TDJ4O1      TECHNOLOGICAL DESIGN IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY,  Open

Prerequisite: None, but grade 11 Technological Design is strongly recommended           1 credit in Technology

This course focuses on the relationship between society and technological development.  Students will use appropriate tools, techniques, and strategies to research, design, build, and assess prototypes for products and/or processes that respond to society’s changing needs.  Students will describe how social factors, including culture, media, politics, religion, and environmental concerns, influence technological design.  Students will also learn about professional practices in the field, and will research postsecondary pathways leading to careers related to technological design.