Courses
HSD 649: Survival Skills and Ethics
This course is designed for graduate students in all disciplines. It provides information and experiences that will aid in successful “survival” during the student years and those following graduation. Topics include effective speaking and writing, grantspersonship, mentoring, career options, among others. Discussions of ethical issues and resources are integrated across topics.
HSD 410/510: Device Design in the Health Sciences
In this course, you will work in an interdisciplinary team of your peers to gain hands-on experience developing devices for application in the health sciences. Your team will broadly aim to develop devices to address and improve health seekersā experiences within the healthcare system. The course will be organized so that you learn to apply the design thinking processāNotice, Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype, Test, and Reflectāto understand and clearly define the real need, explore design options/concepts, analyze options, prototype your design, and pitch your design recommendation and implementation plan. Using project-based learning techniques, this experiential learning course will enable you to learn about a subject through the experience of exploring an open-ended, student-driven topic in healthcare delivery and patient-centered service experiences. Appropriate for undergraduate and graduate students, through enhanced group collaboration and in a makerspace learning environment, you will build intellectual and practical skills in inquiry and analysis, critical and creative thinking, design and prototyping, written and oral communication, teamwork, and problem solving.
Opti 201/202: Geometrical and Instrumentational Optics
This course will provide the student with a fundamental understanding of geometrical optics, optical system design, and instrumentation. The course will cover the foundations of geometrical optics and use this basis to discuss a variety of elementary optical systems. Other topics include chromatic effects, camera systems and illumination optics. A special emphasis is placed on the practical aspects of the design of optical systems.