Design for Innovation: Anthro-Design Crash Course

2 Credits.

The Anthro-Design Crash Course is a month-long introductory course that will empower students with tools and skills from design and applied anthropology to embrace innovation. The course uses dynamic classroom techniques developed throughout years of teaching experience, and research in engineering-design education. Students will work in teams towards a final project that will the test run for the tools learned in class. Centered in a scaffolded self-regulated design learning process, the course will look to promote autonomy, respectful engineering-design, and context assessment. Attendance is mandatory to achieve the learning outcomes.