Design

Educational objectives

The objective of the Mathematical Institutions Course, is to acquire the scientific knowledge and propensity towards scientific arguments by increasing individual skills that can be useful in following courses of the Bachelor's Program.

Essential competencies and skills:
In according to the Dublin Descriptors, the Goals of this Course are:
- to know, understand and experience basics of mathematical analysis and its most common applications.
- to know basics of mathematical analysis (limits, functions, derivatives, integrals).
- to be able to explain the primary applications of mathematical analysis, through the knowledge of significant case studies (functions graphs, calculating areas, study of shapes with special attention to two curves and to their primary properties in analytical terms);
- to increase individual problem-solving abilities: how to face a problem, deal with complexity, establish a resolution strategies. To achieve these results, the course is organized into lectures and specific exercises in relation to different topics theoretical, methodological and operational.

Course organization:
Lessons will be presented following the building process of the knowledgebase. Final and intermediate exams will be devoted to verify the skills acquisition.

Assessment methods:
Learning is assessed through intermediate checks in order to verify the process of acquisition and consolidation of the skills transmitted. During the final examination, will be verified the mastery of the topics covered (write-test and oral).

Educational objectives

Foundations of Drafting is an integrated course with two modules (Descriptive Geometry and Principles of Automatic Drafting), finalized: to know, to understand and to know how the basic concepts of descriptive geometry and representation, useful for spatial visual education both through the use of analogical and digital design to know, to understand the cultural knowledge to the solution of the problems that belong to the geometry of the plane; to know, to understand and to know how the main technical tools and the cultural knowledge for reading, understanding and representing the shape in its many geometric aspects.

Essential competencies and skills:

In according to the Dublin Descriptors, the objectives of this Course are:
- to know, to understand ant to Represent the bi- dimensional and the three-dimensional space (mutual relations between geometric entities, intersection problems, construction of solid complexes, shadows as a result of a projection from a proper center, the method of oblique and orthogonal axonometries; controlled by regular polyhedral and their intersection, the shadow in the axonometric model, the model of the orthogonal double projections, the rules, the graphic hierarchies and the drawing dimensioning system);

- to know, to understand and to know how the main software useful for the vector and raster drawing;

- Acquire autonomy of judgment with respect to the representation of the form in its multiple geometric manifestations.

Course organization:
Lessons will be presented following the building process of the knowledgebase. Final and intermediate exams will be devoted to verify the skills acquisition.

Assessment methods:
Learning is assessed through intermediate checks in order to verify the process of acquisition and consolidation of the skills transmitted. During the final examination (joint for the Integrated Course, will be verified the mastery of the topics (both theoretical and practical experimentation).

Educational objectives

Two strongly correlated modules focused on the physical-mechanical properties, on the performance characteristics of the main families of materials (metallic, ceramic, polymeric, composite, glass, wood) and on the main technological processes.
The teaching, mainly of a theoretical nature, provides the indispensable bases for the study of the following years concerning materials and technologies, finalized to know, to understand and experiment with the basic concepts necessary for the choice and control of materials in relation to the design and realization of artefacts.

Essential competencies and skills:
In according to the Dublin Descriptors, the objectives of this Course are:
- Knowledge of material properties and performances;
- Capability to develop a systematic approach to the problem of material choice in design;
- Exploitation of relationship between product, production process and material and their influence on global performances;
- Exploitation of relationship between product, production process and material and their influence on global performances;
- Ability to study and re-engineer a real production process;
- Acquire autonomy of judgment with respect to the material selection finalized to the product design project.

Course organization:
Lessons will be presented following the building process of the knowledgebase. Final and intermediate exams will be devoted to verify the skills acquisition. Final Exam of the Integrated Course will be joint.

Assessment methods:
Learning is assessed through intermediate checks in order to verify the process of acquisition and consolidation of the skills transmitted. During the examination, the mastery of the topics covered will be verified, and above all, of the methodology underlying the processes chosen for the materials and design.

Educational objectives

To acquire the main historical knowledge and critical tools, for the contemporary European and North American artistic languages.

Essential competencies and skills:
In according to the Dublin Descriptors, the objectives of this Course are:
- To know and to understand the main expressions of contemporary art in the period between the XX and the XXI centuries: the Avant-garde (Expressionism, Cubism, Dadaism, Futurism, Constructivism, Supremacist, etc.) and the Neo-Avant-gardes (Action-Paiting, Pop-Art, Conceptual Art, Poor Art, “Transavanguardia”).
To understand the relationship between art and technology.
- To acquire the critical tools (autonomy of judgment) to understand Contemporary Art and the dialectical or conflictual dimension with the social, cultural, economic and political contexts that gradually emerged from the industrial revolution to the present.

