Course Standards

2025-2026 Academic Year

CT11 Technological Design

Course Type: Adopted

Standard/Objective NumberStandard/ObjectiveCourse WeightRBT Designation
1.00Understand research methods in a global society to create a well-informed, creative, innovative, technologically literate citizen using a STEM approach.5%-
1.01Understand emerging technologies.1%-
1.02Evaluate fundamentals of STEM.1%-
1.03Understand research, design and development.2%-
1.04Evaluate universal design1%-
2.00Implement a management process to plan, design, create and analyze to refine a product through modeling.15%-
2.01Understand the impact of product design and development.3%-
2.02Apply the Design Process to solve a technological problem.7%-
2.03Create using models and plans.5%-
3.00Apply Systems Thinking and the Universal Systems Model to meet criteria and constraints.20%-
3.01Apply systems thinking through compromise and optimization by analyzing a system.6%-
3.02Evaluate communication systems.3%-
3.03Assess complex systems thinking.4%-
3.04Understand patents, criteria, constraints and other design requirements.7%-
4.00Understand negative and positive impacts technology has on society and the environment.20%-
4.01Understand technology trade-offs and transfers.10%-
4.02Examine how technology impacts the community.6%-
4.03Evaluate how technology impacts the environment.4%-
5.00Understand the areas of the Design World using the engineering design process to plan, organize, develop and control productivity to maximize efficiency.40%-
5.01Analyze types of bio-related and agricultural technologies.5%-
5.02Analyze types of energy, power and transportation.15%-
5.03Maximize resources in lean manufacturing.10%-
5.04Design using sustainable construction procedures.10%-