The aim of the Department of Industrial Design is to lift the human spirit and facilitate life through the creation of various objects and systems which embody both beauty and usefulness. Pursuing a degree in our department requires a student to transcend the typical boundaries of other engineering specialties. Students are expected not only to master design skills, but also to develop a broader outlook on life and embrace a global perspective.
Fundamental to the execution of design is a broad outlook and an acute sensitivity based on your imagination. As freshmen, students will take a design seminar taught by the teachers in the department. In these small group seminars, students will be exposed to various aspects of design and be motivated and inspired by the course instructors design experience.Students will further develop their artistic expression and understanding and appreciation of "form" in the following courses: Form Exercises and Modeling Exercises, Theories of Ergonomics, Design Materials Planning, and Introduction to Culture of Design and Plastic Art. In our department, students will learn three categories of design: 1) interaction design dealing with the relationship between the form design of products such as daily commodities or cars and human beings; 2) space design from interior to architecture, to cities, and to landscape; and 3) visual design such as graphic images and printed materials. Students will learn the theories and their practical applications in these categories of design. We seek students who want to acquire advanced skills and knowledge to become designers or engineers in the field of industrial design, or those who have the goal of further pursuing graduate level studies.
As freshman, students will learn the basics of design in a closely supervised setting. As sophomores, students continue to study the basics of the design to apply the art of expression which they studied as freshmen. Students continue with this course of study till the end of their junior year with special emphasis on developing and expanding their design and presentation skills. In addition, students develop their integrative analysis skills and planning skills through various on-site trainings and work-study programs as well as through the study of how all the major subjects are related to one other.
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Introduction to Industrial Design Studies I Basic form Science Exercises Drawing Fundamentals Form Exercises I Introduction to Computer Programming I Introduction to Culture of Design and Plastic Art I Design Materials Planning I Introduction to Industrial Design Studies II Modelling Exercises Form Exercises II Introduction to Computer Programming II Introduction to Culture of Design and Plastic Art II Mechanism I Ergonomics I Environmental Engineering I Differential and Integral Calculus I Chemistry I Physics I
Introduction to Industrial Design Studies III Exercises in Design Planning I Theory of Visual Design Introduction to Industrial Design Studies IV Exercises in Design Planning II Theory of Product Design Theory of Space Design I Exercises in CAD I Mechanism II Mechanics of Materials Environmental Engineering II Ergonomics II Differential and Integral Calculus II Summary of Algebra and Geometry Theory of Information Design I Design Materials Planning II Physics Laboratory
Introduction to Industrial Design Studies V Exercises in CAD II Design Practice I Design Practice II Theory of Interaction Design Theory of Space Design II Theory of Information Design II History of Design I History of Design II Building Construction Planning of Housing Equipment Data Analysis Presentation
Undergraduate Design Study I Undergraduate Design Study II Intellectual Property Aesthetics of Form Culture of Design Special Lecture of Industrial Design Arts and Crafts Marketing in Information Society
Off-class Practice in Industrial Design Interdisciplinary Topics Courses offered by other universities
