Code SPAASC
Design Thinking Specialisation
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About this Specialisation
Appeals to non-design related practitioners and graduates who wish to upgrade their practice by including design ability as the means to understand and apply the role of empathy in user-centred innovation.
It provides students with advanced cross-disciplinary design knowledge and skills. They will be introduced to design thinking as a means of exploring ways of investigating and understanding complex challenges, and user-focused methods of generating ideas. Students will be encouraged to view the design process as a collaborative activity that generates innovative outcome through empathy-building and prototyping.
Code SPAASC
Availability & Campus
| Location | Availability |
|---|---|
| Joondalup | |
| Mount Lawley | |
| South West | |
| Online |
Details
Structure
Students must complete the following three units (60 credit points):
For more detailed unit information for this Specialisation take a look at our Handbook. To organise your life for next semester visit the Teaching timetable.
Student handbookNotes
Important notes
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All three units in the Design Thinking Specialisation require students to take part in an existing industry project and/or examine a real life project. This could be written in the units as collaboration with industry partners.
Attendance requirements
Students are required to participate in workshops, as either participants or facilitators. Workshops will be related to real life projects from the service design and design thinking profession.
Learning Outcomes
- Reflect critically on advanced design philosophies, principles, methods and processes, to demonstrate mastery of inter-disciplinary design practice or scholarship. (AQF Masters CW: 1,2,3)
- Apply communication and collaboration skills to design innovative contributions to inter-disciplinary design practice or scholarship. (AQF Masters CW: 6,7,8)
- Use high level self management skills to initiate, plan and execute a substantial design project. (AQF Masters CW: 9,10)
- Apply advanced design research processes and methods to investigate, evaluate and synthesise complex problems, concepts and theories in inter-disciplinary design projects. (AQF Masters CW: 4,5)
Career Opportunities
Employment opportunities
Employment opportunities include assisting organisations, companies, and communities to innovate through building empathy, understanding stakeholders' needs, co-creating possibilities with stakeholders, and developing socially, environmentally and financially sustainable solutions.
Possible future job titles
Strategic Designer, Service Designer, UX (User Experience Designer), Policy Designer, Organisation Designer