Visual Thinking and Spatial Reasoning

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Visual thinking and spatial reasoning skills are important in creative discovery, and ordinary problem solving. This course offers a series of 2D and 3D exercises include diagramming and sketching as well as computational drawing media, physical as well as computer graphics based three dimensional modeling, and puzzle solving to enhance the ability to visualize and reason spatially.

Instructor

• Professor Ellen Yi-Luen Do

• Room 43 A @ Architecture Hall

• (206) 616-2816 • ellendo@u.washington.edu

Class Time & Location

• 5 credits • M-Thur • 10:00 - 12:00 @ Gould Hall 208J

Information

• The class is an Early Fall Start class for honors freshmen and also one of honors courses offered by the UW Honors Program.

• The class will meet as a group to discuss your ideas, research, design, etc. We will have good people, good games, and good discussion.

• This seminar class is designed to be a colloquium and forum for people who is interested in exploring visual thinking and spatial reasoning abilities to be applied in creative problem solving or daily life.

• We will introduce some topics on visual thinking, and representation, using physical and digital environment, and the end of the quarter will be dedicated toward working on your own projects, discussion and sharing of the readings and approaches you choose toward your projects, etc.

• It will be informal and informative for us all to share thoughts and to learn to form and defend ideas. 

• Whether you choose to major in engineering, mathematics, science, arts or design, visual thinking abilities can help you communicate complex concepts and solve problems. This seminar will explore a series of 2D and 3D exercises such as diagramming and sketching, puzzle solving, and models making (both physical and digital) to explore the roles of visual reasoning and spatial cognition in multiple disciplines.

 

 

 

Contact the instructor at: ellendo@u.washington.edu

Last Updated:07/05/02