DEA 2730

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DEA 2730
Human Centered Design Methods

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

This course explores the use of design methods to generate ideas and evaluate designed objects, environments, and interfaces. Lectures cultivate an understanding of the various methods, while hands-on activities provide opportunity to apply these methods to the design of artifacts and their interactions with people and things.


Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: DEA 1101 and DEA 1150.

Permission Note Enrollment preference given to: DEA undergraduate majors, other students by permission of instructor. 

Course Attribute (CU-UGR)

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025FA, 2024FA, 2023FA, 2022FA

Outcomes

  • To develop an understanding of how and which design methodologies can be applied in the iterative process of designing artifacts.
  • To demonstrate the ability to develop and evaluate design prototypes responsive to the challenges and opportunities of supporting and augmenting human users.
  • To communicate a design process in a rigorous written paper and video.

Distribution Category (LAD-HE)

When Offered Fall.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  5883 DEA 2730   DES 501

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    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025

    • Green, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Prerequisite: DEA 1101, DEA 1150 or DEA 1140, and DEA 1500 with minimum grades of B-. Enrollment priority given to: Design and Environmental Analysis (DEA) undergraduate majors. DEA minors, DEA transfers, and students from other majors will be given enrollment consideration only with written permission of instructor.
    Course fee: $60.