Dec 06, 2025  
2025-2026 Graduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Graduate Catalog
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DSIN 7315 - Design Studio for Social Impact


Credits: 3

Students demonstrate their ability to manage and operate a full Human-Centered Design (HCD) project, from start to finish, with a real-life client. Students use problem-solving techniques, individually and collectively, to achieve an appropriate design solution in an unscripted and dynamic situation much like an actual employment scenario. Projects are determined each semester dependent on potential partnerships, available resources, and current municipal and local issues or topical events in the DFW area. The course provides an opportunity for the direct application of HCD processes and acquired skills, as well as problem definition, design research, team collaboration, rapid prototyping and testing, storytelling, and a series of presentations. The course culminates with a public presentation and critique of the students’ work by faculty and external stakeholders. Prerequisite: Restricted to master’s in design and innovation (MADI) students only.



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