2026-2027 Undergraduate Academic Catalog-UNDER REVIEW
Human Centered Design, BS
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| Center |
Creatio Center for Technology, Media and Design |
| Academic Awards |
Bachelor of Science |
| Credits Required |
122 semester credits |
| Faculty Lead |
Jenni Cyrek |
| CIP Code |
11.0105 |
Degree Requirements
Human Centered Design is a design discipline that keeps people at the center of design for products and experiences. Human Centered Design focuses on understanding the needs, motivations, and problems people experience in interacting with technology, and to serve the needs of others with creativity and insight in innovation. Through focused study of design principles and creative skills, together with interdisciplinary study in psychology, communication, and computer science, students will learn to envision, design, and lead in the creation processes for technology products such as software, web and mobile applications, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and intelligent systems, services, devices, and more. The goal of this program will be to prepare students for careers where they will design, implement, evaluate, and test interfaces which are (by design) effective, intuitive and compelling.
Graduates with a degree in Human Centered Design will be able to:
- Create solutions to complex design problems using “design thinking” methods.
- Collaborate on team projects to generate designed work
- Discover user needs to inform design requirements.
- Evaluate designs for ease of use.
- Articulate how faith informs work in the field of Design.
Specific employment opportunities for graduates with this degree include:
- Product Designer – oversees the product design process for products from end-to-end
- Product Researcher – conducts customer and market research to discover opportunities, evaluate interfaces, and ensure product-market fit
- Product Manager – plans and manages business, audience, and technology requirements for product-market fit
- User Experience Designer – designs user interfaces and experiences
- Web Designer/Developer – designs and develops web pages
- Graphic Designer – creates useful and meaningful visual designs to support a function
- Creative Arts Coordinator – produces high-quality digital, print, and environmental materials for use in church and non-profit settings.
- Media Director/Manager – coordinates production and distribution of digital content for church, non-profit, and organizational websites, social media, and digital platforms.
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