Course Organization:
To achieve these results the course is divided into lectures and seminars prepared in relation to the various topics of a theoretical, critical and methodological nature.

Assessment methods:
During the exam, the actual knowledge and mastery of the main topics covered during the course will be verified, through an oral exam.

Educational objectives

The Basic Design Laboratory is characterized by two integrated modules. The course is
characterized by the learning of an educational methodology based on research and experimentation of the basic forms that contribute to the conceptual and
formal configuration of the products. It is a process of learning of the geometrical, morphological and descriptive foundations, which are preparatory for a
designer to possess the basic tools for the configuration of material and immaterial products. Essential competencies and skills: In according to the Dublin
Descriptors, the objectives of this Course are: - To Know and to Know-how the technical and "sketch" drawing; To Know and to Know-how of the preliminary
processing of basic material and immaterial shape. To Know and to Know-how the principal skills usefull for the artifacts project; - The student will have to
acquire the skill to analyze the graphical project of a small complexity artefact, to understand and experiment the design of a quite simple graphic artefact
managing the functional and formal aspects through the right use of the representation methods and techniques; - Learning skills for a constant
methodological and content update - Ability to learn autonomously and in continuity with one's own knowledge and skills, also identifying autonomous
courses of study for the future (Master 1°level, Master of Science). Course organization: Lessons will be presented following the building process of the
knowledgebase. Final and intermediate exams will be devoted to verify the skills acquisition. Final Exam will be integrated, also. Assessment methods:
Learning is assessed through intermediate checks in order to verify the process of acquisition and consolidation of the skills transmitted. During the final
examination, will be verified the mastery of the topics with will be verified through the verification of the final project.

Educational objectives

The course of Theories of Shape provides the graphic and visual fundaments of the graphic design. The main aims are to manage the basic codes of the
visual communication and to control the principles of the graphical composition in their many expressive valences.

Educational objectives

The integrated Course of Cognitive Psychology and Ergonomics, is composed of the module: Cognitive Psychology and Ergonomics. The general objective of the integrated Course is to provide the student with useful tools for the study of cognitive processes and methodological tools of Cognitive Ergonomics.
Particular emphasis will be given to the "communicative" aspects of user-centered design, in the dual meaning of usability and aesthetic appeal, and in the evaluation methods of the User Experience.

Essential competencies and skills:
In according to the Dublin Descriptors, the objectives of this Course are:
- to Know and to understand the main notions on psychology with particular attention to psychology in general and social and environmental.
to know and to understand the main notions of both qualitative (descriptive and interpretative) and quantitative (correlational and experimental) research methods and techniques for collecting and analyzing psychological and psychological-social data.
To Know how the concepts learned in examples and practices of psychological research applied to architectural and environmental design and planning.
- to explain the importance of user-centered design;
- to evaluate how the artcifacts should be designed to support communication and collaboration;
- to assess how technologies can influence the user experience, how they can encourage changes in behavior and how design can influence these processes;
- to apply the major theories of cognitive psychology to practical case-studies;
- to communicate ideas and research results in written form as well as through story-telling.

Course organization:
To achieve the expected learning outcomes, the course is divided into lectures, seminars and exercises with examples of research or applications. The sequence of teaching activities is organized on the basis of the skills building process. Overall, the course is therefore characterized by the relation and correspondence between the theoretical-methodological and the empirical-practical moments. Final Exams will be integrated, also.

Assessment methods:
Learning is evaluated through a final assessment (multiple choice test to verify the process of acquisition and consolidation of the skills transmitted.) During the examination, the mastery of the topics covered will be verified through the verification of the final project. written exam can possibly be integrated with activities that the single student can have previously done in the classroom during the lectures.

Educational objectives

General Objective of the English Course, is to Know the English language at a level at least equal to B1.

Essential competencies and skills:
In according to the Dublin Descriptors, the specific objectives of this Course are:
- Understanding texts in English of medium complexity on technical topics related to the field of specialization;
- Knowing how to express in English the reasons for their opinions and their projects activity.

Course organization:
The course is divided into lectures and exercises.

Assessment methods:
The learning is verified through continuous exercises in which the student applies the knowledge transmitted through the lectures and activities of classroom. During the exam will be evaluated the complex of exercises produced and verified the actual knowledge and mastery of the main topics dealt with and addressed during the course.

