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Official AKTU syllabus of Design Thinking (BOE077) for B.Tech Open Elective – 3 credits, L-T-P 3-0-0. Read the unit-wise course content, course outcomes, evaluation pattern and recommended books online, or download the PDF.
Syllabus — Design Thinking
Download PDFBOE077 · 3 credits · L-T-P 3-0-0
Course Objective: The objective of this course is to familiarize students with design thinking process as a tool for breakthrough innovation. It aims to equip students with design thinking skills and ignite the minds to create innovative ideas, develop solutions for real-time problems.
After completion of the course student will be able to:
| COs | CO Statement | BL |
|---|---|---|
| CO1 | Develop a strong understanding of the design process and apply it in a variety of business settings. | K6 |
| CO2 | Analyze self, culture, teamwork to work in a multidisciplinary environment and exhibit empathetic behavior. | K4 |
| CO3 | Formulate specific problem statements of real time issues and generate innovative ideas using design tools. | K6 |
| CO4 | Apply critical thinking skills in order to arrive at the root cause from a set of likely causes. | K3 |
| CO5 | Demonstrate an enhanced ability to apply design thinking skills for evaluation of claims and arguments. | K6 |
| Unit | Content | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| I | Introduction to design thinking, traditional problem solving versus design thinking, history of design thinking, wicked problems. Innovation and creativity, the role of innovation and creativity in organizations, creativity in teams and their environments, design mindset. Introduction to elements and principles of design, 13 Musical Notes for Design Mindset, Examples of Great Design, Design Approaches across the world. | 8 |
| II | Understanding humans as a combination of I (self) and body, basic physical needs up to actualization, prosperity, the gap between desires and actualization. Understanding culture in family society, institution, startup, socialization process. Ethical behavior: effects on self, society, understanding core values and feelings, negative sentiments and how to overcome them, definite human conduct: universal human goal, developing human consciousness in values, policy, and character. Understand stakeholders, techniques to empathize, identify key user problems. Empathy tools- Interviews, empathy maps, emotional mapping, immersion and observations, customer journey maps, and brainstorming, Classifying insights after Observations, Classifying Stakeholders, Do’s & Don’ts for Brainstorming, Individual activity- ‘Moccasin walk’ | 8 |
| III | Defining the problem statement, creating personas, Point of View (POV) statements. Research- identifying drivers, information gathering, target groups, samples, and feedbacks. Idea Generation-basic design directions, Themes of Thinking, inspirations and references, brainstorming, inclusion, sketching and presenting ideas, idea evaluation, double diamond approach, analyze – four W’s, 5 why’s, “How Might We”, Defining the problem using Ice-Cream Sticks, Metaphor & Random Association Technique, Mind-Map, ideation activity games - six thinking hats, million-dollar idea, introduction to visual collaboration and brainstorming tools - Mural, JamBoard. | 8 |
| IV | Fundamental concepts of critical thinking, the difference between critical and ordinary thinking, characteristics of critical thinkers, critical thinking skills- linking ideas, structuring arguments, recognizing incongruences, five pillars of critical thinking, argumentation versus rhetoric, cognitive bias, tribalism, and politics. Case study on applying critical thinking on different scenarios. | 8 |
| V | The argument, claim, and statement, identifying premises and conclusion, truth and logic conditions, valid/invalid arguments, strong/weak arguments, deductive argument, argument diagrams, logical reasoning, scientific reasoning, logical fallacies, propositional logic, probability, and judgment, obstacles to critical thinking. Group activity/role plays on evaluating arguments. | 8 |
Text Books
- Vijay Kumar, 101 Design Methods: A Structured Approach for Driving Innovation in Your Organization, 2013, John Wiley and Sons Inc, New Jersey
- BP Banerjee, Foundations of Ethics and Management, 2005, Excel Books
- Gavin Ambrose and Paul Harris, Basics Design 08: Design Thinking, 2010, AVA Publishing SA
- Roger L. Martin, Design of Business: Why Design Thinking is the Next Competitive Advantage, 2009, Harvard Business Press, Boston MA.
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