James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2016

CP1803 - Design Thinking

Credit points: 03
Year: 2016
Student Contribution Band: Band 2
Administered by: College of Business, Law & Governance

This subject provides students with the design process, interpretation, ideation, experimentation, evolution of design solutions, design formulation and design thinking. Students will develop essential design skills of creating, imaging, generating, iterating, communicating and consolidating. Collaboratively students will work together in teams to design, iterate, implement and validate computing solutions. Through projects, students will develop problem solving skills, communication skills, presentation skills, project management skills and also build creative systems for business cases. Students will learn basic approaches to creative group problem solving in multidisciplinary teams in the form of one-day "sprint" or "hackathon" event. The 'sprint' environment used in this subject will provide students an opportunity to develop these skills via a short-term practical exercise (or single day 'sprint') to collectively analyse a problem, design a practical solution and implement a solution in a single day.

Learning Outcomes

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Combinations:
CP1403

Availabilities

Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 25-Aug-2016
Coord/Lect: Dr Dianna Hardy.
Contact hours:
  • 14 hours practicals - 14 hour practical - 2-day print (intensive practical)
  • 9 hours workshops/Seminars - Lecturer directed activities
  • 32 hours - Combined lectures; Practicals; Lecturer directed activities
    Assessment:sprint participation and solution (15%); assignments (50%); project proposal (15%); sprint reflective report (20%).

    Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2
    Census Date 25-Aug-2016
    Coordinator: Dr Dianna Hardy
    Lecturer: Mr Eugene McArdle.
    Contact hours:
    • 14 hours practicals - 14 hour practical - 2-day sprint (intensive practical)
    • 9 hours workshops/Seminars - Lecturer directed activities
    • 32 hours - Combined Lectures; Practicals; Lecturer directed activities.
      Assessment:sprint participation and solution (15%); assignments (50%); project proposal (15%); sprint reflective report (20%).

      JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 52
      Census Date 11-Aug-2016
      Coordinator: Dr Dianna Hardy
      Contact hours:
      • 14 hours practicals - 14 hour practical - 2-day print (intensive practical)
      • 9 hours workshops/Seminars - Lecturer directed activities
      • 32 hours - Combined lectures; Practicals; Lecturer directed activities
        Assessment:sprint participation and solution (15%); assignments (50%); project proposal (15%); sprint reflective report (20%).

        Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.