Educational objectives

The Integrated Course of Innovative Materials and Technologies consists of two modules: Innovative Materials and Technologies and Environmental
Requirements of Artifacts. The general objective of the course is to provide useful knowledge - in relation to the design and implementation of artefacts - to
understand: the performance potential of the main material families; the most advanced technologies. The course also deals with the theme of the
relationship between artifacts, user and environment, for a “conscious” design. Essential competencies and skills: In according to the Dublin Descriptors, the
objectives of this Course are: - to know and to understand the physical-mechanical and aesthetic-sensorial characteristics of innovative materials; to know
and to understand the most advanced technologies and the most innovative production processes; - knowing how to interact with the material for the
activation of Material Thinkering processes; - to acquire independent judgment regarding environmental issues and the selection of materials and
technologies; - to Know and to understand the effects in terms of the environment related to the choice of Materials and Technologies. - learning skills for a
constant methodological and content update - ability to learn autonomously and in continuity with one's own knowledge and skills, also identifying
autonomous courses of study for the future (Master 1°level, Master of Science). Course Organization: To achieve the expected learning outcomes, the
course is divided into lectures, seminars and exercises. The sequence of teaching activities is organized on the basis of the skills building process.
Assessment methods: Learning is assessed through intermediate checks in order to verify the process of acquisition and consolidation of the skills
transmitted. During the examination the mastery of the topics dealt with will be verified through the verification of the final project. Exam will be integrated,
also (single mark).

Educational objectives

The Integrated Course of Design Laboratory for Visual Communication consists of two modules: Design for Visual Communication 1 and Design Laboratory for Visual Communication 1.
The course has as its general objective to provide the fundamentals behind the graphic design of an artifact of limited complexity.

Essential competencies and skills:
In according to the Dublin Descriptors, the objectives of this Course are:
- to know the fundamentals of the history of Visual and Graphic Design, with particular reference to the industrial product;
- to know and to understand the meanings of the minimum written / graphic unity, the basic elements of the techniques and the typographic composition, the identity and the techniques of composition of a logo, of a poster, of a graphic artefact of medium complexity;
- develop and experiment, with a graphic proposal, using different tools and technics: from photography to reproduction and image manipulation, using graphic software and web animation software;
- to Know and to experiment, with the basic features for graphic layout applications and web animation software;
- understanding the formal and technical articulations of a typeface, managing an application and relocating it into theories and methods of graphic and editorial design.
- learning skills for a constant methodological and content update - ability to learn autonomously and in continuity with one's own knowledge and skills, also identifying autonomous courses of study for the future (Master 1°level, Master of Science).

Course Organization:
To achieve the expected learning outcomes, the course is divided into lectures, seminars and exercises. The sequence of teaching activities is organized on the basis of the skills building process. Exam will be integrated, also (single mark).

Assessment methods:
Learning is assessed through intermediate checks in order to verify the process of acquisition and consolidation of the skills transmitted. During the examination the mastery of the topics dealt with will be verified through the verification of the final project.

Educational objectives

The Integrated Course of Drawing and Mock-up , consists of two specifics course in icar / 17: Three-Dimensional Modeling and Digital Modeling.
The general objective of the Integrated Course, is to provide the skills to investigate the complexity of design thinking, to find in it the synthetic and generative simplification, to identify the collaborating tool in the creation of the object.

Essential competencies and skills:
In according to the Dublin Descriptors, the objectives of this Course are:
- to introduce to understand and to experiment the operative tools, useful to govern the three-dimensional space in the different physical, graphic and digital models (transformation of the two-dimensional space in the three-dimensional space).
- to know, to understand and to experiment the operative tools for modeling and creating digital renderings in order to acquire a conscious management of the object and its virtual model: recognition, construction and control of complex geometries, essential procedures for the management of the digital image;
- acquire the critical capacity necessary to manage complex geometries with complex design consistency in their nature or in their spatial articulation by means of advanced digital techniques.

Course Organization:
To achieve the expected learning outcomes, the course is divided into lectures, seminars and exercises. The sequence of teaching activities is organized on the basis of the skills building process.

Assessment methods:
Learning is assessed through intermediate checks in order to verify the process of acquisition and consolidation of the skills transmitted. During the examination the mastery of the topics dealt with will be verified through the verification of the final project. Exam will be integrated (single mark).

Educational objectives

The knowledge of the history of design through the analysis of the various design theories, the study of the main authors and the object evolution from the end of the XIX century to nowadays, paying particular attention to italian design; the comprehension of the concept of applied or decorative arts and the definition of industrial design; relationships between contemporary architecture, contemporary art and design.

