IDEA 30153 Human Centered Design
The course is an introduction to the tenants of human centered design (also know as design thinking). These tenants include empathetic based research, synthesis tools, ideation, prototype and iteration. The course will examine several types of innovation in a variety of contexts and students will apply creative problem solving tools to create innovation. This is a team based, hands on approach to problem solving and critical thinking. Students will use learn a variety of theories, frameworks and models to refine and test new ideas.