DESPX 489
Collaborative UX Design: Discovery
Design
College of Fine Arts and Communications
Course Description
Students will seek and validate new ideas for their collaborative projects in this course. In addition, they will develop strategies for idea creation and discovery-based research that will inform the more profound study and work they will complete in subsequent Collaborative UX Design classes.
When Taught
Winter
Grade Rule
Grade Rule 8: A, B, C, D, E, I (Standard grade rule)
Fixed
0.5
Fixed
0
Fixed
0
Title
Research
Learning Outcome
Students will demonstrate careful research, manifesting skill in identifying key scholarship and ideas.
Title
Design thinking
Learning Outcome
Students will learn to employ various modes of forming, reforming, constructing, and deconstructing concepts and will apply methods of design thinking to their research and final project.
Title
Written analysis
Learning Outcome
Students will demonstrate effective written analysis of their research, showing an ability to evaluate, compare, and interpret ideas.
Title
Idea Evaluation, Validation, & Introspection
Learning Outcome
Students will evaluate effective ideas for their project through external validation and internal introspection. They will learn, develop, and choose tools and frameworks to help evaluate.
