Humanics: Design Thinking

This course teaches a problem-solving technique called design thinking which focuses on empathizing and meeting the user's needs with innovative solutions. Topics include defining a problem, ideating and collaboration, crafting user narratives using storytelling, prototyping solutions, testing iteratively, and reflecting on final products. Students will be equipped with a methodology to approach solutions including empathy maps, hopes and fears, needs statements, stakeholder maps, and storyboards. Students will apply IBM principles and earn badges from IBM in this course.

Fall, Spring