Essential competencies and skills:
In according to the Dublin Descriptors, the objectives of this Course are:
- to Know and to understand the history and the main design theories (from arts & crafts to Bauhaus, from applied arts to industrial design, to made in Italy);
- Learn about the protagonists, companies, museums and magazines of international design from the eighties to today;
- acquire the critical tools to understand design and the autonomous, dialectical or conflictual dimension with the social, cultural and economic contexts.

Course Organization:
To achieve these results the course is divided into lectures and seminars prepared in relation to the various topics of a theoretical, critical and methodological nature.

Assessment methods:
During the exam, the actual knowledge and mastery of the main topics covered during the course will be verified, through an oral exam.

Educational objectives

General objective of the Product Design Laboratory Integrated Course (Design for Product 1 and Design Laboratory for Product, with Joint Final Exam), is the understanding and autonomous management of the design process of an industrial product of medium complexity in its various steps that go from the concept to the production, to the disposal of the industrial product .

Essential competencies and skills:
In according to the Dublin Descriptors, the objectives of this Course are:
- to know and to understand the cultural aspects, the social changes, the technological development, the economic and consumption dynamics that define the context of reference of the project.
Knowing how to organize the design process independently;
to Know how to develop a realistic model of your design concept;
- to develop a design attitude to innovation and experimental research that includes in the project even the most immaterial aspects of language and semantics, together with technological-material ones, also making use of the creation of physical and virtual models;
- learning skills for a constant methodological and content update - ability to learn autonomously and in continuity with one's own knowledge and skills, also identifying autonomous courses of study for the future (Master 1°level, Master of Science).

Course Organization:
To achieve the expected learning outcomes, the course is divided into lectures, seminars and exercises. The sequence of teaching activities is organized on the basis of the skills building process.

Assessment methods:
Learning is assessed through intermediate checks in order to verify the process of acquisition and consolidation of the skills transmitted. During the examination the mastery of the topics dealt with will be verified through the verification of the final project. Exam will be integrated, also (single mark).

Educational objectives

The Public Space Design Lab is an integrated course composed of 2 modules (Public Space Design e
Public Space Design Lab) that have in common the organization of the workshop activities and the final exam.
General objectives of the course are to promote the knowledge and understanding of the basic principles useful to project an exhibition of limited complexity for a public space.

Essential competencies and skills:
In according to the Dublin Descriptors, the objectives of this Course are:
- to know the basic elements necessary for the spatial and technical-functional control of the project idea through an adequate mastery of the theoretical and operational tools, including among the immaterial aspects related to visual and multimedia communication and to the relationship between public space, preparation and perception;
to understand the morphological, functional and basic material components for an installation project for a public space;
- to develop an aptitude for research that includes both the material and the immaterial aspects related to communication in the project;
- to develop a design ephemeral installation for a public space (limited dimensions in term of dimension, function, technologies, material and immaterial components), with adequate awareness of the cultural and social aspects that define the reference context, making use of the physical and virtual models;
- learning skills for a constant methodological and content update - ability to learn autonomously and in continuity with one's own knowledge and skills, also identifying autonomous courses of study for the future (Master 1°level, Master of Science).

Course Organization:
To achieve these results the course is divided into lectures, seminars and exercises prepared in relation to the various topics of theoretical, methodological, technical and operational nature. In particular, the course will be characterized by the continuous relationship between the analytical and cognitive and the experimental moment.

Assessment methods:
Learning is verified through continuous exercises in which the student applies the knowledge that from time to time is transmitted through the lectures and classroom activities. This article is based on the subject presented during a study. Exam and vote will be integrated (single mark).

Educational objectives

The Integrated Course (single mark) offers an introduction to the fundamental concepts of structural mechanics and analysis and culminates in a design experience aimed to underline the role that mechanical constraints can play within the design process of industrial objects.
Industrial objects are conceived to carry out specific operational functions but, before being able to be used, each object must be able to acquire and maintain its shape against the actions of the surrounding environment that tend to change it. Structural analysis allows designers to predict the effects that the causes of movement exerted by the environment can produce on the objects. With the advent of complex geometries and innovative materials, a careful structural design may lead to a more optimized and economical shape if not, in some cases, to guide the definition of the shape itself.

Essential competencies and skills:
In according to the Dublin Descriptors, the objectives of this Course are:
- to learn the basics of the structural mechanics;
- to understand the role that structural analyses can play in the design of industrial artifacts;
- to use finite elements codes to carry out simulations of the mechanical behavior of industrial objects;
- to develop an autonomy of judgment related to the Structural Mechanics for Design.

