ACADEMIC APPLICATION( YEAR 3 & 4 PROGRAMMES)
Josephians present their project on Sustainable Footwear- The Sole Swap
ArtScience Programme( Year 3 IP)
The ArtScience Programme develops students who can think beyond subject boundaries and integrate their approach towards problem-solving. ArtScience fosters ways of thinking that encourage creative and systematic problem-solving. It offers a transdisciplinary methodology that combines aesthetic and analytical thinking.
This methodology, supported by mentors and community partnerships, emphasises Aspirational Design— where students’ passions meet societal needs— and nurtures essential 21st Century Competencies( e. g. Inventive Thinking) in our students.
The ArtScience Programme uses a Conception-Translation-Realisation framework to generate ideas to solve problems based on an annual theme. Students work collaboratively to define a problem, discuss and negotiate ideas, undertake research, test their prototypes to solve the identified problem, and to‘ sell’ their problem-solving‘ story’.
Through ArtScience, students visit relevant art / science sites, attend talks by industry practitioners, conduct experiments, and engage in knowledge-building and art / design activities.
Signum Fidei Programme( Year 4 IP)
The Signum Fidei Programme( SF) provides an opportunity for Year 4 IP students to collaborate with external organisations of their choice, whilst applying the Design Thinking framework in practical ways.
This empowers our students to transform their learning into feasible solutions. To this end, our students learn how to collaborate, ideate and creatively solve problems in a VUCA( Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous) world.
These self-initiated partnerships with external organisations encourage our Josephians to adopt a forward-looking mindset in designing sustainable prototypes that can benefit society at large, bearing in mind the UN’ s Sustainable Development Goals.
Accordingly, the Signum Fidei Programme cultivates an enterprising and innovative spirit in our Josephians, and encourages them to be Men for Others.
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