BINUS UNIVERSITY

Thematic Camp 2021

GLOBAL DESIGN THINKING: Culture, Society & Law in Digital Era

Thematic Camp 2021 is a month-intensive summer-course program offered by BINUS UNIVERSITY. After the tremendous success of our past editions, Thematic Camp 2019, the 3^rd edition is just around the corner this summer 2021.

About Us

This hands-on program is designed for international students who are English speaking learners to introduce them to concepts in cross-disciplinary research in BINUS UNIVERSITY, Indonesia. As part of our Scholars course, the student who enrolls in this program will receive credits. Students will also engage with professionals to solve problems in science and technology disciplines, as well as obtaining skills in research and writing techniques. The professionals will provide real-world problems they are working to solve and students will work in groups to develop solutions. In this program, students will:

• Connect with professionals in research-focused institutions.
• Develop skills in problem analysis, literature research, teamwork, communication, and presentation.
• Develop research-based writing skills including vocabulary, source evaluation, documentation, and cohesiveness.
• Work in cross-disciplinary teams, using research methodologies to address issues and solve problems in areas such as politics, literature, law, economic, engineering, statistics, computer science, mathematics, bioinformatics and more.

Program Dates

Summer: 12 July - 6 August 2021

Program Requirements

To apply for this program, you must meet the following requirements:

• A university student
• Fluent English speaker
• Supporting letter from your university
• From any discipline of faculty/schools

Attendance

The student’s attendance is recorded from BINUS’ Learning Management System. The attendance will be used as individual identification. To obtain the certificate and credits, the student must comply with the following attendance:

• Lessons (theoretical classes, seminars, workshops, etc.): 635 minutes in total
• Self-learning: 95 minutes
• Coaching: 450 minutes
• Final presentation & farewell: 90 minutes

Program

Craft #1 (C1): General understanding of Problem Solution

• Presentation of lecturers & coach
• Students are able to gain an empathetic understanding of current problems faced by the society 
• Students are able to define the problem as a problem statement based on their observation
• Students are able to analyze the provided case studies with a multidisciplinary perspective
• Students are able to design and plan the best solution to the identified problem by integrating digital technology

Craft #2 (C2): Design Sprint

• Introduction to Design Thinking

Craft #3 (C3): Prototyping

• Discussion of the competitive events, rules, and prizes (T)
• Consolidate concepts learned over all crafts and test the application platform under a specific scenario

Application

Program application includes a welcome kit and access to all the crafts and other events, such as trips, envisaged by the organization.

Funding

This program is free of charge

This program is fully running online

We are keen to receive your registration until 18 June 2021.

Should there be anything we need to clarify, please do not hesitate to contact:

• ITC2021@binus.edu

BINUS University
Jl. K.H. Syahdan No. 09, Kemanggisan, Palmerah
Jakarta 11480, Indonesia

For more information, go visit  https://sis.binus.ac.id/itc