Thesis Title and Pre-Outline...Work in Progress

Design Thinking: Its Value, Use and Need in Undergraduate Education

1. Compare where Undergraduate Design Education is now with where it has been.
2. The purpose of Design Education and Design Thinking in the 20th century.
3. What Design Education will be in the future and why?
4. Why there is a growing need for Design Thinking now?


Notes:
• The History of Design Education
• The Influence of Bauhaus on Design Education
• The State of Design Education today
• Compare different Undergraduate Design Programs
• The Commoditization of Formal Design
• The Future of Design Education
• The role of Design Thinking in Undergraduate Education
• John Maeda's views on Design Education