12/21/2024 4:19:54 AM	APGR 71 Course Outline as of Spring 2011	Terminated Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  APGR 71	Title:  CREATIVITY TECHNIQUES
Full Title:  Creativity Techniques for Designers
Last Reviewed:1/28/2002

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	.50	Lecture Scheduled	1.00		8 max.	Lecture Scheduled	8.00
Minimum	.50	Lab Scheduled	1.00		8 min.	Lab Scheduled	8.00
		Contact DHR	0			Contact DHR	0
		Contact Total	2.00			Contact Total	16.00
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  16.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 32.00

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  P/NP Only
Repeatability:  34 - 4 Enrollments Total
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Catalog Description:

A comprehensive class on the use of specific traditional and non traditional techniques for idea development and problem solving in the design process.  Focus is on unlocking creative thinking potential and transforming project limitations into innovative solutions.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:

Recommended Preparation:

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

Use of specific traditional and non-traditional techniques for idea development and problem solving in the design process.

(P/NP Only)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:
Repeatability:34 - 4 Enrollments Total

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:		Inactive:
Area:
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
CSU Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
UC Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Certificate Applicable Course

COURSE CONTENT

Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

The student will be able to:

1. Generate multiple solutions to specific design problems.

2. Develop concept ideas in group brainstorming sessions.

3. Identify and successfully implement several ideation techniques.

4. Effectively convey idea concepts through thumbnail sketch techniques.

5. Refine and develop raw initial ideas into concise presentable concepts.

Topics and Scope

Lecture topics:

1. The duality of the brain.

2. The difference between lateral and vertical thinking.

3. The generation of alternatives.

4. Challenging assumptions.

5. Suspended judgment.

6. Dominant ideas and crucial factors.

7. Fractionation.

8. Choice of entry point and attention area.

Laboratory Exercises:

1. Brainstorming.

2. Reversal method.

3. Generation of alternatives.

4. Dominant ideas and crucial factors.

5. Fractionation.

6. Random stimulation.

7. Design techniques.

8. Analogies.

Assignments:

Students will be given a problem to solve (or create alternatives for) at

the conclusion of each class meeting that will test their grasp of that

session's laboratory exercise.

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 0 - 0%
None
This is a degree applicable course but assessment tools based on writing are not included because problem solving assessments and skill demonstrations are more appropriate for this course.
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 10 - 20%
Homework problems
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 65 - 80%
Class performances
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 10 - 25%
Quizzes
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 0 - 0%
None

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

Instructor prepared handouts

Lateral Thinking by Edward DeBono/Harper Perennial/1990

The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, Betty Edwards, Putnam

Publishing, 1990.

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