STANDARD COMPETENCIES

 

 1. Illustrate the concept of innovation.

 2. Examine the thinking process.

 3. Analyze historical innovations.

 4. Identify the methodologies used by historical innovators.

 5. Illustrate the components of the Design Thinking Process.

 6. Apply various methods in the Design Thinking Process through:

      a. Working in groups.

      b. Designing models.

      c. Assessments.

 7. Describe how design is focused on human needs.

 8. Demonstrate convergent and divergent thinking techniques.

 9. Apply Design Thinking to complex problems.

 10. Examine how different disciplines use innovation.

 

 

 TOPICAL OUTLINE

 

 I. Design Thinking

      a. Explore the various Design Thinking processes

      b. Examine the specific elements of Design Thinking

      c. What is the relationship between Design Thinking and Innovation

 II. Innovation

      a. Innovation in the Arts

      b. Innovation throughout history

      c. Cultural Innovation

 III. Communicating your thinking

      a. Oral Communication

      b. Written Communication

      c. Electronic Communication

 IV. Design for Humans

      a. How can Design be Human-Centered

      b. What we can learn through observation

      c. Culture, history and the arts in Design