COMM 325 - Design Thinking

2 credits
Design Thinking is an iterative, collaborative, problem-solving methodology that has been popularized by global design firms such as Ideo and XPLANE, Stanford University’s d School and other prominent companies and institutions. COMM 325 applies the emerging practices of Design Thinking to explore complex problems facing large communities and audiences. Students use techniques of qualitative interviewing, visual brainstorming, rapid prototyping and guided collaboration to interrogate the past, present and future of a significant societal or cultural challenge.