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Design Thinking Courses

Master design thinking for creative problem-solving and innovation. Learn to empathize, ideate, prototype, and test solutions for user-centered design.


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    University of Minnesota

    Prototyping and Design

    Skills you'll gain: Prototyping, User Interface (UI) Design, Usability, Graphic and Visual Design, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Design, Interaction Design, Human Computer Interaction, Human Centered Design, Mockups, Wireframing, UI Components, Responsive Web Design, Internet Of Things

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    395 reviews

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Arizona State University

    Experimental Design Basics

    Skills you'll gain: Experimentation, Sample Size Determination, Research Design, Statistical Analysis, Statistical Methods, Data Analysis Software, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Design Strategies, Probability & Statistics, Statistical Modeling, Descriptive Statistics, Quality Control, Variance Analysis

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    305 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU)

    Strategic Organization Design

    Skills you'll gain: Organizational Structure, Organizational Strategy, Organizational Effectiveness, Organizational Change, Strategic Leadership, Business Strategy, Strategic Decision-Making, Strategic Planning, Growth Strategies, Innovation

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    306 reviews

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Scrimba

    Learn UI Design

    Skills you'll gain: Responsive Web Design, User Interface (UI) Design, Web Design, Maintainability, Typography, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Usability, User Experience Design, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Color Theory, Animations, Creativity

    4.3
    Rating, 4.3 out of 5 stars
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    8 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    University of Colorado Boulder

    Embedded Interface Design

    Skills you'll gain: User Research, Persona (User Experience), Internet Of Things, User Experience, Verification And Validation, Usability Testing, User Centered Design, Cloud Computing Architecture, API Design, User Interface (UI), Amazon Web Services, User Interface (UI) Design, Network Protocols, Human Computer Interaction, Embedded Systems, Prototyping, Embedded Software, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Usability, Software Development

    Build toward a degree

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    144 reviews

    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    Google

    Google UX Design

    Skills you'll gain: User Experience Design, UI/UX Research, Information Architecture, Storyboarding, Wireframing, User Research, User Story, Adobe XD, Usability Testing, Figma (Design Software), User Experience, Design Reviews, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Design Research, User Centered Design, Persona (User Experience), Presentations, Web Design, Research Design, Usability

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    166 reviews

    Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

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    Illinois Tech

    Relational Database Design

    Skills you'll gain: Database Design, Relational Databases, Database Theory, Data Modeling, Unified Modeling Language, Database Management, Databases, Data Integrity, Dependency Analysis, Conceptual Design, Requirements Analysis

    Build toward a degree

    3.9
    Rating, 3.9 out of 5 stars
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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    IE Business School

    Making Architecture

    Skills you'll gain: Creative Thinking, Creativity, Architectural Design, Creative Problem-Solving, Brainstorming, Design Thinking, Storytelling, Teamwork, Curiosity, Design, Collaboration, Design Strategies, Creative Design, Critical Thinking and Problem Solving, Empathy, Cultural Responsiveness

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

    Computer Aided Design

    Skills you'll gain: SolidWorks (CAD), Computer-Aided Design, Computer Graphics, 3D Modeling, Mechanical Design, Engineering Drawings, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Prototyping, Animations

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    Rating, 3.8 out of 5 stars
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    8 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    University of California San Diego

    Computational Thinking for K-12 Educators: Sequences and Loops

    Skills you'll gain: Computational Thinking, Education Software and Technology, Programming Principles, Debugging, Computer Programming, Algorithms, Development Environment, Computer Science, Brainstorming

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    25 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Scrimba

    Responsive Web Design

    Skills you'll gain: Responsive Web Design, HTML and CSS, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Web Design, Web Design and Development, Mobile Development, Front-End Web Development, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Web Development, Application Deployment, User Interface (UI) Design, UI Components, Software Engineering

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    26 reviews

    Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Coursera

    Build your business brand using Canva

    Skills you'll gain: Canva (Software), Logo Design, Branding, Brand Strategy, Graphic Design, Target Audience, Social Media Content, Marketing Materials, Social Media, Scheduling, Presentations, Content Creation, Social Media Marketing

    4.4
    Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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    84 reviews

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular design thinking courses

  • Prototyping and Design: University of Minnesota
  • Experimental Design Basics: Arizona State University
  • Strategic Organization Design: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU)
  • Learn UI Design: Scrimba
  • Embedded Interface Design: University of Colorado Boulder
  • Google UX Design: Google
  • Relational Database Design: Illinois Tech
  • Making Architecture: IE Business School
  • Computer Aided Design: Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
  • Computational Thinking for K-12 Educators: Sequences and Loops: University of California San Diego

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