HCD 497: Human-Centered Design Capstone

Credits 4 4

This seminar/studio will be co-taught by a faculty member and a visiting Designer in Residence, with guest lectures or modules offered by other faculty participating in the Human-Centered Design concentration. Students will interpret and integrate what they learned in the Deepening Courses and the Collaborative Practical Experience, consider professional issues in design, and develop a design portfolio. Students will connect their curricular and co-curricular experience, exploring empathy, ethics, collaboration, reciprocity, and organizational culture in communities and organizations where human-centered design is practiced. Students will be evaluated based on presentations and reflective writing, including the final portfolio. Prerequisites: HCD 101; completion of the Collaborative Practical Experience; consent of instructor. Offered once per year.

Prerequisites

Completion of the Collaborative Practical Experience; consent of instructor. Offered once per year.