Community-engaged Interdisciplinary Methods I. 3 credits

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This course sequence is designed to provide graduate students with a firm foundation in applying interdisciplinary design thinking to develop creative solutions to real world challenges with the objective of creating actionable knowledge in a community. In close collaboration with community partners, students will receive hands-on training to define problems, understand the challenges associated with data in the real world, collaborate on multidisciplinary teams, communicate with diverse audiences, integrate multiple perspectives including disciplinary knowledge, lived experiences, and community insights, and apply multidisciplinary methods to create actionable knowledge. In the first course, multidisciplinary teams will immerse themselves in community settings to identify and articulate a problem with participation of community stakeholders, and design a proposed solution. Offered by Provost's Office . May not be repeated for credit.