HSCI-331: The Lab:sciences of the Unseen

The focus of this class will be about how to ask and scientifically answer questions about physical phenomena and to show how these techniques can be applied to your design practice. Scientists answer questions by taking a big idea and distilling it down to simple questions that can be explored via experimentation. There are two broad categories of science: confirmatory and exploratory. Confirmatory science tests a particular hypothesis, whereas exploratory science searches for a hypothesis. Final projects will seek to test or explore a question related to your practice.