Courses

My courses explore design as a way of researching culture, cities, technology, and human experience. Across lectures, seminars, and project-based studios, students develop the ability to frame questions, conduct research, create design proposals, and communicate ideas critically.

Design ResearchCulture & Design ManagementUrban ExperienceLocal BrandingResearch through DesignProject-based Learning
Course Level

Undergraduate

6 course groups

CDM1001 Introduction to Culture and Design Management

This course introduces students to the relationship between culture, design, and management through lectures, field research, and project-based assignments.

CultureDesign ManagementLocal BrandingField ResearchStrategy

CDM1011 Design and City in Culture

This course examines cities as cultural environments and explores how design shapes urban identity, everyday experience, public life, and the meanings attached to place.

Urban CultureCity ExperiencePlace IdentityPublic SpaceUrban Design
Semester Offerings
Spring 2026 Spring 2025 Spring 2024

CDM2006 Contemporary Topics in Cultural Industry

This course investigates emerging issues in cultural industries, connecting changes in media, technology, audiences, and creative production to contemporary cultural business and policy.

Cultural IndustryCreative EconomyMedia & TechnologyCultural ConsumptionIndustry Trends
Semester Offerings
Fall 2025 Fall 2024 Fall 2023

CDM2008 Design Research

This course introduces design research as a systematic process for framing questions, understanding people and contexts, generating evidence, and informing responsible design decisions.

Design ResearchResearch QuestionQualitative MethodsResearch SynthesisEvidence-based Design
Semester Offerings
Fall 2026

CDM4008 Social Innovation in Sustainability

This course explores how design can support social innovation and sustainable change by examining interconnected environmental, social, and organizational challenges with communities and stakeholders.

Social InnovationSustainabilitySystems ThinkingCommunity EngagementDesign for Transition
Semester Offerings
Fall 2023

TAP4001 Techno-Art Capstone Project

This capstone course guides students in integrating technology, artistic inquiry, and design practice into a substantial collaborative project developed through research, experimentation, prototyping, and presentation.

Techno-ArtCapstone ProjectCreative TechnologyPrototypingInterdisciplinary Collaboration
Semester Offerings
Spring 2026 Spring 2025 Spring 2024
Course Level

Graduate

4 course groups

INV6202 Qualitative Research Methodology

This course develops the ability to design, conduct, analyze, and communicate rigorous qualitative research, with attention to methodological fit, interpretation, reflexivity, and research ethics.

Qualitative ResearchResearch DesignInterview & ObservationThematic AnalysisResearch Ethics
Semester Offerings
Spring 2026 Spring 2025 Spring 2024

INV6206 INNOVATION IN DIGITAL-PHYSICAL CONVERGENCE

This course examines innovation across connected digital and physical environments, focusing on how emerging technologies reshape products, services, spaces, interactions, and human experience.

Digital-Physical ConvergenceEmerging TechnologyPhygital ExperienceInnovation StrategyService Ecosystem
Semester Offerings
Fall 2024

INV6209 INTELLIGENT AND INTERACTIVE SYSTEM DESIGN RESEARCH

This course explores research approaches for designing and evaluating intelligent interactive systems, emphasizing human-centered AI, adaptive interaction, prototyping, and empirical investigation.

Intelligent SystemsInteractive SystemsHuman-centered AIPrototypingSystem Evaluation
Semester Offerings
Spring 2027

INV6291 HCI & UX DESIGN RESEARCH ISSUES

This seminar critically examines current issues in HCI and UX design research, connecting foundational theories with emerging interaction paradigms, research debates, and methodological challenges.

Human-Computer InteractionUX ResearchResearch IssuesCritical ReadingEmerging Interaction
Semester Offerings
Spring 2026