ADD101 - Design Thinking
Unit details
Year | 2018 unit information |
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Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waterfront (Geelong), Online Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
Credit point(s): | 1 |
EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
Unit chair: | Russell Kennedy |
Prerequisite: | Nil |
Corequisite: | Nil |
Incompatible with: | MIS276 |
Contact hours: | 1 x 2 hour Seminar per week |
Content
This unit will investigate 'design thinking' as a strategic methodology and problem solving process. Taking a multi-discipline, interdisciplinary approach, students will be required to use 'design thinking' as a problem solving process. 'Design thinking' methods will require students to adopt a human-centered approach to innovation that draws on their skills to integrate the needs of people, the possibilities of technology, and the requirements of business and society as a whole. Students will work individually and in workshop teams, the final assessments will be a combination of research and practice outcomes. Students will use 'Design thinking' methods to address a 'wicked problem'.
Assessment
Research Essay. Discover different design thinking methodology, 1200 words, 30%.
Collaborative Workshop: Defined problem and document activities using the 5 steps Design Thinking process, 1200 words or equivalent, 30%.
Final Report of Process. Incorporate a descriptive analysis critically evaluating the design thinking method and workshop results, 1600 words, 40%.