Courses at The Center for Integrated Design
At the Center for Integrated Design, we're focused on teaching universal human-centered design methodologies, also known as Design Thinking. This coursework does not focus on the technical design skills that you would learn if pursuing a degree through the Department of Design. We focus on the mindsets, attitudes, and foundational design skills that teach you how to be creative in your approach to solving problems and generating ideas for current studies and future work. You will learn how to integrate design into anything you’re doing, whether studying theater or physics, engineering, business or Japanese.
Guided by expert design faculty and professional working designers, our courses will help you develop both the creative and critical thinking skills essential to imagine new futures for your chosen career path and in your own life. We offer experimental and adaptable courses that change each semester to meet the emerging demands of the world around us.
Spring 2025 Courses
Full Semester
ITD 102: Sketchng for Thinking/Comm-WB
Mode: Online
Schedule: M 5:00-6:00pm
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: Joe Meersman
Discussion of sketching as the fastest way to convey ideas, both in an ideation session or taking notes in a meeting. Explores the basic elements of sketching to visualize concepts and quickly bring alignment to any team.
ITD 102: Sketchng for Thinking/Comm-WB
Mode: Online
Schedule: W 5:00-6:00pm
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: Joe Meersman
Discussion of sketching as the fastest way to convey ideas, both in an ideation session or taking notes in a meeting. Explores the basic elements of sketching to visualize concepts and quickly bring alignment to any team.
ITD 150: How to See Like a Designer
Mode: In-Person
Room: ART 1.406
Schedule: M 5:00-8:00pm
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: Jon Freach
Analyze photography and infers meaning from it. Combine interviews with photography to generate data for storytelling purposes.
ITD 150: Intro to Technology Product Development
Mode: Online
Room: EER 1.504
Schedule: T 5:00-6:30PM
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: Scott Evans
Explores multi-disciplinary product design using developed professional practices.
ITD 301D: Intro to Design Thinking
Mode: In-Person
Room: AHG 1.310
Schedule: T 2:00-5:00pm
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: DiMitri Higginbotham
Introduces design thinking and design methods, with a focus on design process.
ITD 301D: Intro to Design Thinking
Mode: In-Person
Room: AHG 1.310
Schedule: T 5:00-8:00pm
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: Myan Aljets
Introduces design thinking and design methods, with a focus on design process.
ITD 301D: Intro to Design Thinking
Mode: In-Person
Room: AHG 1.308
Schedule: W 5:00-8:00pm
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: Jacob Rader
Introduces design thinking and design methods, with a focus on design process.
ITD 301D: Intro to Design Thinking-WB
Mode: Online
Schedule: T 2:00-5:00pm
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: Ana Rios
Introduces design thinking and design methods, with a focus on design process.
ITD 350: Idea to Product
Mode: In-Person
Room: EER 1.504
Schedule: TTH 3:30-5:00PM
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: Scott Evans
Explores multi-disciplinary product design using developed professional practices.
ITD 370: Advanced Design Thinking Studio
Mode: In-Person
Room: ART 3.218
Schedule: TTH 6:00-9:00pm
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: Farzana Sedillo
Solve real-world design problems in an industry setting, working in multidisciplinary teams. Off campus T at IBM on campus in ART.
ITD 375: Capstone in Integrated Design
Mode: In-Person
Room: ART 1.204
Schedule: MW 11:00am-2:00pm
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: DiMitri Higginbotham
Multidisciplinary groups of students research an integrated design problem and propose and prototype an appropriate solution, guided by feedback from supervising instructor(s).
First Session
ITD 101: Intro to Integrated Design
Mode: In-Person
Room: AHG 1.308
Schedule: M 2:00-5:00pm
Session: First
Instructor: Gray Garmon
Introduction to the concepts, mindsets, and methods of design thinking as a fundamental skill for all disciplines.
ITD 106: Presentation/Improvisation Skills in Design
Mode: In-Person
Room: AHG 1.310
Schedule: M 5:00-8:00pm
Session: First
Instructor: Scott Keoni Shigeoka
Focus on presentation skills and improvisational/impromptu speaking skills in meetings.
ITD 110T: Harm by Design
Mode: In-Person
Room: AHG 1.310
Schedule: MW 9:30-11:00am
Session: First
Instructor: Libby Riddell
This course will explore the harm design can do through current and historical examples, ranging from methods, architecture, graphic design, and technology. Students will be asked to question their responsibility as designers, practitioners, and industry members when it comes to the ethics of projects.
