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= '''<span style="font-size:large;">Strategic Priorities of for Fall 2019 Design Bloc cohort</span>''' =

<span style="font-size:large;">'''<span id="docs-internal-guid-c5ea8a21b2a94c39-7fff-c015314f-3feea011-5c56c5c48f437aa0d52bb042"><span style="font-size: 20pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy 1: Bridge the gap from college to industry&nbsp;</span></span>=<ul style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><li><spanid="docs-internal-guid-b2a94c39-7fff-314f-a011-7aa0d52bb042"><span style="font-familysize: Arial11pt; background-color: rgb(transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1:&nbsp;</span></span><ul style="margin-top:0, ;margin-bottom:0;"><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-b2a94c39-7fff-314f-a011-7aa0d52bb042"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Develop an app to solve a simulated problem related to a company’s product, 0)which also includes a wireframing session</span></span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-b2a94c39-7fff-314f-a011-7aa0d52bb042"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Students partner with companies in industry to solve a problem</span></span></li></ul></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-b2a94c39-7fff-314f-a011-7aa0d52bb042"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Owner: </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: Bridge the gap from college to industry&nbsp;Margaret Lu</span></span>'''</li></spanul>

<span ul style="fontmargin-familytop:arial,helvetica,sans-serif0;"><span style="fontmargin-sizebottom:medium0;">Tactic 1:&nbsp;</span></span> ** <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"li><span style="font-size:medium;">​Develop an app to solve a simulated problem related to a company’s product, which also includes a wireframing session</span></span> ** <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">Students partner with companies in industry to solve a problem</span></span> * <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-8c88aa94b2a94c39-7fff-edca314f-8fd8a011-7e0699ed95767aa0d52bb042"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">OwnerTactic 2: &nbsp;</span></span ><ul style="backgroundmargin-colortop: transparent; font-weight: 4000; font-variantmargin-numericbottom: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap0;">Margaret Lu</span></span></span></spanli> <span styleid="fontdocs-internal-guid-b2a94c39-7fff-314f-family:arial,helvetica,sansa011-serif;7aa0d52bb042"><span style="font-size:medium11pt;"><span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">​</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-indent: 36pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 2:&nbsp;</span></span></span> *<span style="font-size: medium;">Developing “minimester” classes that teach students specific skills used in their own industry.</span>*<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: pre-wrap; font-size: medium; text-indent: 36pt;">Owner: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: pre-wrap; font-size: medium; text-indent: 36pt;">Jordan Lym</spanli> <span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: pre-wrap; text-indent: 36pt;">​</spanul><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy 2: Reward students for pursuing their personal development goals</spanli></span></spanul>

<li><span id="docs-internal-guid-210e74cd-7fff-3c83-f2a3-b73ca93eea45"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic:&nbsp;</span></span><ul style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-210e74cda1c10d2c-7fff-3c83b03b-f2a3a20f-b73ca93eea45"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Allow formation of groups to define their own problem statement for an extra credit semester-long project that applies the theoretical principles learned in class on a topic of interest of the students</span></span><ul style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-210e74cd-7fff-3c83-f2a3-b73ca93eea458e9a65ba875b"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After 4 weeks of accelerated instructional lectures that cover all the fundamental theoretical principles of the class, the project is released. As a result, the students will be able to apply theoretical principles taught in class on a project that lies within an area of interest to them, ensuring that they visualize the curriculum of the class as a stepping stone in achieving their personal goals</span></span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-210e74cda1c10d2c-7fff-3c83b03b-f2a3a20f-b73ca93eea458e9a65ba875b"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Giving the students the opportunity to define their own problem statement will trigger their curiosity to explore the material to a deeper level of understanding</span></span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-210e74cda1c10d2c-7fff-3c83b03b-f2a3a20f-b73ca93eea458e9a65ba875b"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The group project will foster a collaborative culture instead of the competitive culture that is present in most classroom environments, that will extend beyond the group project module to the lectures, recitations, written assignments etc</span></span></li>

<li><span id="docs-internal-guid-210e74cda1c10d2c-7fff-3c83b03b-f2a3a20f-b73ca93eea458e9a65ba875b"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Owner: </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Stefanos Charalambous</span></span></li>