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Schools of engineering in established universities such as Purdue offer courses in engineering design which, ‘… allows (students) to apply the fundamentals of engineering and science to solve open-ended design problems’ and to learn a structured problem-solving process in the broad context of product design, considering marketing, problem definition, conceptual design, design evaluation, detailed design, manufacturability, and economic feasibility. To anyone teaching in a design school, it sounds like industrial design taught in a school of design. If both the schools proclaim that they teach ‘design’, then what are they teaching? Where is the difference? Where do they overlap? Where are the commonalities? This paper sets about mapping the typical courses taught at schools of design and schools of engineering offering undergraduate degrees in industrial design and mechanical engineering respectively. Through this the author highlights the possibility of a hybrid programme, which may represent the real world nature of design in the built environment today.
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While most offer four year degree programmes (BFA, BID or BDes), some schools, especially in the United Kingdom offer a three year BA programme in design which usually requires students to have completed a one year foundation in art and design which then adds up to a four year equivalent.
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This paper has drawn many of the curriculum and subject information from the websites of the various universities and institutions mentioned. Steps have been taken, as much as possible, to present information, which are up to date. The author wishes to place on record, his gratitude, for the availability of such information, to those universities and institutions that are mentioned in this paper, as well as those which are not mentioned in this paper whose information has been important in presenting ideas depicted herein.
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Sathikh, P.M. (2013). Mapping Design Curriculum in Schools of Design and Schools of Engineering: Where do the Twains Meet?. In: Chakrabarti, A., Prakash, R. (eds) ICoRD'13. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, India. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-1050-4_88
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