A minor in Wearable Technology draws together an understanding of sensor and wireless technologies, fabrication skills in electronics and material arts, and an understanding of the sociology of the body to open possibilities for artists and designers to new experiences with technology. This program takes a holistic, experimental and concept-led approach to the subject matter integrating science, art, design, craft, technology, fashion and philosophy enabling the student to conceive, design, develop and fabricate basic working prototypes and art works.
| CODE | TITLE |
CREDIT |
| Required Courses (2.0 credits): |
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| INTM 2B24 Introduction to Electronics: Kinetic Objects or DIGF 2B03: Physical Computing |
0.5 |
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| GDES 3B16 |
Wearable Technology 1 | 0.5 |
| GDES 3B44 |
Wearable Technology 2 | 0.5 |
| SOSC 3B03 | Sociology of the Body | 0.5 |
| Choose four electives (2.0 credits): |
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| FABR 2B02 |
Introduction to Fabrication: Metal | 0.5 |
| FABR 2B03 |
Introduction to Fabrication: Mouldmaking | 0.5 |
| FABR 2B04 |
Introduction to Fabrication: Plastics | 0.5 |
| INTM 2B03 |
Body as Material: Performance by Artists | 0.5 |
| INTM 2B05 | Mechanics for Artists | 0.5 |
| INTM 2B25 | Electronics Studio: Kinetic Interactions (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) |
0.5 |
| MAAD 2B01 |
Intro to Fibre | 0.5 |
| MAAD 2B08 |
Jewellery/Metalsmithing: Casting | 0.5 |
| FABR 3B02 |
Fabrication Studio: Metal | 0.5 |
| FABR 3B03 |
Fabrication Studio: Mouldmaking |
0.5 |
| FABR 3B04 |
Fabrication Studio: Plastics (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) | 0.5 |
| GDES 3B20 |
Small Object Design: Virtual to Reality 1 | 0.5 |
| GDES 3B50 | Jewellery Design 2: Alternative Materials |
0.5 |
| GDES 3B51 | Fibre: Wearable Forms 1 | 0.5 |
| GDES 3B56 |
Universal Design | 0.5 |
| GDES 3B69 | Material Explorations for Designers | 0.5 |
| GDES 3B70 |
Game Design: Conceptual And Visual Approaches |
0.5 |
| GDES 3B71 | Game Design: Digital Development |
0.5 |
| INTM 3B28 |
Performance Studio: Presence & Telepresence (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) | 0.5 |
| INTM 3B40 |
Advanced Electronics (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) | 0.5 |
| INTM 3B45 |
Bending Reclaimed Technology | 0.5 |
| Choose two Liberal Arts & Sciences courses (1.0 credit): |
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| HUMN 2B03 |
History of Medicine, Science and the Body in Western Culture (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) | 0.5 |
| HUMN 3B07 | Ethics and the Visual Arts (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) | 0.5 |
| HUMN 3B08 | Ethics, Advertising and Design | 0.5 |
| SCTM 2B02 |
Human Form and Function: Introduction to Anatomy |
0.5 |
| SCTM 2B05 | Modern Physics (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) | 0.5 |
| SCTM 2B06 |
Introduction to Computer Science: Logic & Coding |
0.5 |
| SCTM 3B03 |
Human Factors of Designers |
0.5 |
| SOSC 3B05 | Social Psychology and Consumer Behaviour | 0.5 |
| VISA 3B47 |
Art and Fashion (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) | 0.5 |
| VISA 4B02 | Performance & Performativity | 0.5 |
| VISA 4B20 |
The Senses in Artistic Practice (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) | 0.5 |
| VISD 3B41 |
Cross Cultural Issues in Craft |
0.5 |
| VISM 2B09 | History of New Media Art | 0.5 |
| VISM 4B24 | The Body & The Machine: Interrogating the Posthuman in Art & Design (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) | 0.5 |
| Total Credits |
5.0 |
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EXAMPLE PATHWAYS
“Fashionista”
The “Fashionista” will emerge from the Wearable Technology minor capable of conceiving and manifesting works ready for the runway. Basic jewellery casting, sewing and pattern drafting skills would take a well-developed concept into the real world. In this realm, assistive technology and fashion statement coexist. Rapid prototyping and 3-D modeling proficiency enhance the skill set for the student who is able to conceptualize the “body as site”.
