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106Design Thinking and Communication
Please see Northwestern's Course Catalog (CAESAR) for all DTC-1 class times, instructors, and locations.
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208Design Thinking and Doing
Sec 1: Tues/Thurs, 11am-12:20pm, Ford Studio 3, Sabrina Katz & Michael Saubert; Sec 2: Tues/Thurs, 5-6:20 pm, Ford Studio 3, Alexis Schilf & Hemant Jha

Mon/Wed, 9:30-10:50am, Ford Studio 3, Alyssa Rizzolo & Maggie Peng

Sec 1: Tues/Thurs 9:30-10:50am Sabrina Katz & John Anderson, Ford Studio 3, Sec 2: Tues/Thurs 5-6:20pm, Kelly Costello & Lexi Schilf, Ford Studio 3,
220Design Sketching I (1/2 Unit)
Wednesday, 9:30-10:50am; Hive Annex, Ford 2.340
Sabrina Katz
Wednesday, 9:30am -10:50 pm, Ford Hive 2.350
Sabrina Katz
Wednesday, 9:30-10:50am, Ford Design Studio, Ford 1.230
Sabrina Katz
230Machining Basics (1/2 unit)
Tuesday, 9am-12pm 5wk1, Ford Prototyping Lab
Bob Taglia


240Solid Modeling (1/2 Unit)
Thursday, 2-4:50 pm; 5wk1 or 5wk2 ; Tech MG47
John Hartman
Thursday, 2-4:50 pm; 5wk1; Tech MG 47
John Hartman
Thursday, 2-4:50 pm; 5wk1; Tech MG 47
John Hartman
241Wireframing and App Design Basics (1/2 unit)


5wk1 Wednesday, 5-7:50 pm , Ford Design Studio 3, Ford 3.210
Arvin Dang
243Visual Thinking for Design (1/2 unit)
Tuesday, 2-4:50 pm; 5wk1; Ford Design Studio 3, 3.210
John Hartman


297Smart Electronics in Design (1/2 unit)
Tues/Thurs, 9:30-10:50am, 5wk1, Ford Mechatronics Lab, B.100
Nick Marchuk

Tuesday and Thursday 3:30-4:50 pm, 5wk1, Ford Mechatronics Lab, B.100
Nick Marchuk
297TIG Welding (1/2 unit)


Wednesday's 9-11:50am, 5wk1, Ford Prototyping Lab
Heidi Huckabay
300Designing Your Life (Also PRDV 300)

For specific dates and times of each section, refer to the PRDV/DSGN 300 Listings on the Northwestern Personal Development StudioLab Course Listing Page

For specific dates and times of each section, refer to the PRDV/DSGN 300 Listings on the Northwestern Personal Development StudioLab Course Listing Page

For specific dates and times of each section, refer to the PRDV/DSGN 300 Listings on the Northwestern Personal Development StudioLab Course Listing Page
306User Experience Design


Monday, 6-9pm, Ford Hive 2.350, Jason Kunesh
308Human-Centered Product Design
Monday, 6-8:50pm; Ford G.201/G.205
Dan Brown
Tues/Thurs 11am-12:20pm; Ford Studio 3, 3.210
Alex Birdwell
Monday, 2-4:50pm, Ford G.201/G.205
David Gatchell
315Design, Technology, and Research
Friday's 12-2:50pm; The Garage Classroom
Haoqi Zhang
Friday's 12-2:50pm; The Garage Classroom
Haoqi Zhang
Friday's 12-2:50pm; The Garage Classroom
Haoqi Zhang
320Introduction to Industrial Design Methods

Mon/Wed, 9:30-10:50am, Hive Annex, Ford 2.340
Greg Holderfield
Tues/Thurs, 9:30-10:50 am , Hive Annex, Ford 2.340
Greg Holderfield
321Advanced Solid Modeling (1/2 unit)

Thursday 2-4:50 pm, 5wk2; Tech MG47
John Hartman
Thursday 2-4:50pm, 5wk2; Tech MG47
John Hartman
322Rendering (1/2 unit)

Tues/Thurs, 12:30-1:50pm, 5wk2, Tech MG47
John Hartman
Tues/Thurs, 12:30-1:50pm, 5wk2, Tech MG47
John Hartman
340 440Performance and Technology


Mon/Wed, 11-12:20pm, Slippage Lab, Louis Hall
Thomas DeFrantz
345Computer-Aided Manufacturing (1/2 unit)
Wednesday, 3-6pm. 5wk2; Tech MG47
Michael Beltran

Wednesday, 3-6pm. 5wk2; Tech MG47
Michael Beltran
348Advanced Topics: Rapid Prototyping (1/2 unit)
Wednesday, 3-6pm, 5wk1; Ford SB310
Michael Beltran

Wednesday 3-6 pm, 5wk1; Ford SB310
Michael Beltran
350Intellectual Property and Innovation


