CSC396Y0: Designing Systems for Real World Problems

This Summer Abroad special offering provides students with an opportunity to explore new environments, which improves their ability to see their own world with increased sensitivity and germinates new design ideas. In this course, students will identify a real problem in the world and work in groups on projects addressing this problem. Students will explore their problem space and the people within that space, identify needs, constraints, and requirements, and ultimately design solutions. Their designs will be iterated by gathering feedback and conducting usability testing on the early prototypes. The course projects will culminate with development of a technological solution that addresses the identified problem. Final project presentations will take place at the end of the course. This course can be counted as 0.5 credit at the 300-level for Computer Science program completion.

Any CSC 0.5 credit, and balloting
NOTE: Students not enrolled in the Computer Science Major or Specialist program at A&S, UTM, or UTSC, or the Data Science Specialist at A&S, are limited to a maximum of 1.5 credits in 300-/400-level CSC/ECE courses.
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