Department of Product and Media Design

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Introduction

The aim of the Department of Product and Media Design is to set up "Humanity Spirit - the cornerstone of the implementation of life to fulfil the “ShanSheng“ educational philosophy (Life, Live, Career), elevate good attitude, quality and the moral of a person." The education goals of the College of Creative and Technology  is to foster a culture of creativity dissemination and technology professionals , develop the cultural and creative industries of talent , nurture the professional ethics , social responsibility and caring personnel and educate the culture of creative thinking, design and development of a student for the future.
 

The Teaching Concept of the Department  

Based on the educational goals of the school and department, developed four educational objectives:

1.  1]  To develop the ability of products and media design of a student.

2.  2]  To develop the capabilities of cultural and creative industry design

3.  3] To develop the professional ethics and sentiment of social care

4.  4]   To fulfil the “ShanSheng“ educational philosophy (Life, Live, Career),cooperate with domestic and foreign industry, foster professionalism, holistic vision and professional social care. The educational goals of the department and school with college are connected to each other.


The relationship between departments, colleges, and Andy University's educational goals

Fo Guang University Educational Objectives College of Creativity and Technology Educational Objectives Department of Product and Media Design Educational Objectives
Achieve the "Three Acts of Education" and attain the "Three Virtues": Implement life education to enhance moral character, practice life education to cultivate quality of living, and promote lifelong education to pursue quality of life.
Promote the “Three Good Deeds” campaign (speak good words, do good deeds, think good thoughts) and the “Four Givings” practice (giving confidence, giving joy, giving hope, and giving convenience).
Promote the spirit of Humanistic Buddhism, develop cross-disciplinary learning and self-reliance.
Cultivate professionals in cultural creativity and communication technology. Cultivate professional capabilities in product and media design.
Cultivate talents for the development of cultural and creative industries. Cultivate professionals who adhere to professional ethics and social responsibility.
Cultivate professionals who observe professional ethics and care for social responsibility. Cultivate ethical professionals with empathy and social concern.
Cultivate talents with creative thinking and design research. Integrate aesthetic literacy into life, living, and lifelong education.
 

 

Based on the educational goals of the school and the college, the development of the six core competencies of the department are as follow:

 

 1. Professional Knowledge

 2. Design Technology

 3. Humanities

 4. Creative Thinking

 5. Information Technology 

 6. Communication and Expression

The relationship between the core competence of the department and the core competence of the school and college

 

Fo Guang University Core Competencies College of Creative and Technology Core Competencies Dept. of Product and
Media Design Core Competencies
1. Communication and Problem-Solving Skills 1. Knowledge of Cultural and Creative Industries 1. Professional Knowledge
2. Teamwork and Collaboration Skills 2. Innovative Thinking and Problem-Solving Ability 2. Design Techniques
3. Planning and Organizational Skills 3. Applying Tech Tools to Enhance Professional Development 3. Humanities Literacy
4. Independent Thinking and Judgment Skills 4. Communication and Marketing Skills 4. Creative Thinking
5. Self-Management and Deep Learning Ability   5. Information Technology
6. Humanities Literacy and Civic Spirit   6. Communication and Expression Skills
7. Information Literacy and Application Skills    
8. Bilingual (Chinese-English) Communication Skills    
 

 

EDUCATION CHARATERISTIC

 
The Department established that the integration of science, technology,  humanities, and social arts education , in line with the humanities, design-based , computer , science and media technology, aesthetics , business -oriented connotation ; curriculum planning , the integration of creative design, computer technology and aesthetics of the three areas of marketing ,and etc. The basic education at Fo Guang University of Humanities and Social arts education , provided training courses like creative product and media design and computer-related products and media integration , the enterprise that lead students to become both the arts and humanities and computer literacy science and technology skills  to build the new generation of products and media design professionals. Teaching features of this system are as follows:


1. Practice and Theory

 Verify that theory from practice and gain the actual experience of the design process.

 

2.  Interdisciplinary learning environment

Integrate the educational resources of the school's art, communication, management, information, and LOHAS departments.

 

3.  Apprenticeship group teaching

 The professional core courses apply "jointly teaching " and " Tutorial " teaching methods.


4. Industrialization and academia, AI-based design

Through the promotion of industry-university collaborative design, students can develop professional skills that can be applied in practice, and combined with AI application capabilities, make product and media design more perfect and closer to life.

 

5. Global thinking in design

 Caring local culture product and internationalization design.