Open to all undergraduate students on-campus and through CSU Online, the Certificate in Design Thinking will improve not only the way students learn and find solutions to problems in their current coursework, but will also help make students more employable with sought-after marketable skills. Students will gain an awareness of the impact of design thinking and its application – regardless of discipline, profession, or major.
This Certificate is in development to be awarded as a “standalone” and awarded as a sub baccalaureate certificate, with potential to be offered this way starting in Spring 2025.
Pick 12 hours from: IDEA 210, IDEA 310A, IDEA 310B, IDEA 310D, IDEA 310E, IDEA 310F, IDEA 310G, IDEA 310H/CS 310H, IDEA 310I, IDEA 310J, IDEA 310K, IDEA 310L, IDEA 310M, IDEA 310N, IDEA 320B, IDEA 320E, IDEA 320F, IDEA 320I, IDEA 424/MGT 424, IDEA 450, IDEA 455/MGT 455 – 400 capstone courses will now be electives (a change).
Credential As You Go has acquired three phases of funding to date. Lumina Foundation funded Phase I, resulting in the Incremental Credential Framework for testing. The Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education funds Phase II (Grant R305T210063), which focuses on rapid prototyping of and research on incremental credentials with a national campaign. An anonymous private donor fund at the Program on Skills, Credentials & Workforce Policy at George Washington University funds the development of the prototype Learn and Work Ecosystem Library. Walmart funds Phase III, which focuses on systems change for expansion and sustainability of incremental credentials. The opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not represent views of Lumina Foundation, Institute of Education Sciences, the U.S. Department of Education, Walmart, or George Washington University.
