Autumn 2024
Capstone Formations
Note this opportunity is only for HCDE Master's students.
Capstone is a culminating experience for MS HCDE students. It offers students the opportunity to synthesize learnings from their studies to address real-world issues using human-centered design and engineering. The projects are student-run, large-scale developments that encompass two quarters of student work. In this scope and complexity, capstone differs from most HCDE courses. Students learn to work across peers, instructors, staff, and very often external partners to conduct in-depth research, planning and design that encompass multiple focused cycles of inquiry and intervention.
This next offering of Capstone Formations is designed to help MS HCDE students navigate these developments. We organize Capstone Formations as a four-part event series, with each event dedicated to a capstone-specific concern:
- Introduction to Capstone | 10/9/24 11:45-12:30 PM
- What is capstone? How do I plan ahead? What kind of work has come out of capstone?
- Lead by: Daniela Rosner, HCDE Professor and MS Program Co-Director; Guest: Tyler Fox, Associate Teaching Professor and longtime Capstone Instructor
- Team Formation | 10/23/24, 11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
- How do teams get formed? Who should I aim to work with?
- Lead by: Daniela Rosner; Guest: MS alumni
- Project Focus | 11/06/24, 11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
- How do I decide on a project? What “sponsored projects” are available to work with?
- Lead by: Daniela Rosner; Melissa Ewing, HCDE Outreach and Strategic Partnerships Manager
- Applications + Milestones | 12/04/24, 11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
- What are the main applications and milestones I should know about? How (to work with external partners, to receive funds)
- Lead by: Daniela Rosner
This event series is exploratory in character; each week will be organized as a lecture and discussion, offering time for students to form teams, learn about and discuss sponsored projects, and anticipate upcoming milestones.
We offer this opportunity in line with other HCDE lecture events such as dub—giving course credit to those who sign up for credit (as a DRG), but also giving students the option to attend without credit. Given gaps in the dub schedule this year, we have also aligned this opportunity with the dub lecture series so that capstone students signing up for dub can take this course during the “down” days of the quarter.
Enrollment information
Master's students should email Professor Daniela Rosner at dkrosner@uw.edu with their UW email to be added to the Canvas course website. If you would like to enroll with DRG credits (optional), please indicate that in your email to receive an add code.