COURSE INFORMATION Course Title: DESIGN METHODS

Code	Course Type	Regular Semester	Theory	Practice	Lab	Credits	ECTS
ARCH 421	B	1	3	1	0	4	6

Academic staff member responsible for the design of the course syllabus (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature)	NA
Lecturer (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	Odeta Manahasa , Thursday(s) 15.30-17.30
Second Lecturer(s) (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	Desantila Hysa
Teaching Assistant(s) and Office Hours:	NA
Language:	English
Compulsory/Elective:	Compulsory
Classroom and Meeting Time:
Course Description:	This course explores some ideas that can lead to a stronger intellectual base for a designer's actions. The course content is focused on the different perspectives on Design activity. An overview of the shifts in design thinking theory and practice. The main scope of the course is to overview the question of “what design thinking is” rather than “how to design”. This significant question will constitute a starting point for the discussions.
Course Objectives:	The aim of the course is to explore some ideas that can lead to a stronger intellectual base for your design actions. The course content is focused on the different perspectives on Design activity. An overview of the shifts in design theory is given, as well as the methodologies of shifts in design practice. The main scope of the course is to overview the question of “what design is” rather than “how to design”. This significant question will constitute a starting point for the discussions that follow.

COURSE OUTLINE

Week	Topics
1	S1. Introduction. S2: Movie Screening: Design and Thinking, a Muris Media Production (2012), http://www.designthinkingmovie.com/
2	Design Thinking
3	User-centered Design
4	Wicked-Problems in Design Thinking
5	How do Designers Think?
6	How do Designers Think?
7	Designers as Reflective Practitioners
8	National Holiday
9	Midterm Week
10	Design Cognition
11	Managing as Designing | Design as Management
12	Change by Design
13	Design as Social Innovation
14	Final Presentations of Term Projects

Prerequisite(s):	No
Textbook:	Movie Screening: Design and Thinking, a Muris Media Production (2012), http://www.designthinkingmovie.com/ Kimbell L.: 2011, “Rethinking Design Thinking Part I,” Design and Culture, 3(3): 285-306. Kimbell L.: 2012, “Rethinking Design Thinking Part II,” Design and Culture, 4(2): 129-148. Simon, H. A.: 1996, The Sciences of the Artificial. Third edition. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Buchanan, R.: 1992, “Wicked Problems in Design Thinking”, Design Issues, 8(2): 5-21. Cross, N.: 2004, “Designerly Ways of Knowing: Design Discipline versus Design Science,” Design Issues, 17(3): 49-55. Lawson, B.: 2005, How Designers Think: The Design Process Demystified, Fourth Edition, Architectural Press. Schön, D. A.:1992, “Designing as Reflective Conversation with the Materials of a Design Situation,” Knowledge-Based Systems, 5(1): 3-14. Webster, H.: 2008, “Architectural Education after Schön: Cracks, Blurs, Boundaries and Beyond,” Journal for Education in the Built Environment, 3 (2): 63-74 Buchanan R.: 2004, “Management and design: Interaction pathways in organizational life,” in Bolland Jr. R.J., Collopy F. (eds) Managing as designing, Stanford, CA: Stanford Business Books, pp. 54–63. Michlewski, K.: 2008, “Uncovering Design Attitude: Inside the Culture of Designers,” Organization Studies 29 (3): 373-392.
Other References:
Laboratory Work:	No
Computer Usage:
Others:	No

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

1	Students will complete readings, light research work and build their skills and confidence addressing their colleagues. Assignments will be both individual and team-based.
2	Students will become fluent in matters of design practice and cultures
3	Students will improve their ability to craft compelling arguments to demonstrate their point of view
4	Through practice, students will be better able to communicate effectively within and across teams
5	Students will apply methods to consistently describe interactions for the purposes of ideation, exploration, and validation

COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO... PROGRAM COMPETENCIES (Blank : no contribution, 1: least contribution ... 5: highest contribution)

No	Program Competencies	Cont.
Integrated second cycle study program in Architecture (5 years) Program

COURSE EVALUATION METHOD

Method	Quantity	Percentage
Homework	5	6
Presentation	1	20
Final Exam	1	40
Attendance		10
Other
	Total Percent:	100%

ECTS (ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD)

Activities	Quantity	Duration(Hours)	Total Workload(Hours)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours)	16	4	64
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	14	4	56
Mid-terms	1	10	10
Assignments	5	1	5
Final examination	1	15	15
Other			0
Total Work Load:			150
Total Work Load/25(h):			6
ECTS Credit of the Course:			6