Micromasters Program in Design Thinking by Rochester Institute (edX)

Rochester Institute of Technology's Design Thinking Micromasters program on edX is another excellent option for mastering Design Thinking. The intensive curriculum of this program strives to teach learners how to be creative, collaborative, and emotionally savvy in their pursuit of problem-solving competence. It provides students with understanding of the procedures and tactics utilized in the workplace to solve problems and innovate.

This Design Thinking Certification program is divided into five six-week courses. Participants are required to invest 8-12 hours per week to the program and must successfully complete all five courses to earn a final Micromasters credential. The program's five courses cover the following topics:

• Design thinking fundamentals that inspire innovation and lead to user centred solutions
• Identifying and understanding product and business problems through active listening, empathy and user focus research
• Transforming the ideas into solutions through ideation and iteration
• How best to communicate your solution to stakeholders
• Iterated prototyping and user testing of solution before they go to market
• How to evaluate solutions post launch
• Demonstrating the knowledge and skills gained through the design thinking journey

Students are required to address a given problem using the design thinking method and tools learned throughout the curriculum in the final Design Thinking capstone project. After successfully completing this program, students can continue their education by enrolling to RIT for a master's degree in professional studies. They are given nine credits toward their master's degree at RIT for their MicroMasters credential.

Key Highlights

• Innovative program that offers flexible way to gain the most-in demand design thinking professional skills and advance career
• Designed for anyone who wants to add more creative and strategic thinking into their career, be it entrepreneurs, professionals who work in teams, executives, managers etc.
• Learn user-cantered research skills to gain user empathy through interviews and observations
• Acquire strategies to understand user context to identify and verify business problems
• Learn ideation and visualization techniques to generate targeted and creative solutions
• Learn methods for evaluating and applying user feedback from testing models and prototypes to identify preferred solutions

Duration : 7-8 months, 8-12 hours per week

Google Rating : 4.7/5.0

Enroll here: edx.org/micromasters/design-thinking