Syllabus

Credits: 1

Schedule: 26.02.2019 - 26.03.2019

Teacher in charge (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020): 

Embafrash Solomon

Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation): 

Kane Borg

kane.borg@aalto.fi

Teaching Period (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020): 

I, II, III and IV

Learning Outcomes (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020): 

Ability and confidence operating the Aalto Fablab equipment independently.

Content (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020): 

This course provides a hands-on introduction to Fablab and electronics studio facilities: basic workflow for working with each of the Fablab machines. Machine and laboratory safety and space upkeep instruction will also be part of the course. To pass the course, students are required to document their exercises – the documentation will serve as personal how-to for the Fablab equipment for subsequent projects and courses.

Assessment Methods and Criteria (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020): 

Completing the following work for each of the digital fabrication machines available at Aalto Fablab:

* designing a simple object (2D/3D)

* fabricating it with a machine

* documenting the process in enough detail for the documentation to serve as a personal manual on successfully fabricating the design on the machine

Workload (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020): 

Max. 2-3 hours for completing each of the exercises: including the design, fabrication and documentation phases.

Study Material (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020): 

Provided at the Aalto Fablab

Grading Scale (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020): 

Pass / Fail

Registration for Courses (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020): 

The order of priority for admitting students to courses at Aalto ARTS 1.1.2018 onwards (approved by The Committee of Arts, Design and Architecture on 10.10.2017)

The order of priority is as follows:

1. students for whom the course is compulsory for their major/programme and who have scheduled it for the current academic year in their personal study plan (HOPS);
2. exchange students for whom the course is a part of his/her officially approved learning agreement and scheduled to be taken during the current semester;
3. students for whom the course is compulsory for their major/programme and who have not completed it yet;
4. students, for whom the course is part of his/her major’s or programme’s alternative studies and has been scheduled in the student's PSP (HOPS) for the current academic year
5. students, for whom the course is part of his/her major’s or programme’s alternative studies and who have not completed the requisite number of credits for alternative studies yet;
6. students for whom the course is compulsory for their minor;
7. students, for whom the course is part of his/her minor subject’s alternative studies and who have not completed the requisite number of credits for alternative studies yet;
8. students who have applied for the course through a student mobility scheme (internal mobility within Aalto University, flexible study right (JOO) studies etc.);
9. other students.

 

Courses that are intended to be multidisciplinary (e.g. UWAS courses) may apply an order of priority based on the learning outcomes of the course, while bearing in mind the university obligation of enabling students to complete their degrees within the normative duration of study set for the degree. The order of priority does not apply to courses organised by the Centre for General Studies or doctoral courses.

This decision on the order of priority does not influence the right of the teacher to define prerequisites for the course.

Further Information (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020): 

Minimum amount of participants is 8 students.

Two places are reserved for exchange students.

It’s also possible to pass the course by independent work on the exercises throughout the semester, outside the course week. Get in touch with the Fablab staff for more information on this option.

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