Design Thinking
About the module
If you like to create and change reality, then you are in the right place. An innovation designer is a specialist who leads teams and organizations from where they are now to where they should be in the future. Designing innovations is a creative field of study, but also a demanding one, requiring high and diverse skills. It is a comprehensive field of knowledge that conjures up new products and services, new business models and organizational solutions. This is an area of activity that deals with materializing the future and making dreams come true. As part of this module, you will learn the principles of designer work in accordance with the Design Thinking and User Experience methodology. You will learn to look at products through users’ eyes and discover their hidden needs and expectations. You will learn how to design business models and manage innovative projects in the agile methodology.
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Your education path
In order to obtain a BA diploma you need at least 184 ECTS.
In your first year you take obligatory courses and later, starting with the third semester (that is your second year), you choose what you want to study. How? It is easy. Choose at least one module (formerly called a specialty) which is most interesting for you and then continue along the chosen path till the end of your studies. If you wish, you can take next modules or individual subjects- including those from other fields of study. All modules you complete will be visible on your diploma.
134 ECTS
Obligatory courses25 ECTS
Module:Design Thinking
25 ECTS
Other modules or elective coursesCourses included in the Module
Your education path
What options do you have next?You can choose the recommended module.
You can choose a module from the list those that, in our opinion, will suit you best.
You can choose other modules, including those from the other study programs.
You can choose particular additional subjects, one module is enough to get a degree.
Ryszard Ćwiertniak Ph.D.
Ph.D. in management and quality sciences, electronics engineer, enthusiast of agile design methods, including Design Thinking.
Module coordinator recommendation
The new operating conditions for companies in an unstable environment require unique employee competences, increased operational efficiency, and adaptation to change. Maintaining the market position no longer depends only on the potential, but on the ability and readiness of enterprises to create and disseminate innovative projects. Meanwhile, market observations show that “there is a huge emphasis on creating ideas and far too small for implementation.” Design is the key to success. Design that is user-friendly, intuitive, adding value to a new product or service, just effective. Start a fascinating adventure with designing innovative solutions and change the world in business right away.
