Francois, Tiiu, et al,
I appreciate the pointers, and I stand corrected. The sad thing is, I
guess, that these efforts remain largely unknown in engineering, even
though I suspect a better knowledge of these offerings would be quite
meaningful to PhD-ish people in engineering.
I agree it would make sense to develop some overview/background work on
all such initiatives worldwide. Maybe this is something the DRS could
consider spearheading?
Cheers, and thanks again.
Fil
Francois-Xavier Nsenga (fme) wrote:
> Dear Fil,
>
> Along Professor Tiiu Poldma's post, here is a list of SOME combinded
> graduate courses (Master's & PhD) I took when, way back in 1979, I
> was doing a Master's (M.Sc.A.) at "La Faculté de l'Aménagement de
> l'Université de Montréal":
>
> - MÉTHODOLOGIE ET RECHERCHE EN AMÉNAGEMENT
> - PROCESSUS DE CONNAISSANCE DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT
> - RELATIONS HOMME/PRODUITS/MILIEU
> - MÉTHODES SYSTÉMIQUES DANS LES PROCESSUS DE DESIGN
> - ATELIER DE RECHERCHE I, II
> - CELLULE DE SYNTHÈSE
> - ÉTUDE AVANCÉE SUR UN PROBLÈME EN AMÉNAGEMENT I, II
> - CELLULE DE TRAVAIL DIRIGÉ
>
> So, Professor Poldma is right, there has already been a first (?) in
> initiating reserach in Design, here in Canada.
>
> As for the quality (and the quantity) of production - and
> supervision - of work done by graduate students at this Faculty above
> since its creation in late 60s by the late Dean Guy Desbarats, I
> surely have my personal opinion. But, perhaps a more rigorous perusal
> and assessment should be done instead. And, I am convinced, a
> comparative systematic search - and record, as I have already
> suggested to Prof. David Durling and to the List - on similar output
> from other Faculties and Universities teaching Design, both in Canada
> and elsewhere, will be very useful to us all.
>
>
> François-X.
> Montréal
>
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