Thompson, M. K.Rajkumar RoyEssam Shehab2009-09-092009-09-0920092009-03-31M.K. Thompson, ED100: Shifting Paradigms in Design Education and Student Thinking at KAIST, Proceedings of the 19th CIRP Design Conference – Competitive Design, Cranfield University, 30-31 March 2009, pp568978-0-9557436-4-1http://hdl.handle.net/1826/3643Organised by: Cranfield UniversityFreshman design courses offer a number of benefits to incoming students and are becoming increasingly popular in universities around the world. At KAIST, an innovative freshman design program has been developed that challenges some of the existing paradigms in design education in general and freshman design education in particular. This paper will discuss the basic format, goals, and philosophy for the freshman design program at KAIST. It will also address the successes, challenges, and future implications for the course.enCopyright: Cranfield University 2009First Year EducationDesign TheoryConference paper