COML 4281

Human-Centered Design and Engaged Media

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2026-2027 Catalog.

This StudioLab course connects critical design teams with researchers, NGOs, and nonprofits working on human rights, public health, and environmental and land rights in the US and abroad. Practicing methods of transmedia knowledge, critical design thinking, and strategic storytelling, students collaborate on projects with the Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide, Health Access Connect (Uganda), NYS 4-H, and SOOFA Ranch (GA). Consulting on partners' ongoing projects, teams study and practice processes from IDEO's Human-Centered Design Thinking and Stanford's Design for Extreme Affordability, as well as UX, tactical media, and activist organizing developed by ACT-UP, Black Lives Matter, Guerrilla Girls, and contemporary, multi-platform campaigns, presenting and sharing their collaborations via project site and other platforms. (ENGL-PST)

Distribution Requirements (CA-AG, LA-AG), (ALC-AS)

Program Requirements (ENGL-PST)

Last 4 Terms Offered 2024FA, 2023FA, 2022FA, 2021FA

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