Program Overview

Program Overview

The INTEREGR 941 COLLABORATIVE CAPSTONE II program is a 3-credit course that enables students to explore a chosen opportunity area through prototyping, user testing, and iteration. The program culminates in the creation of a final, high-resolution design, accompanied by a communication and launch plan for a startup, product, or service.

Program Details

Course Description

The program focuses on the practice of design thinking behaviors, including ethics, critique, and storytelling.

Requisites

• INTER-HE 940 is a requisite course for this program.

Course Designation

• The program is designated as a graduate course, counting toward 50% of the graduate coursework requirement.

Repeatable for Credit

• This program is not repeatable for credit.

Last Taught

• The program was last taught in Spring 2025.

Learning Outcomes

• Apply an iterative design thinking process on an interdisciplinary team.
  • Audience: Graduate
• Generate creative ideas through structured brainstorming sessions.
  • Audience: Graduate
• Develop and fabricate rapid prototypes using a wide range of techniques (physical, digital, etc.) to bring ideas into reality quickly and obtain feedback.
  • Audience: Graduate
• Deliver a clear, thoughtful design with evidence showing it is desirable, feasible, and viable.
  • Audience: Graduate
• Communicate effectively, both visually and orally.
  • Audience: Graduate
• Demonstrate constructive collaboration behaviors, including creative critique, balancing independent work with group work, and knowing when to seek an outside opinion.
  • Audience: Graduate