Undergraduate Program in Social Design
College of Design - Undergraduate Program in Social Design
About US
The Degree of Social Design Program is composed by 3 major scopes: Senior Welfare, Sustainable Neighborhood Development and Design Entrepreneurship. It aiming to promote activities which are ethical, inclusive and beneficial to the public. The program also emphasizing on environmental conservation, sustainability, and a balanced social development. This program is opened for 1st to 2nd year undergraduate students and courses will be conducted in small class teaching mode with combining CYCU Design School’s five existing departments’ curriculum properly. This will ensure the integration of various fields of expertise and cultivating cross-disciplinary design talents significantly.
Aims of the degree program:
- Making contribution to the society with essential cognition and attitude.
- To establish an interdisciplinary learning environment.
- Problem-based learning process as main strategies and priorities.
- Holistic education as the core value.
- Emphasizing primarily cultural learning background.
The Degree of Social Design Program is composed by 3 major scopes: Senior Welfare, Sustainable Neighborhood Development and Design Entrepreneurship, which covering the topics on healthy lifestyle, social caring, community development, and universal design.
- Senior Welfare: Designing products to provide the needs/solve the problems of elderly and vulnerable people.
- Sustainable Neighborhood Development: Create a sustainable and sufficient environment through environmental friendly material, food and design process.
- Design Entrepreneurship: Transforming the designers ’ability and creativity into business values.
- Serving the needs of social development.
- Establishing an interdisciplinary learning mode.
- Achieving holistic education principles.
| Major scopes | Required | Elective |
| Senior Welfare | Graphic Drawing(I) Graphic Drawing(II) Computer Graphic Design(I) Computer Graphic Design(II) Graphic Technic Chromatics Design Principles(I) Design Principles(II) Introduction to Social Design Social Design(I) Social Design(II) Social Design(III) Social Design(IV) Graduate Project(I) Graduate Project(II) |
Universal design |
| Sustainable Neighborhood Development | Conservation & Reuse of Cultural Assets Urban Cultural Landscape Community Building & Public Participation Living City Design Creativity & Advertising Strategy Curation design Interior decoration Edible Landscape Introduction of Green Building Cultural Landscape & Urban Space Ecology & Culture |
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| Design Entrepreneurship | Integrated Marketing & Design Video Production Introduction to Design Methods Communication Design Marketing Planning Product Design Introduction to Interactive Design Product Planning Investigate Social Enterprise Project Landscape Culture & Creative Industry |
In terms of obtaining the Social Design Degree, the program requires 128 credits in total. The 38 credits are required for the compulsory courses and 44 credits are required for the optional professional courses. Additionally, 34 credits will be required for the selection of common compulsory subjects and 12 credits will be gained from other freely selected subjects.
CURRICULA & CREDITS
| Required Credit Table | |
| Graphic Drawing(I) | 2 |
| Graphic Drawing(II) | 2 |
| Computer Graphic Design(I) | 2 |
| Computer Graphic Design(II) | 2 |
| Graphic Technic | 2 |
| Chromatics | 2 |
| Design Principles(I) | 3 |
| Design Principles(II) | 3 |
| Introduction to Social Design | 2 |
| Social Design(I) | 3 |
| Social Design(II) | 3 |
| Social Design(III) | 3 |
| Social Design(IV) | 3 |
| Graduate Project(I) | 3 |
| Graduate Project(II) | 3 |
| Total | 38 |
FACULTY
| They are from the following departments: |