Design Thinking
Facilitator: Christopher Kitts, Mechanical Engineering
Design thinking provides a holistic approach to the development of new products and processes, emphasizing the creative, interdisciplinary synthesis of new systems that can lead to solutions for real problems. Important aspects of design thinking include the innovative application of technology as well as the need to harness such innovation in a sustainable enterprise. Design thinking may be applied to a vast range of problems, from designing a new consumer product, to adapting a device for low-cost and local production in the developing world, to solving global issues such as climate change and health care. This pathway is open to all students and invites them to discover the many elements of design thinking. The topic may be explored from a wide range of perspectives, such as those characteristic of the arts, humanities, sciences, social sciences, business, and engineering.
Associated Courses
Foundations Courses
(Please note that only the specific Foundation course topics qualify for the Pathway requirements,
and only one Foundations course may be applied to a Pathway)
ENGL 2A Science, Ethics, & Society
ENGL 2A Science, Technology, Self
ENGL 2A Technology & Cultural Knowledge
ENGL 2A Writing about Sustainability
Bioengineering
* BIOE 194 Advanced Design I
* BIOE 195 Advanced Design II
* BIOE 196 Advanced Design III
Biology
BIOL 18 Exploring Biotechnology L&L
BIOL 135 Biofuels (cross-listed with ENVS 135)
* BIOL 171 Social and Ethical Dimensions of Biotechnology
Business Administration
BUSN 144 Entrepreneurship: Bringing New Ideas to the Marketplace
* BUSN 170 Contemporary Business for Nonmajors
Civil Engineering
* CENG 119 Designing for Sustainable Construction (cross-listed with CENG 219)
* CENG 128 Engineering Economics and Business (cross-listed with CENG 208)
* CENG 148 Structural Systems (cross-listed with CENG 248)
* CENG 192A Civil Engineering Design Methods
* CENG 193 Senior Design Project I
* CENG 208 Engineering Economics and Business (cross-listed with CENG 128)
* CENG 219 Designing for Sustainable Construction (cross-listed with CENG 119)
*CENG 248 Structural Systems (cross-listed with CENG 148)
Computer Engineering
* COEN 20 Introduction to Embedded Systems
* COEN 21 Introduction to Logic Design (cross-listed with ELEN 21)
* COEN 150 Introduction to Information Security
* COEN 194 Design Project I
* COEN 195 Design Project II
* COEN 196 Design Project III
COEN 250 Information Security Management
Communication
COMM 12 Technology and Communication
COMM 30 Introduction to Digital Filmmaking
* COMM 107A Intercultural Communication
* COMM 160A Silicon Valley Communication Technologies
* COMM 161B Communication Media & Technology in Education
* COMM 162A Communication Technology and Policy
Economics
ECON 1 Principles of Microeconomics
ECON 139 American Economic History
*ECON 185 Economics of Technological Change
Electrical Engineering
*ELEN 21 Introduction to Logic Design (cross-listed with COEN 21)
* ELEN 50 Electric Circuits I
*ELEN 123 Mechatronics (cross-listed with ELEN 143)
* ELEN 194 Design Project I
* ELEN 195 Design Project II
* ELEN 196 Design Project III
English
ENGL 138 Internet Culture and Information Society
* ENGL 181 Applied Engineering Communications I
* ENGL 182 Engineering Communications: Practical Writing and Presentation Skills for Engineers (2 units)
Engineering
ENGR 19 Ethics and Technology
ENGR 60 Sustainable Electric Energy
ENGR 110 Engineering Projects for the Community
Environmental Studies
ENVS 20 The Water Wars of California
ENVS 21 Introduction to Environmental Science
ENVS 80 Energy and the Environment
*ENVS 84 Spirituality and Sustainability (cross-listed with TESP 84)
ENVS 120 Intro to Environmental Law & Regulation in the U.S.
ENVS 122 US Environmental Policy (cross-listed with POLI 157)
ENVS 135 Biofuels: Sustainable Energy for the Future? (cross-listed with BIOL 135)
ENVS 145 Environmental Technology
ENVS 146 Agriculture, Environment & Development: Latin America
ENVS 197 Sp Topics in ENVS: Env Fixes - Cures or Cons?
History
HIST 85 Introduction to US Environmental History
HIST 183 American Capitalism
Liberal Studies
LBST 75 Technology and Learning
Mathematics and Computer Science
CSCI 3 Intro to Computing and Applications
* CSCI 10 Intro to Computer Science
Mechanical Engineering
MECH 10 Graphical Communication in Design
* MECH 143 Mechatronics (cross-listed with ELEN 123)
* MECH 144 Smart Product Design
* MECH 194 Advanced Design I
* MECH 195 Advanced Design II
* MECH 196 Advanced Design III
Management
* MGMT 6 Business Ethics
* MGMT 6H Business Ethics: Honors
* MGMT 8 Business Ethics in Practice
* MGMT 80 Global and Cultural Environment of Business (only for students who entered Santa Clara University in 2009 or 2010)
* MGMT 164 Entrepreneurship Management for Technology Ventures
Operations and Management Information Systems
* OMIS 17 Introduction to Business Computing (only for students who entered Santa Clara University in 2009 or 2010)
OMIS 34 Science, Information Technology, Business and Society (only for students who entered Santa Clara University in 2009 or 2010)
* OMIS 107 Systems Programming
* OMIS 108 Operations Management (cross-listed with OMIS 108E; only for students who entered Santa Clara University in 2009 or 2010)
* OMIS 108E Sustainable Operations Management (cross-listed with OMIS 108; only for students who entered Santa Clara University in 2009 or 2010)
* OMIS 137 Object-Oriented Programming
* OMIS 173 E-Commerce Technologies
Philosophy
PHIL 3 Ethical Issues in Computing
PHIL 6 Ethical Issues in Business
PHIL 80 Science, Technology and Society
Political Science
POLI 123 Global Environmental Politics
POLI 157 U.S. Environmental Policy (cross-listed with ENVS 122)
*POLI 167 Making Public Policy
Religious Studies
*TESP 84 Spirituality & Sustainability (cross-listed with ENVS 84)
*TESP 86 The Spirituality of Engineering
Sociology
* SOCI 49 Computers, Internet & Society
SOCI 149 Business, Technology and Society
Studio Art
ARTS 70 Art in the Computer Age
ARTS 72 Survey of Computer Arts and Design Theory
ARTS 74 Basic Computer Imaging (cross-listed with ARTS 174)
*ARTS 75 Basic Graphic Design (cross-listed with ARTS 175)
ARTS 174 Computer Imaging (cross-listed with ARTS 74)
* ARTS 175 Graphic Design (cross-listed with ARTS 75)
* ARTS 177 Constructing Web Sites
Theatre & Dance
DANC 49 Dance Composition
THTR 30 Introduction to Design
THTR 32 Costume Construction
THTR 33 Stage Lighting
THTR 131 Sound Design
THTR 133 Scene Design
THTR 134 Costume Design
THTR 137 Pattern Drafting and Draping
* Indicates Course Has Prerequisites
