DEA 6100

Studies in Design Thinking

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

This graduate course explores design-thinking strategies at the intersections of creativity, science, and engineering. Students will learn about the creative strategies that today's designers use to address complex problems, and they will apply intuition, imagination, and reasoning to produce innovative design solutions. Different theoretical themes and design thinking techniques will be introduced and explored each week through critical readings, discussions, and creative synthesis.

Distribution Requirements (D-HE, LAD-HE)

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

Learning Outcomes

• Understand and apply design thinking principles as a means of solving problems.
• Apply human-centered and user-driven approaches as core values in the design process.
• Use abductive reasoning as an alternative approach to deductive and inductive reasoning.
• Make experimental ideas tangible through sketches, mockups, and prototypes.

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