Course Organization:
To achieve the expected learning outcomes, the course is divided into lectures, seminars and exercises. The sequence of teaching activities is organized on the basis of the skills building process.

Assessment methods:
Learning is assessed through intermediate checks in order to verify the process of acquisition and consolidation of the skills transmitted. During the examination the mastery of the topics dealt with will be verified through the verification of the final project. Exam will be integrated, also (single mark).

Educational objectives

The Integrated Course Management of Innovation (with 2 modules: Foundations of Marketing and Business Communication and Entrepreneurship and New Business Development)
aims to provide students with the basic knowledge necessary for the management of innovative projects. Creativity of individual thought, entrepreneurship, learning processes, project and knowledge management are the topics that will be analyzed, and which make up the complex mechanism that usually generates and implements innovation.
The course offers an interpretation of innovation as a strategic lever of change, clarifying its relationship with creativity, and in a view of sustainability.
Learning is verified through continuous exercises in which the student applies the knowledge transmitted through the lectures. During the exam, the exercises will be evaluated, and the actual knowledge of the main topics of the course will be verified.

Essential competencies and skills:
In according to the Dublin Descriptors, the objectives of this Course are:
- to Know and to understand the main tools of Marketing and Business Communication, knowing how to apply them in the context of the design project;
- to Know and to understand the main tools of Entrepreneurship and New Business Development (project management), knowing how to apply them in the context of the design project;
- to develop independent judgment and interpretation from the point of view of innovation as a strategic lever of change.

Course Organization:
To achieve these results the course is divided into lectures and seminars prepared in relation to the various topics of a theoretical, critical and methodological nature.

Assessment methods:
During the exam, the actual knowledge and mastery of the main topics covered during the course will be verified, through an oral exam (single mark, joint exam).

Educational objectives

At the end of the Design Course, the student is called to carry out an additional activities (8 cfu) useful for the approach to the world of work.

These activities consist of:
1. work activities or internships, performed independently by the student during the course of study, provided they are relevant to the training objectives of the CDL;
2. curricular training internship (Jobsoul), carried out in qualified Italian or foreign structures: companies, professional firms, research centers.
3. workshops organized specifically by the Degree Course.

Essential competencies and skills:
In according to the Dublin Descriptors, the objectives of this Course are:
- to orientate and facilitate the future professional choices of the student;
- to carry out an introductory training experience and support the work of the final exam, as much as possible integrated to one of the two Final Synthesis Laboratories, depending on the Curricula chosen.
- learning skills for a constant methodological and content update
- ability to learn autonomously and in continuity with one's own knowledge and skills, also identifying autonomous courses of study for the future (Master 1°level, Master of Science).
Course Organization:
Approved the type of activity (or through Jobsoul procedure - if it is a Company-Internship - or through the formal ok by the President of the CdS if this is otherwise), the student will be able to book the examination call which will consist in the verification of documents (respectively by the Faculty Internship Office or by the designated professor), of the truthfulness and the correspondence of the developed activity.

Assessment methods:
Learning is verified during the preparation of the degree Final Exam, by the supervisor.

Educational objectives

To be admitted to the final exam, the student must have successfully concluded all the required exams and have acquired the related CFU.
This training activity is thought to be strongly "connected" or with the final synthesis laboratories (Curricula optional), of the 3rd year; or with the exams chosen (12 CFU) and with the other training activities (8 CFU).

Essential competencies and skills:
In according to the Dublin Descriptors, the objectives of this Course are:
- to develop an original and individual design project, which allows to verify the autonomy of judgment, communication abilities and skills acquired by the candidate.

Course Organization:
The final examination must be discussed by the candidate in the appropriate sessions provided by the calendar of the academic year, having successfully passed all the tests required and having acquired the related credits.

Assessment methods:
The verification is carried out by public presentation of the thesis work. The evaluation is carried out taking into account the general curriculum of the studies.

Educational objectives

At the third year, the student has the right to choose - for 12 cfu (2 exams, both by 6cfu, or 1 by 12cfu) - one of the first level courses by Sapienza.

Knowledge necessary for achieving the objectives:
In according to the Dublin Descriptors, the specific Goals of this Course are:
- to assist the acquisition of the competent authorities necessary for the preparation of the final examination
- to acquire multidisciplinary tools useful for the final examination and insertion into the world of work
- to know how to channel the concepts learned, within the specific skills of design

Sequence of the different phases of the training activity:
The student complete his / her "Trainign Iter" once a year (April / May or October / November) and define the free exam/s.
The student can change his / her choice,only 1 once for each academic year.