Learning Goals

While reading through this curriculum and completing the exercises, students will learn:

1. Learning Goal 1: About the engineering design process, three design paradigms (traditional, parametric, and generative design) for approaching the engineering design process, and how these paradigms are related (design evolution). Curriculum Section(s): Preface.
2. Learning Goal 2: How the design paradigms influence designer behavior throughout the engineering design process (design direction). Curriculum Section(s): Traditional Design.
3. Learning Goal 3: About the role of the designer in the traditional design process, throughout four stages: Problem Definition, Exploration, Evaluation, and Iteration. Curriculum Section(s): Traditional Design.
4. Learning Goal 4: About the role of the designer in the parametric design process, throughout the same four stages, and how this differs from the traditional design process. Curriculum Section(s): Parametric Design.
5. Learning Goal 5: About the role of the designer in the generative design process, throughout the same four stages, and how this differs from the traditional and parametric design processes. Curriculum Section(s): Generative Design.

Curriculum Sections and Activities

Project Matrix

Estimated Time to Complete	Topics	Curriculum Chapter	Practice Activities (Upload Word Document)	Lecture Videos & Quiz
15 minutes	Learning Goal 1 Design Process	Preface	None	LG 1 video (9 mins, 22 sec) Quiz
15 minutes	Learning Goal 2 Design Direction	TD: “The Design and Objective spaces”	None	LG 2 video (3 mins, 33 sec) Quiz
60-90 minutes	Learning Goal 3 Traditional Design	TD: Sections 1.1-1.4	1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4	LG 3 video (6 mins, 41 sec) Quiz
45-60 minutes	Learning Goal 4 Parametric Design	PD: Sections 2.1-2.4	2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4	LG 4 video (4 mins, 53 sec) Quiz
45-60 minutes	Learning Goal 5 Generative Design	GD: Sections 3.1-3.4	3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4	LG 5 video (5 mins, 4 sec) Quiz
1-2 hours	Open-Ended Design Problem	None	Open-Ended Design Problem	None