Values-Based Design

3 units · Undergraduate

Intermittent: 3 units How might a values-based design approach guide innovation for individuals, organizations, and societies? In the "Introduction to Values-Based Design" course, students learn to find new opportunities for innovation around organizational and societal transitions. This course helps students to find innovation opportunities through values alignment innovation process. It is an applied course in which students learn to use values, shared purpose, and desired outcomes to design products, services, and systems that accelerate transition pathways towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and beyond.On the CMU-Q website, it states: "Sustainability is a core value of Carnegie Mellon University, and the Qatar campus embraces this value wholeheartedly. Our community is comprised of faculty, staff, and students, and together we are on a mission to work the UN Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs) into every aspect of campus life." Course Website: https://www.qatar.cmu.edu