Design Studio is a yearlong project learning experience within the Raikes School. In Design Studio, teams of juniors, seniors, and graduate students partner with sponsoring businesses and government agencies to design and develop real-world, software-based solutions meeting each sponsor’s needs. Students gain architecture, technology, process, project management, teamwork, and leadership skills essential in today’s professional development world. Design Studio gives students and clients the ability to interact and create innovative software-based solutions, while benefiting from the support of Raikes School faculty and facilities.
The Design Studio class works with local and regional companies such as Microsoft, IBM, Cerner, Mutual of Omaha, and many others. The projects go through the entire software development life cycle. These projects vary in subject matter, but all end in a software-based technologydeliverable. Students are able to work with numerous exciting technologies including .NET, Java EE, Web Services, XML, etc. and get to learn from and collaborate with many experts in the field.
Currently, we are planning to do between 10 and 12 projects next year with teams made up of six or seven very talented junior and senior students. The experience students would receive through these projects is unmatched from any other class on campus or even in most Universities. This is truly a unique and very beneficial opportunity. There are also several options with how Design Studio can fit into your academic plans and count towards your degree and graduation.
If you are going to be a junior or senior this entire upcoming academic year, please come join us on April 9 at 5:00 p.m. to learn more about this project based class. The session will be held in the Kauffman Center (north of the Student Union) in the Great Hall (room #122). There will be free pizza and pop provided. RSVP to Jeremy Suing at jsuing@cse.unl.edu or (402) 472-1658. This session will be an excellent opportunity for you to learn about what the Design Studio class has to offer and answer any questions you may have.
If you are not able to attend the session at this time but are still interested in learning more about Design Studio, please contact Jeremy Suing at jsuing@cse.unl.edu or (402) 472-1658.