| CODE | TITLE |
CREDIT |
| Required Courses (2.0 credits): |
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| INTM 2B24 |
Introduction to Electronics: Kinetic Objects |
0.5 |
| GDES 3B16 |
Wearable Technology 1 |
0.5 |
| GDES 3B44 |
Wearable Technology 2 |
0.5 |
| SOSC 3B03 |
Sociology of the Body |
0.5 |
| Electives |
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| MAAD 2B08 |
Jewellery/Metalsmithing: Casting | 0.5 |
| GDES 3B20 |
Small Object Design: Virtual to Reality 1 |
0.5 |
| GDES 3B51 |
Fibre: Wearable Form 1 |
0.5 |
| Your choice of elective |
0.5 |
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| Liberal Arts & Sciences |
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| VISA 3B47 |
Art and Fashion |
0.5 |
| SCTM 3B03 |
Human Factors for Designers |
0.5 |
“Performer”
Possibilities for the “Performer” are driven by curiosity about how physical gestures shape our environment. With a background in live art practice, the “Performer” can explore interactions within 'telematic space,' by creating devices for accessing images and sounds, or augment relationships with audience/participants carried out in real time.
| CODE | TITLE |
CREDIT |
| Required Courses (2.0 credits): |
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| DIGF 2B03 | Physical Computing | 0.5 |
| GDES 3B16 |
Wearable Technology 1 |
0.5 |
| GDES 3B44 |
Wearable Technology 2 |
0.5 |
| SOSC 3B03 |
Sociology of the Body |
0.5 |
| Electives |
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| INTM 2B03 |
Body as Material: Performance by Artists | 0.5 |
| INTM 2B25 | Electronics Studio: Kinetic Interactions |
0.5 |
| INTM 3B28 |
Performance Studio: Presence and Telepresence |
0.5 |
| GDES 3B51 |
Fibre: Wearable Form 1 |
0.5 |
| Liberal Arts & Sciences |
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| VISM 2B09 | History of New Media Art | 0.5 |
| VISA 4B02 | Performance & Performativity | 0.5 |
“Mechanico”
The Mechanico may be best described as a collage artist. They hack and modify. The Mechanico “glues” discarded consumer components together with tiny computers, snippets of code, solder, networks, alternate energies, grease, nuts and bolts. They re-animate these objects with new functions and new meanings. You may find the Mechanico in a dumpster foraging for their naturally occurring materials.
| CODE | TITLE |
CREDIT |
| Required Courses (2.0 credits): |
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| INTM 2B24 |
Introduction to Electronics: Kinetic Objects |
0.5 |
| GDES 3B16 |
Wearable Technology 1 |
0.5 |
| GDES 3B44 |
Wearable Technology 2 |
0.5 |
| SOSC 3B03 |
Sociology of the Body |
0.5 |
| Electives |
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| FABR 2B02 | Introduction to Fabrication: Metal | 0.5 |
| MAAD 2B08 | Jewellery/Metalsmithing: Casting | 0.5 |
| INTM 2B05 | Mechanics for Artists | 0.5 |
| INTM 3B45 | Bending Reclaimed Technology |
0.5 |
| Liberal Arts & Sciences |
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| VISM 2B09 | History of New Media Art | 0.5 |
| SCTM 3B03 | Human Factors of Designers | 0.5 |
“Designerati”
The design students’ engagement with the Wearable Technology minor is driven by the opportunity to explore new possibilities through technology, the body, context, function and interaction. The Wearable minor is a place where the design student will acquire skills and knowledge necessary to explore and combine these elements, and a studio environment to articulate the design possibilities therein.
The Wearable Technology minor represents an opportunity to enhance and contextualize the design students’ core discipline, allowing them to acquire critical experience and familiarity with emerging technologies and the cultural, economic, social and functional design implications of these. Examples of these are the growing field of experience and interaction design, gestural and haptic interface and the evolution and implementation of responsive and sensing technologies in contexts such as design for healthcare and design using embedded environmental and ambient technologies.
| CODE | TITLE |
CREDIT |
| Required Courses (2.0 credits): |
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| DIGF 2B03 | Physical Computing | 0.5 |
| GDES 3B16 |
Wearable Technology 1 |
0.5 |
| GDES 3B44 |
Wearable Technology 2 |
0.5 |
| SOSC 3B03 |
Sociology of the Body |
0.5 |
| Electives |
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| INTM 2B25 | Electronics Studio: Kinetic Interactions |
0.5 |
| GDES 3B51 |
Fibre: Wearable Form 1 |
0.5 |
| GDES 3B56 |
Universal Design |
0.5 |
| Your choice of elective |
0.5 |
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| Liberal Arts & Sciences |
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| SOSC 3B05 | Social Psychology and Consumer Behaviour | 0.5 |
| Your choice of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
0.5 |
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| Courses no longer offered that were part of the minor: |
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| GDES 3B41 |
Play Behaviour and Game Design 1: An Introduction to Game Theory and Interactivity (taken between 2006/07 and 2009/10) |
| GDES 3B35 |
Mapping the Body (taken in 2006/07) |
| INDS 2B14 |
ID Studio 1: The Design of Everyday Things (taken between 2004/05 and 2011/12) |
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