SOCS 309 F003: Design Research + Methods

ECIAD
SectionF003
TermFall 2025
StatusA
DatesSep 2, 2025 – Dec 16, 2025
LocationIn Person
Meetings
  • TueH 12:20pm–3:10pm — MAIN C3255
InstructorJean Chisholm
Description (ECIAD)

This course introduces students to the multiple methods of conducting design research for facilitating and enhancing people's experiences of designed images, artefacts, spaces, environments, and interfaces. Topics include: marketing, ethnography, cultural probes, scenario development and testing, persona development and testing, journaling, cognitive mapping, empathy tools, body storming, experience prototyping, participatory design research, and ethics.

This course is subject to priority rules; see here.