MBI Graduate program: ME:120.708
Introduction to Design
Offered: First, First Year
Instructors: Jeffrey Day, Assistant Professor, Lead Instructor
Jennifer Fairman, Associate Professor
Credits: 1 credit: 3 Lecture hours per session
summary
Introduction to principles of design, data visualization, and user-centered thinking that will inform the production of clear, functional multimedia.
Course Description
Objectives
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Plan a health education infographic that is laid out with text and graphics
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Demonstrate principles of design such as balance, alignment, proximity, color, contrast, negative space, typography, visual hierarchy and repetition
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Have a user-centered mentality, considering usability, educational theory and convention as guides for design
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Use Tableau to create data visualizations
Assignments
Students will further develop their skills through class lectures/demonstrations, tutorials and class exercises, including:
- Create thumbnail layouts for a health education infographic
- Put together mood boards
- In-class exercises
Resources
Mac computer hardware/software, removable media, scanners, modems, stylus-based input devices, laser printers, ink-jet printers, and dye-sub printers. Handouts, software manuals, tutorials, and 3rd Party books on various computer topics will be available
Student Evaluations
- 1:1 faculty-student interface
- Class critique
- Instructor evaluation of in-class assignments
- Final grade
Schedule
Refer to 1st year calendars and syllabi.
Student Artwork
Gallery of Design Projects
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