector: 1.5:0:1.5(lecture-tutorial-lab)
Course Description
Part of the 9-12 Credit ItaliaDesign Field School
curriculum.
The course work is
primarily completed in Surrey prior to departure to Italy during a
five week intensive schedule. Classes allow focus on the three
primary destinations and their assets (Rome, Florence, Milan).
Students are assigned, in teams, to a major work of relevance and
scope in Rome and Florence in which all three areas could be studied
(architecture, design, art). All projects are required to be
submitted to upload to the ItaliaDesign Field School research
And public website. Projects manifest as reports and presentations in
which key components are measured models of the site in question in
digital modeling software (3D Studio Max). The projects in Milan
focus on contemporary design firm to research. Students are given an
overview of the contemporary design scene in Milan in preparation for
their work at Milan Politecnico, as well as lectures on the historic
origins of post-Risorgimento Italian industry. Subjects also range
into the impact of plastics materials on Italian design and
industrial innovation, the origins of Italian rhetorical and critical
practice and specific looks at major firms such as FIAT and Olivetti
in terms of their innovation practices.
Prerequisite: Upper division standing.
Recommended: None.
Corequisite: IAT 392/ IAT 393 (ItaliaDesign Field School).
Special Instructions: None.
Course(s) to be dropped if this course is approved: None.
Will this be a required or elective course in the curriculum; probable enrolment when offered?
Elective for all SIAT streams. The Field School has an interaction design focus and so the Interaction Design stream is the primary audience. The expected registration would be 10-15 students per offering. Field School runs annually or bi-annually, in spring intersession. The program is open to non-SIAT majors. Preference in selection is given to SIAT majors.
Indicate Semester and Year this course would be first offered and planned frequency of offering thereafter.
First offering: Spring 2005.
Which of your present CFL faculty have the expertise to offer this course? Will the course be taught by sessional or limited term faculty?
Russell Taylor, Ron Wakkary, Jim Budd. Course will be taught by these CFL SIAT Faculty.
Are there any proposed student fees associated with this course other than tuition fees?
No.
Is this course considered a `duplicate' of any current or prior course under the University's duplicate course policy? Specify, as appropriate.
No.
Note: Senate has approved (S.93-11) that no new course should be approved by Senate until funding has been committed for necessary library materials. Each new course proposal must be accompanied by a library report and, if appropriate, confirmation that funding arrangements have been addressed.
Provide details on how existing instructional resources will be redistributed to accommodate this new course. For instance, will another course be eliminated or will the frequency of offering of other courses be reduced; are there changes in pedagogical style or class sizes that allow for this additional course offering.
This course has been running since 2004 in SFU Surrey curriculum. It has been essentially library resourced.
Does the course require specialized space or equipment not readily available in the department or university, and if so, how will these resources be provided?
No.
Does this course require computing resources (e.g. hardware, software, network wiring, use of computer laboratory space) and if so, describe how they will be provided.
Software:
Basic Surrey lab setup: Adobe Package: After Effects/
Illustrator, Photoshop and Macromedia Flash
Understanding the roots of Italian innovation
Introduction to Italian Art, Design and Architectural History
Introduction to Italian History : Pre-Roman to present
Contemporary Italian Design Awareness
Introduction to Italian Design History (1 week)
Architectural and Art History of Rome: Etruscan to Risorgimento(1 week)
Design and Urban History of Tuscany and the Agrarian Town(1 week)
Art and Architectural History of Florence: Middle Ages to Renaissance (1 week).
Contemporary History of Milanese Design: 1945-present ( 1 week )
Grading
Weekly assignment 20 %,
weekly quizzes 20%, major assignment 40%, participation 20%
Required Text
Books
Design Directory
Italy
Ross King, Michelangelo and the Pope's ceiling
Ross
King, Brunelleschi's Dome