APSC 383 - Prototyping (formerly COMM 386P)
APSC 383 will expose you to the fundamental processes and modern tools available for prototyping to allow access to key tools for practical advancement of initiatives in innovation, product development, market identification, and problem-solving.
This course will operate through the delivery of lectures by a small group of instructors from a range of engineering disciplines. It may also include guest presentations, and will involve hands-on group and individual activities, individual assignment-based assessments for each module, and a larger final group project.
The course can be used to fulfill one of the following:
- 3-credits of senior-level Commerce elective, or;
- 3-credits of Entrepreneurship option requirements, or;
- 3-credits of senior-level non-Commerce elective.
Learning objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
- deconstruct a new product or service ideas into component parts that can each be separately prototyped and tested.
- demonstrate basic abilities in a range of software tools to create 2D and 3D, static and moving prototype models.
- recognize and make use of common electronics components used in prototyping applications.
- create prototypes at different stages of project development and complexity that can be customer tested.
- create appropriate data gathering and evaluation tools for gathering information about prototype performance.
- present the prototypes to a range of stakeholders.
Note: Formerly numbered COMM 386P. If you've completed the course as COMM 386P, you are not permitted to take it again as APSC 383 (It is not possible to receive credit for the same course twice).