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This course introduces critical design concepts and methods representative of creative practice across all design disciplines. It encourages students to think critically and creatively about design and its real-world applications while enabling them to develop skills in the conception and realization of studio-based work. Coursework focuses on key design issues of process, method, technique, technology, and the production of design artifacts.

This course introduces students to human-centered design thinking. Through exposure to a social design process that proceeds through stages of empathic listening, definition, ideation, prototyping, and testing, students will learn a design approach that enables successful design solutions to problems in the social sphere.