ADBM 2250 Design Thinking
This course seeks to introduce Design Thinking as an action-oriented creative process for engaging deeply with the problems that matter to you. The course is designed to help you: develop habits of mind and tools for thinking to make creativity a reliable resource in your life; cultivate empathy for both others and yourself as the starting point for creative problem-solving; think flexibility by reframing problems and finding ways to move beyond your first good ideas; and adopt an experimental mindset that allows you to try test out your ideas and collaborate with others. The course will take a learn-by-doing approach combined with ample opportunity for reflection. The goal is to integrate Design Thinking with the rest of your liberal arts studies so you leave the course with a broad-based, personalized creative toolkit for tackling problems in your life and in the world.
Course overview
- Department
- Advancing Studies
- School
- ADV
- Credits
- 4
- Level
- Undergraduate
- Offered
- Periodically
Course evaluations
- Course rating
- 4.31 / 5 · Very Good
- Instructor rating
- 4.43 / 5 · Very Good
- Terms evaluated
- 4
| Term | Instructor | Course overall | Instructor overall | Well organized | Clear learning objectives | Intellectually challenging | Helpful assignments | Applicable beyond course | Attendance necessary | Weekly effort | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2026 | Noel Ingram | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4–6 hrs/week | 12 of 19 |
| Spring 2025 | Noel Ingram | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.3 | — | 8 of 18 |
| Spring 2024 | Noel Ingram | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4–6 hrs/week | 12 of 16 |
| Spring 2023 | Noel Ingram | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 1–3 hrs/week | 17 of 22 |
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Sections
- Section 01
- Section 01
- Section 11
- Section 12