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GBDA 306Ethics and Values in Design

Units
0.50
Faculty
Arts
Subject
Global Business and Digital Arts

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 3 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: scheduled, 2 lecture sections. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

This course will explore the ethical responsibilities that emerge from the nexus of design, business, and globalization. Students will critically reflect upon the ethical considerations behind contemporary business and design practices.

Prerequisites

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

No course lists it as a requisite.

Winter 2027 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
SectionClassEnrolledMeets
LEC 001330736 / 42M 13:30–16:20
LEC 70114081 / 9999Online or by arrangement

Reviewed on UW Flow

45% liked it75% easy42% useful

From 11 ratings and 1 comment on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • The concept of ethics is extremely useful to visit as a designer and I do believe the course introduced a lot of great ideas such as accountability, persuasive design and addressing tensions when designing for multiple stakeholders. Many ideas are purely theoretical so doing the readings will actually help you make sense of these concepts cause they will be pretty confusing at first. If only the readings helped with the quizzes cause the first two quizzes seemed completely unrelated to what we were actually doing up until that point. The lectures are also unfortunately mind numbingly boring with her reading off about 108 slides across the entire 2hr and 50 minute class with a 10 minute…

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