Design Making and Prototyping

This course is an opportunity for students to innovate, create, and develop an idea into a physical object. Design and maker principles are taught to establish the cognitive framework for students to identify and solve problems related to health and wellness, sustainability, and cultural and social awareness. Dreaming, brainstorming, verbal and written communication, researching, sketching, designing and engineering provide a blueprint for design. Following the creative process, a variety of materials and methods, tools and technology, and multidisciplinary guidance provide the means to build, assess, and refine the object into a prototype.