Design Thinking

4 credits

This course seeks to introduce Design Thinking as an action-oriented creative process for engaging deeply with the problems that matter to you. The course is designed to help you: develop habits of mind and tools for thinking to make creativity a reliable resource in your life; cultivate empathy for both others and yourself as the starting point for creative problem-solving; think flexibility by reframing problems and finding ways to move beyond your first good ideas; and adopt an experimental mindset that allows you to try test out your ideas and collaborate with others. The course will take a learn-by-doing approach combined with ample opportunity for reflection. The goal is to integrate Design Thinking with the rest of your liberal arts studies so you leave the course with a broad-based, personalized creative toolkit for tackling problems in your life and in the world.