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Design Thinking (IPS 301)

Design Thinking is a creative and pragmatic path to innovation that embraces ambiguity, practices empathy for the client or customer, and learns from failure. Thus, students learn a human-centered approach to problem-solving, emphasizing experimental and collaborative learning and real-world applications.

My Learning Objectives

  • Learn design thinking, a path to innovation that can identify and create lasting solutions to perplexing problems.
  • Design and pitch your own project.
  • Prioritize human-centered design: putting people at the center of your concern and design.
  • Use case studies to understand how design thinking applies to diverse domains: education, health, social justice, business, sustainability, and personal growth.
  • Students will be able to speak in genres appropriate to the disciplines(s) of the primary subject matter of the course.