DES 413 · 4 credits
Design Capstone
Finalization and presentation of a comprehensive capstone design studio project to a stated professional standard, including vendor-ready files and outcome evaluation against metrics. Students remediate remaining issues and curate a complete case study for defense.
Prerequisites
Lecture
2
Lab
6
Course Content
- Final refinement of Capstone Project
- Output preparation and packaging to specifications
- Compliance and accessibility verification
- Installation or deployment (as applicable)
- Final presentation materials
- Presentation narrative
- Evaluation against success criteria
- Post-mortem and lessons learned
- Critique
Learning Outcomes
- Design a comprehensive project presentation to a stated professional standard. (1, 4, 5, 6)
- Deliver vendor-ready files conforming to production specifications. (1, 2, 4)
- Evaluate design outcomes against success metrics using evidence. (7)
- Remediate outstanding technical issues to meet stated standards. (2, 3, 4)
- Defend a design in an oral/visual presentation tailored to a stated audience. (5, 6, 7, 8)
- Curate a case-study narrative with process and outcome documentation. (7, 8)
- Critique peer work using discipline-specific terminology to propose revisions. (9)