The Importance and Availability of Factors Influencing Socially Responsible Design Curriculum

• In Event: 25.068 - Roundtable Session 8
  In Roundtable Session: 25.068-9 - Culture, Identity, and Social Responsibility in Art and Design Education

Abstract

Graphic design is a powerful tool capable of publicizing, informing, and propagandizing environmental, social, and political messages (McCoy, 2003). Within the over 2,000 undergraduate design programs in the U.S., overall, design schooling has not helped students become broader-thinking people who can help shape a democratic society (Swanson, 2005). The study was guided by Critical Theory and the following research questions: What is the importance of socially responsible curriculum as perceived by design educators? What is the availability of socially responsible curriculum as perceived by design educators? The IASRD was to used to document a 40-item online survey that collected demographic and institutional data from 44 graphic design faculty at 42 unique institutions. Three pairwise comparisons were statistically significant.

Authors

• Amanda Rose Garcia, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi

• Bryant Griffith, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi