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The Curriculum
​​Prepare to Excel

Design Thinking Program Curriculum

The Design Thinking Executive Program meets the same high academic standards of Pace University Lubin School of Business, with a challenging interdisciplinary curriculum designed to prepare you to analyze, create, and deliver unique customer experiences. Roll up your sleeves to solve real-world challenges and use innovative practices developed by top companies.
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Module 1

Module 2

Module 3

Introduction to ​
​Design Thinking

Designing for Empathy 

Introduction to Visualization ​

  • Define Design Thinking as an effective approach to creative problem-solving.
  • Understand howHuman-Centered Design and methodologyinfluence Design Thinking.
  • Review of practices and casestudiesof Design Thinking in the real-world.
  • Identify effective approaches and tools for research.
  • Design conversations and interviews that honor stakeholders.
  • Frame problem statements that facilitate problem-solving.
  • Align the right visualizationsto the right Design Thinking tools.
  • Learn the visualization tools that best fit specific challenges.
  • Explore the use of visualization tools in real-life scenarios.

Module 4

Module 5

Module 6

Persona and Journey
Mapping Design

Ideation in the Design
Thinking Process

Prototyping

  • Create personas that describe stakeholder characteristics.
  • Build journey maps that help define critical moments of truth.
  • Identify the right tools for success measurement in Customer Experience.
  • Develop creative processes for developing new ideas.
  • Understand mind-mapping and brainstorming approaches.
  • Learn best practices for ideation workshops. 
  • Understand low and high-fidelity prototyping.
  • Design approaches for bringing ideas to life.
  • Discuss prototyping approaches and tools.

Module 7

Module 8

Capstone Project

Validation

Design Thinking Implementation

Your Design Thinking
​Portfolio

  • Identify methods for researching and validating outcomes.
  • Evaluate recommendations for stakeholder collaboration and participation.
  • Develop considerations for design validation.
  • Develop processes for deployment and launch.
  • Explore collaboration methods with stakeholders and success partners.
  • Design plans for applying Design Thinking at your organization.
  • Completed project, from beginning to end.
  • Custom templates and practices you can employ at your organization.
  • Outcomes that are distinctive and measurable.
  • ​Continued mentoring after the program concludes.
​To learn more about the Pace University Lubin School of Business Design Thinking (DT) Program and how it helps companies and executives drive customer loyalty and profitability; schedule a call with one of our career counselors.
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Location

Pace University Lubin School of Business
Design Thinking Certificate Program
82 Nassau St. #846
New York, NY 10038

Contact Us

​Program Director 
Jodi Sporn
Email: jsporn_tmp@pace.edu

​Phone: ​(917) 336-8150
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