Topics in Informatics: Applied Research with Community-Based Organizations [for non-majors]

Project-based learning course in which students will apply a combination of human-centered user design, research, and evaluation methods (design thinking, scientific, sociological, historical, computational) to identify and explore a design or research question of community impact. Students will first learn about human-centered user design, research, and evaluation from a team of faculty and community-based nonprofit leaders, then work in small groups to apply their knowledge.