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Overview
About the course
Over recent years design has expanded from its traditional terrains and been adapted for application to social, systemic and public policy challenges. This Introduction to Social Design course at the University of the Arts London (UAL) will provide an introduction to the emerging field of social design: the ideas and theories behind it, and the ‘how’ of practicing it.
As well as a weekly talk on each topic from tutors, students will have the opportunity to read, reflect on, and debate some current ideas, arguments, controversies and research insights around social design, as well as gaining practical experience of trialling social design methods and practices in relation to a real world challenge.
Students are encouraged to reflect on their own contexts, practices and interests, and bring these for discussion in the class in relation to social design. You will leave the course with a deeper understanding of how to apply a social design approach in your own context.
Programme Structure
Topics covered:- Histories of social design
- Current landscape of social design
- Why social design? Critiques of mainstream design
- Key social theories: how can we make sense of the social?
- Principles of social design: how do we approach designing?
- Methods and practices for: research, analysis and synthesis, idea generation, prototyping and understanding impact
- Ethics, criticality and reflexivity in design
- How macro conditions influence design
- Political design and policy design vs social design
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 56 days
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Language
English
Delivered
Online
Disciplines
Design Sociology View 99 other Short Courses in Design in United KingdomWhat students do after studying
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Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
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Other requirements
General requirements
This course is suitable for:
- people working in design who would like to reorient towards more social/sustainable practice
- other kinds of professional involved in social contexts or working towards social change
- anyone who is interested in deploying design, and looking for something more critical and socially-conscious than design thinking or service design.
This is an introductory level course: no previous experience/ knowledge of design is necessary.
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