Ux100 Oc

**Date**:Jan 30, 2023

**Location**: Brantford, CA

**Company**:Wilfrid Laurier University

**Faculty/Academic Area**: Faculty of Liberal Arts

**Department**: User Experience Design

**Campus**: Brantford

**Employee Group**: WLUFA

**Requisition ID**:5336

**Position Title**: UX100 OC1 - Design Thinking I: Foundations

**Faculty/Academic Area**: Faculty of Liberal Arts

**Department**:User Experience Design

**Term**: Spring 2023 (May 1 - August 31)

**Days/Times**:(ONLINE)**

**Additional Course Requirements**: None

**Posted on**: January 30, 2023

**Posting ends**: February 15, 2023

**Anticipated Class Size**:120

**Position Summary**:
This course is an introduction to the theories and methods that underpin design thinking and practice. UX100 introduces the design process, visual analysis, design theory, universal design, and the socio-cultural implications of design. Students investigate the interactions between humans and their natural, social, and designed environments where purposeful design helps determine the quality of those interactions. Students will learn how design outcomes, whether successes or failures, shape and are shaped by socio/cultural and historical factors. Students of design thinking will learn to critically assess the processes, outcomes and effects of design engagement. During the course, students will have opportunities to test and explore the concepts of design thinking through small-group, hands-on participation in design projects.

**Qualifications - Required**: Master's Degree

**Qualifications - Other**:

- PhD Preferred
- Experience teaching or providing training in any of the following: Design Thinking, Design Sprints, User-Centered Design
- Two or more years’ professional experience in UX, Design Thinking, or User-Centered Design
- Two or more years’ experience teaching at the college or university level

**Salary**: $5,236.00 **(Stipend)**

**Application Deadline**: January 31, 2023

**Submit with Application**:
Required for All Applicants
- CV (required)

Required for External Applicants
- Names and Contact Information for Referees
- Evidence of Good Teaching

Optional
- Cover Letter
- Teaching Dossier
- Sample Course Outline (2-pages maximum)

**Address Applications to**:
Dr. Abby Goodrum

c/o Ruth Vigon

**To Apply**:
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