Course Number: IAT 394
Credit Hours: 3 Vector 1.5:0:1.5 (lecture-tutorial-lab)
Course
Description
An optional fourth course and directed study. Participants
must receive approval for their topics from the Field School instruction
team prior to departure to Italy. Students can work individually or in
teams
on research or applied projects. Research must contribute to the ongoing
ItaliaDesign repository. Projects focus on furthering knowledge of Italian
Design and Innovation practices and extending the course concepts.
Prerequisite: Completion of 48 credits, including IAT 391, 392 and 393.
Recommended: None.
Corequisite: None.
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
Guided Independent Study and Directed Study
Guided Independent Study and Directed Study
Grading
Grading
will be based on team based or individual course projects in
consultation with instructors. . Research documentation 25%,
preliminary project brief 35%, final project 40%
Required Text
Books
Design Directory
Italy
Ross King, Michelangelo and the Pope's ceiling
Ross King,
Brunelleschi's Dome
Robert Lumley, John Foot. Italian Cityscapes:
Culture and Urban Change in Contemporary Italy
John Foot. Modern Italy