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Not offered in 2020

Unit description

Introduces students to Design Thinking and its problem solving methodologies. Design Thinking unpacks the skills and strategies developed by the design process to a wide range of problems and situations. These skills and strategies include a range of conceptual and communication approaches, ways to explore and reconsider the context in which we work, as well as what should or could be achieved.

Unit content

  • History of Design Thinking and development
  • School and the Design Thinking programme
  • Project based problem solving and symmetrical application
  • Key issues and potential opportunities
  • Entrepreneurship and its application

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:GA1GA2GA3GA4GA5GA6GA7
1Demonstrate understanding of the concepts of design thinking and their applicationCultural competence
2Apply Design Thinking methods and approaches to a project-based problem, to develop new perspectives on key issues and to identify potential opportunitiesEthical practice
3Develop, test and evaluate original proposals in response to project- based problemsLifelong learning

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. Demonstrate understanding of the concepts of design thinking and their application
    • GA7: Cultural competence
  2. Apply Design Thinking methods and approaches to a project-based problem, to develop new perspectives on key issues and to identify potential opportunities
    • GA3: Ethical practice
  3. Develop, test and evaluate original proposals in response to project- based problems
    • GA5: Lifelong learning

Teaching and assessment

Notice

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