Course Outcomes: As a result of taking this class, students will:

• Identify patterns and trends in the context of a particular large-scale social problem

• Identify opportunities for interaction design solutions that can positively impact and affect human behavior on a large, social scale

• Identify opportunities for business interventions based on research and synthesis

• Begin to identify design constraints and parameters in which to build and prototype design solutions

Scope: This initiative will last for the remaining 24 weeks of class. However, this syllabus and course covers only the current quarter of the project, explicitly focused on research, synthesis, and preliminary ideation. At the end of eight weeks, you should:

• Have established a focus for in-depth research and design activities

• Have acquired a depth of understanding related to the human behavior associated with your topic

• Have acquired empathy for the people that will use the products, systems, and services that you define

• Have identified core insights that can drive future design efforts

• Have identified core design implications / principles to inform the ideation process

• Have developed a series of storyboards, sketches and visual diagrams that articulate your understanding of the focus area in order to drive future design efforts