Program Overview

GRD204 - Design Thinking for Innovation

Overview

This unit is archived. Please refer to the end date.

Offerings

The following offerings are available:

• DUBAI-ISC-TJD-FACE2FACE
  • Teaching period code: Trimester-TJD
  • Location: Murdoch University Dubai, UAE
  • Attendance mode: Face to Face
  • Start year: 2027
  • End year: 2027
  • Self enrol: No
• DUBAI-ISC-TMD-FACE2FACE
  • Teaching period code: Trimester-TMD
  • Location: Murdoch University Dubai, UAE
  • Attendance mode: Face to Face
  • Start year: 2026
  • End year: 2026
  • Self enrol: No
• DUBAI-ISC-TMD-FACE2FACE
  • Teaching period code: Trimester-TMD
  • Location: Murdoch University Dubai, UAE
  • Attendance mode: Face to Face
  • Start year: 2028
  • End year: 2028
  • Self enrol: No
• DUBAI-ISC-TSD-FACE2FACE
  • Teaching period code: Trimester-TSD
  • Location: Murdoch University Dubai, UAE
  • Attendance mode: Face to Face
  • Start year: 2027
  • End year: 2027
  • Self enrol: No
• KAPLAN-SGP-TJA-MIXEDMODE
  • Teaching period code: Trimester-TJA
  • Location: Kaplan Higher Education Academy Pte. Ltd
  • Attendance mode: Mixed Mode
  • Start year: 2027
  • End year: 2027
  • Self enrol: No
• KAPLAN-SGP-TMA-MIXEDMODE
  • Teaching period code: Trimester-TMA
  • Location: Kaplan Higher Education Academy Pte. Ltd
  • Attendance mode: Mixed Mode
  • Start year: 2026
  • End year: 2026
  • Self enrol: No
• KAPLAN-SGP-TMA-MIXEDMODE
  • Teaching period code: Trimester-TMA
  • Location: Kaplan Higher Education Academy Pte. Ltd
  • Attendance mode: Mixed Mode
  • Start year: 2028
  • End year: 2028
  • Self enrol: No
• KAPLAN-SGP-TSA-MIXEDMODE
  • Teaching period code: Trimester-TSA
  • Location: Kaplan Higher Education Academy Pte. Ltd
  • Attendance mode: Mixed Mode
  • Start year: 2027
  • End year: 2027
  • Self enrol: No
• MURDOCH-S1-FACE2FACE-2025-ONGOING
  • Teaching period code: Semester 1-S1
  • Location: Murdoch
  • Attendance mode: Face to Face
  • Start year: 2025
  • End year: Ongoing
  • Self enrol: Yes
• MURDOCH-S2-FACE2FACE-2026-ONGOING
  • Teaching period code: Semester 2-S2
  • Location: Murdoch
  • Attendance mode: Face to Face
  • Start year: 2026
  • End year: Ongoing
  • Self enrol: Yes

Enrolment Rules

Enrolment in an undergraduate-level course.

Learning Outcomes

The learning outcomes for this unit are:

1. Research design skills and practices which engage a real-world complex multidisciplinary subject/topic.
2. Demonstrate professional industry standard practices towards generating productive working relationships relevant to your career goals.
3. Demonstrate organisational practices towards managing a wide range of variables required for complex real-world service-oriented projects.
4. Deliver disciplinary specific contributions into multidisciplinary project environments relevant to your career goals.
5. Critically evaluate the effectiveness of your design thinking project in your chosen subject matter and field of work.

Unit Content

In this unit, students will engage in researching design thinking tools and practices through the use of established case studies and existing projects. Students will work in cross-disciplinary teams to explore complex issues using co-design methods and adopt team member roles for effectively managing a large simulated project. Students will explore a variety of methods for thinking about complicated and multifaceted scenarios.

The unit will primarily introduce design thinking methods, and then students will use those tools to explore outcomes for a range of simulated projects. This unit will introduce students to industry common problems that will be representative of the complexities involved in engaging in multifaceted projects.

Additional Information

• Unit version: 14
• Version start date: 01/01/2026
• End date: 31/12/2025
• Owning college: College of Law, Arts and Social Sciences
• Owning school: Media and Communication
• Credit points: 3
• Special unit type: Discovery Study
• Work integrated learning: Workplace Simulation

UN Sustainable Development Goals

This curriculum aligns with the following UN Sustainable Development Goals:

• Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities