DEA 3308

Positive Design Studio

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2024-2025 Catalog. Courses of Study 2024-2025 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

This 4-credit studio-based course focuses on the practice of 'Positive Design'—design that aims to proactively promote or support the well-being of individuals or communities by evoking valuable experiences.

Fees Course fee: $60

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025SP, 2024SP, 2023SP, 2022SP

Outcomes

• Skills for integrating psychological well-being into planning, ideation, analysis, and evaluation of new design solutions.
• Scenarios and case studies that provide examples of the ways design impacts users' emotion, behavior, and well-being.
• To understand and argue the role of the design and the designer in a socially responsible manner.

Distribution Category (KCM-HE, LAD-HE) (KCM-AG)

When Offered Spring.

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