DEA 2730

Human Centered Design Methods

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2016-2017.

This course explores the use of design methods to conceptualize problems, generate ideas, and re-evaluate the objects, environments, and interfaces produced by design. Through lectures, discussions, exercises, and critiques, the course addresses the contexts of design while providing a hands-on overview of design methods. 

When Offered Fall.

Permission Note Enrollment preference given to: DEA undergratuate majors. Other students by permission only. 

Distribution Category (LAD-HE)
Course Attribute (CU-UGR)

• Apply a range of design methods to a series of problems, both assigned and self-directed, in the area of design.
• Analyze historic and present-day objects, environments, organizations, and techniques, with an aim toward proposing new connections or speculative futures.
• Formulate a position with respect to issues in contemporary design culture, expressed through both writing and design.

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