Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: INTRODUCTION TO DESIGN THINKING

Department: Management

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Language of Instruction: Taught in English

Course Type: Intensive Learning Experience

Credit Hours: .75

Description: Design thinking continues to be a core pillar of entrepreneurship and innovation in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors. It is a creative problem-solving process that is based on key principles from human-centered design. By keeping the end user at the center throughout the process, the aim is that you ultimately develop an idea or solution that people using your solution want. In this course, you will collaborate in teams to learn and apply the design thinking approach by understanding the end user, transforming insights into opportunities, and developing solutions using iterative prototyping and experimentation. You’ll bring your individual backgrounds and experiences to the table as you build up tangible experience applying design thinking skills to approach problems in a more meaningful, efficient, and resourceful way. Through this course, you'll learn skills to more creatively solve problems throughout your professional (and personal) life as an entrepreneur or an intrapreneur. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for MGMT 764 if student has credit for MGMT 625.