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Applied Design Thinking (ABPL90426)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Not available in 2021
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Overview
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How might design thinking strategies help you resolve complex, ill-defined and changing issues within the built environment? In this subject you will apply design thinking techniques to understand and empathise with the end user, then to define, ideate, prototype and test solutions to complex problems. Traditional linear approaches to problem solving will be replaced with generative and hands-on strategies aimed at opening up possibilities for testing. Analysing and synthesising information will help iteratively define the problem issues. Co-design strategies and alternative ways to view and resolve problems will reveal and challenge assumptions. Whether you come from a design or non-design background, this subject will open new possibilities for complex problem solving by applying critical and creative design thinking approaches.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject students should be able to:
- Apply iterative design thinking strategies for complex problem solving.
- Experiment, disrupt paradigms, and work creatively towards transformative solutions within unpredictable settings.
- Identify ideas for how space might improve health and wellbeing.
- Present effectively using compelling arguments and appropriate design nomenclature mixing word and visual communication.
Generic skills
- Applying design thinking skills to built environment issues.
- Cognitive skills to review, analyse, consolidate and synthesise knowledge, forming arguments from conflicting evidence;
- Using divergent thinking and experimentation to explore complex issues and suggest possible solutions;
- Use design thinking to generate and evaluate complex ideas
- Time management and planning through organising workloads and substantial projects.
- Presenting effectively using compelling arguments and appropriate design nomenclature.
- Teamwork through online discussions and peer feedback.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Contribution to discussion board
| Throughout the teaching period | 15% |
Collation of design-thinking practices from literature
| Week 2 | 15% |
Scenario/design artefact development based on practice-oriented research
| Week 4 | 20% |
Project examining applied design practice in an approved topic
| Week 8 | 50% |
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
Not available in 2021
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Last updated: 3 November 2022