Human Centered Design in Public Health

3 credits · Graduate

This course explores the use of human centered design to drive tangible change in public health settings and introduces design thinking: a process of identifying, creating, and implementing creative solutions. Students will explore the role of design thinking in context. Learned methodologies enable students to discover users’ needs; synthesize complex information; identify direction for design and communication; generate ideas; and prototype, test, and communicate solutions. Most importantly, this course will support students thinking creatively when addressing public health problems, employing methods and techniques that are focused on idea generation and innovative solution building in service of creating a better world.