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Dec 22, 2024
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HME 403 - Human Ecology Design Studio (Capstone)
(5-0-5)
Prerequisite: HME 303
This problem-based, applied learning course is a culminating experience for Human Ecology majors in which they bring the knowledge and skills they have learned in the program to bear on a real-world issue. Over the term, students produce an original capstone project in which they analyze a sustainability or resilience problem faced by a specific community (typically, though not exclusively, located in the Atlanta metro area) and use a human-ecological systems approach to design a positive, innovative solution to it. The course is conducted as a design studio – an iterative, creative methodology for solving complex problems – and guides students through the research and design process step-by-step from selecting a topic both relevant to the student’s professional goals and beneficial to a specific community, locating a community stakeholder, and conducting the literature review, to gathering and analyzing data, designing their proposal, and documenting their research in the Capstone Report. Students share their projects with campus and community members at an end-of-term presentation.
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