IDS 531 DESIGN THINKING

Students learn to use Design Thinking as a cross-disciplinary method for problem solving. Design thinking is characterized by a non-linear, creative, playful, and collaborative approach for generating and testing ideas through rapid ideation and prototyping. Students learn to challenge assumptions, take risks, and adopt unconventional perspectives in the process of problem solving. The class teaches students to take a human-centered approach, led by user empathy to (re)define problems, generate ideas, prototype, model, and test concepts and ideas for new products, services, processes, and strategies. Students do not need any formal design training to take this course, but will be required to visualize, map, enact, and document thinking and ideas in collaborative spaces.

 

Credits

3

Prerequisite

This course is only open to MBADESIGN students.

Distribution

INTERDISCIPLINARY