Classes
Classes in DSEL focus on solving problems using expertise from many disciplines. In the fall semester of 2016, the Farm to Market class set their sights on solving problems for local farmers. Their projects addressed helping local farmers be more profitable and more sustainable by utilizing parts of their crops that are typically hard to sell as raw product. By creating value added products (think instead of apples, making apple sauce) the students partnered together from three disciplines (graphic design, marketing and SFBS) and created fermented veggies, zucchini noodles, “clay” pigeons for shooting ranges, boozy apple chips, hop sorbet and veggie bowls. Students incorporated a human-centered approach to define problems that needed solutions. Watch the video on the left to learn more about this class.
Summer 2017
CAA490R-002: Rural Therapy Lab
Faculty
- CAA490R-002: Rural Therapy Lab
- Joy Dietrich | Film and Photography
- Jessica Jellison | Architecture
- Mary Stein | Sustainable Foods and Bioenergy Systems
Information
Open Enrollment for all students especially those studying Film, Design, Architecture, Art, Music, Community Health, Psychology, Computer Science, English, and Marketing to brainstorm innovative solutions to address the issue of low access to mental health care for those in rural and frontier communities. RURAL THERAPY LAB is a 3-credit interdisciplinary course that will be held every morning from 9am to 12pm, Monday through Friday, July 10th to July 28th at the DSEL space in Cheever Hall. The class will be team-taught by lead instructor, Joy Dietrich from the School of Film and Photography, Mark Schure from Community Health, and Jessica Jellison from School of Architecture, with participation from Scott Young in IT/Website Design. For more information about the course, contact [email protected]. For enrollment help, contact JoDee Palin at the College of Arts and Architecture: [email protected].
ARTZ 491: Who's Your Daddy? Stalking Wild Clay
Faculty
- Josh DeWeese | Art
- Tony Hartshorn | Earth Science
Information
Open Enrollment for all students especially those studying Art and Earth Sciences to participate in two-week field research intensive from June 26th -July7th (Second Summer session). The objective of this class is to bring two separate fields of study (Arts & Sciences) together and create a win/win educational experience where both student groups are immersed in the Montana Landscapes. Seeking clay deposits and gaining a better perspective in regards to the forces of erosion and deposition will provide both art and science majors with valuable knowledge. For more information about the course, contact [email protected]. For enrollment help, contact Mandi at [email protected].
Fall 2017
CAA 491/BMKT291/SFBS 491: Farm to Market
Faculty
- Graham Austin | Business
- Meta Newhouse | Graphic Design
- Mary Stein | Sustainable Foods and Bioenergy Systems
Information
Marketing, Nutrition, Food Science and Design students will practice the DSEL design thinking process to help small farmers take a product to market. Students will take strides to understand their assigned farm; define an opportunity; invent a product that farm can produce; then name, brand and market that product. (This course is fully enrolled, but if you are interested in the Fall 2019 class, please email Meta Newhouse at [email protected]).
Spring 2018
CAA 491/EGEN491/BMKT491: Innovative Ideation
Faculty
- Meta Newhouse | Graphic Design
- Jake Cook | Marketing
- Nic Ward | Industrial Engineering
Information
6 Engineering/Computer Science, 6 Business/Marketing, and 6 Architecture/Art/Design students are needed for this class. This course counts for the EGEN 310 requirement. This is a cross-disciplinary design course incorporating theory and application from marketing, psychology, graphic design, engineering, and computer science. The goal is to expose students across multiple departments and colleges to the elements of ideation, design thinking and user experience — working through the stages of conceptual development, then production of prototypes, then iterations, then actualization — with a focus on entrepreneurship. Students from this course have done very well in start-up competitions around the state, including a student team who won $13,500 for their shower chair concept which catered to dementia patients. Applications are due October 15, 2017 for possible entry. For more information or an application form, please email Meta Newhouse at [email protected]).
HONORS (course number TBD): Design Thinking for the Community
Faculty
- Mandy Rutherford | Mechanical Engineering
- Brad Stanton | Mechanical Engineering
Information
Student teams, in this course, are formed from across disciplines to learn the fundamentals of innovation and design thinking in the context of service to community. This course counts for the EGEN 310 requirement. For more information contact Mandy Rutherford at [email protected].
HONORS (course number TBD): Radical Creativity
Faculty
Sara Mast | Art
Jessica Jellison | Architecture
Nico Yunes | Physics
Information
The aim of this course is to communicate complex scientific concepts through art, thereby making science more accessible to the general public. Through the development of self-generated problems within small, interdisciplinary groups, students will create immersive, artscience installations (prototype). The audience for the creative output of this course will include members of the MSU community, the Bozeman community and the state via both local and regional exhibitions.
Applications are due October 15, 2017 for possible entry. For more information or an application, please contact Sara Mast at [email protected].