Materials & Processes 1
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Spring 2013

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Level: Undergraduate
Division: Parsons The New School for Design
School: School of Constructed Environments
Department: Product Design
Course Number: PUPD 2072
Course Format: Seminar
Location: NYC campus
Permission Required: No
Description:
Materials & Processes 1 introduces basic knowledge of materials and processes commonly used by product designers and manufacturers at various scales of production. As the first in a four course sequence, Materials & Processes 1 begins the foundation for understanding how a product works and how it can be made better, safer, and more sustainability. As a seminar, assignments will be both individual and team based, and will include a number of on-site field-trips. Extensive product ‘forensics’ or disassembly will be used to demonstrate state-of-the-art methods of how materials were processed.
Course Pre/Co-requisites:
Open to: Bachelors degree in Product Design majors, juniors only.
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Level

Open to Undergraduate students.