About this course

This course teaches the foundational qualities and skills of interaction design and creative problem solving. In a studio context, students learn how to quickly generate ideas, work iteratively and communicate ideas effectively through a variety of mediums and fidelities.

Outcomes and competencies

The following outcome statements articulate the competencies, abilities, and skills a student will have as a result of completing this class. Students will...

• Be able to rapidly create and demonstrate value through visual mediums
• Be able to talk, present, and think visually in a public setting
• Communicate and recruit people to a vision of the future with confidence
• Understand the value of critique and its use as a collaborative tool
• Practice sketching through a variety of mediums, and execute at various levels of fidelity
• Generate and sustain their own creative momentum
• Understand the value of rigor and iteration through the design process