ITD 150: Designing a Life of Purpose
Mode: In-Person
Room: DFA 4.106
Schedule: M 6:00-9:00pm
Session: First
Instructor: Durell Coleman
5-week course for undergraduate and graduate students, designed to help participants navigate the pivotal decisions of college majors, careers, and social impact. Through an introduction to Design Thinking, students gain problem-solving skills applicable in personal and professional spheres. They will also explore their position in the world, aligning it with their mission and addressing ethical dimensions to drive positive change. This course is a compass for self-discovery and purpose, offering students the tools to chart a fulfilling life path.
ITD 150: Designing a Life of Purpose
Mode: In-Person
Room: DFA 4.106
Schedule: TH 6:00-9:00pm
Session: First
Instructor: Durell Coleman
5-week course for undergraduate and graduate students, designed to help participants navigate the pivotal decisions of college majors, careers, and social impact. Through an introduction to Design Thinking, students gain problem-solving skills applicable in personal and professional spheres. They will also explore their position in the world, aligning it with their mission and addressing ethical dimensions to drive positive change. This course is a compass for self-discovery and purpose, offering students the tools to chart a fulfilling life path.
ITD 150T: Designing Creative Confidence
Mode: In-Person
Room: AHG 1.310
Schedule: TH 2:00-5:00pm
Session: First
Instructor: Sarita Soldz
Learn principles and practices to cultivate confidence in design thinking and innovation including: how to get out of a judgmental mindset, embrace failure, and the value of trying something new.
ITD 150: Digital Prototyping - WB
Mode: Online
Schedule: T 5:00-8:00pm
Session: First
Instructor: Joe Meersman
Explore the different ways to create digital prototypes and the various tools available to make and share a digital prototype.
Second Session
ITD 111: Design/Artificial Intelligence
Mode: In-Person
Room: AHG 1.308
Schedule: TH 5:00-8:00pm
Session: Second
Instructor: Hollie Gardner
Introduction to exploring design as a problem-solving tool for real-world scenarios posed from artificial intelligence and robotics.
ITD 150: Co-Designing Peace
Mode: In-Person
Room: AHG 1.308
Schedule: M 2:00-5:00pm
Session: Second
Instructor: Gray Garmon
Introduction to the concepts, mindsets, and methods of design thinking as a fundamental skill for all disciplines.
ITD 150: Design for Human Connection
Mode: In-Person
Room: AHG 1.310
Schedule: W 2:00-5:00pm
Session: Second
Instructor: Julia Winston
Students will learn theories, skills, and actionable practices to more deeply understand and engage themselves and others around ideas that unite humanity.
ITD 150: Prototyping Products
Mode: In-Person
Room: AHG 1.310
Schedule: W 5:00-8:00pm
Session: Second
Instructor: Matt Cardinal
Learn how to approach physical prototyping to spark discussion and advance ideas.
ITD 150T: Think by Making: Intro to Digital Product Design
Mode: Online
Schedule: W 4:00-7:00pm
Session: Second
Instructor: Kathryn Marinaro
This hands-on course introduces digital product design, teaching foundational skills through a "Think by Making" approach that covers the complete design process. Students will learn essential tools and mental models for creating successful digital products, applying them in weekly activities and a collaborative group project. Held at a professional design studio in Austin, Texas, the course provides real-world insights from working designers and equips students with the confidence and skills to begin their journey in digital product design.
The courses below are cross-listed with the Department of Design for the Spring 2025 semester.
ITD 330T: Play Design Lab
Mode: Online
Room: ART 3.218
Schedule: W 11:00-2:00pm
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: Keila Perez
In this course, we explore the emerging field of play–design and its potential to create better conditions in our rapidly changing societies. It will examine how play can contribute to the development of social and creative processes exploring boundary lines of a practice in designing for play and designing through play. Through studio sessions, participants will gain a deeper understanding of play design theory as well as embodied experiences of play to inform design choices in their projects. We will experiment with various playful qualities, such as imagination, exploration, storytelling, risk-taking, humor, joy, and pleasure, among others.
ITD 330T: Space Matters
Mode: In-Person
Room: ART 1.202
Schedule: T 2:00-5:00pm
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: Tamie Glass
Explore how people and interior environments influence one another, impacting behavior, experience, and wellbeing today and in the future.
ITD 330T: Civic Service Design
Mode: In-Person
Room: ART 1.406
Schedule: M 2:00-5:00pm
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: Jon Freach
We also partner with the Bridging Disciplines Program in the School of Undergraduate Studies to offer a BDP Certificate in Design Strategies. The curriculum to attain the certificate engages students in a design process that includes research and insights; creative problem solving; prototyping and testing; and implementation and presentation — all while learning to apply a critical lens to the social context within which design takes place.