The Design Thinking & Social Entrepreneurship Certificate Program, designed by education and business leaders, is an employability credential that serves as a seal of college and career readiness. In this certificate program, students will master a robust, human-centered approach to designing and improving products, experiences, and systems at any scale. Informed by testing and analysis, students will learn to iterate on and refine their prototype using design thinking methodology to ultimately generate a rigorous, viable solution to any challenge.

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In the Design Thinking & Social Entrepreneurship Certificate Program, high school students will leverage design thinking to create a constant interplay of intuitive and data-driven decision-making and put their ideas into action by solving real-world problems with other students under the guidance of business professionals. Students will build on methods from across the field of design to create learning experiences that help them to unlock their creative potential and apply it to the world. This intensive, 8-month-long, hybrid program is the ultimate hands-on experience for any high-schooler looking to explore their diverse professional interests and develop the skills to succeed in a wide variety of careers.

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STUDENTS WILL:

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Key Events:

• Learn from guest speakers and hands-on workshops

• Collaborate in groups and work with students from around the world

• Conduct fieldwork to collect information

• Re-frame problems, and find patterns in information.

• Embrace diverse viewpoints,

• Test new ideas with others

• Understand stakeholders in order to define the product or service’s features

• Observe and learn from unfamiliar contexts

• Prepare for college and beyond