Wed, 3:00-6:00pm, Ford ITW 1.350
Dan Brown
370Portfolio Development and Presentation
Mon/Wed, 4:30-5:50pm, Hive Annex, Ford 2.340
Andrew Skwish
Sec 1 Mon/Wed, 5-6:20pm, Ford Design Studio 1.230, Andrew Skwish; Sec 2 Mon/Wed 2-3:20pm, Ford Design Studio 1.230, John Anderson & Andrew Skwish
Mon/Wed, 5-6:20pm, Ford Hive Annex 2.340
Andrew Skwish
376Leonardo, Geometry, and the Art of Manufacturing

Friday, 10am-12:50pm, Ford Design Studio 3, 3.210
David Gatchell & Matthew Cummins

380-1Industrial Design Projects I

Tuesday 2-4:50pm Ford Design Studio 3, 3.210
John Hartman

380-2Industrial Design Projects II


Tuesday 2-4:50 pm, Ford Design Studio, Ford 1.230
John Hartman
381Digital Product Development (2 units)
Tues/Thurs, 3-5:50pm, Hive Annex, Ford 2.340
Bridget McMullan and Stacey Wolcott


382-1Service Design Studio I
Tues/Thurs, 9:00am-12:00 pm; Ford Hive Annex, 2.340
Amy O'Keefe


382-2Service Design Studio II

Tues/Thurs,12:30-1:50pm; Hive Annex, 2.340
Amy O'Keefe

384-1Interdisciplinary Product Design I
Tues/Thurs 3:30-5:20pm, Ford g.205
John Anderson and Stacy Benjamin


384-2Interdisciplinary Product Design II

Monday, 9am-12pm, G.205
John Anderson and Stacy Benjamin

386Manufacturing Engineering Design


Tues/Thurs, 3:30-4:50pm, Ford Hive, Ford 2.350
Daniel Brown
388MaDE Capstone Sequence
Tues/Thurs, 4:30-5:50pm, Ford Hive 2.350
Dan Brown and David Gatchell
Mondays, 9am-12pm, Ford Design Studio 1, 1.230
Dan Brown and David Gatchell
Mondays 9am-12pm, Ford Hive Annex, 2.3400
Dan Brown and David Gatchell
395 495Designing with AI
Graduate Students only; Wednesday 2-5pm, Ford Hive 2.350
Liz Gerber
Undergraduate Students only, Wednesday 2-4:50pm, Ford Hive Annex 2.340
Liz Gerber

395Design Objects / Furniture Design

Wednesday, 2-5pm, Ford Design Studio 3
Hemant Jha

401-1Human-Centered Design Studio 1, Product Design
Wednesday, 1:00pm - 4:00pm, Hive Annex
Jim Wicks and Helen Von den Steinen


401-2Human-Centered Design Studio 2, Interaction Design

Mondays 1:00pm - 3:00pm and Thursdays 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Tom Quish & Jesse Wilbur

401-3Human-Centered Design Studio 3, Service Design

Wednesdays, 9:00am-12:00pm, Ford Design Studio 1
Amy O'Keefe and Dan Butt

410Design Research
Monday, 1:00pm - 4:00pm in the Hive Annex
Jim Wicks and Helen Von den Steinen


420Design Communications: Visual Design and Storytelling
Friday, 9:00am-12:00pm; Ford Design Studio 1
Tran Ha and Amy O'Keefe


434Ethics and Identity in Design
Monday, 6:00pm - 9:00pm
George Aye


425Digital Design and Development
1st 5 weeks, 1st year MMM Section: Tuesdays 2:00-5:00PM; ITW Classroom
Benjamin Block and Jeffrey Cohen


426Whole-brain Communication (1/2 unit)
1st 5 weeks of the quarter, 1st year MMM, Sec 1:Wednesday 8:30-11:30AM, OR, Sec 2: Wednesday, 1:30-4:30PM; Ford Design Studio 1 Classroom
Steve Franconeri


430Product Management


Friday, 12:30 - 3:30pm
Birju Shah
430Product Management for Technology Companies: An Entrepreneurial Perspective



450Differentiation by Design

Fridays 9:00am-12:00pm
Daniel Brown

455Design Strategy
Tuesday and Thursday 12:30-2:00pm in the Ford Hive Annex 2.340
Greg Holderfield


460Appropriability by DesignMondays, 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM and Wednesdays 7/9 & 8/6 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
James Conley



465Master Series: Growth Innovation


Thursdays 6:30pm-9:30pm, 1st 5 weeks of the quarter in the Hive, Ford room 2.350
Baiju Shah
470Curiosity Understanding Empathy
Sec 1: 1st 5 weeks : Mon/Thurs, 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM, OR Sec 2: 1st 5 weeks : Mon/Thurs, 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM; Ford Design Studio 1 (Room 1.230)
Gina Fong


474Brand and Design Leadership


Mondays, 6:00-9:00pm
Rick Hoobler April 1, 7, 14, 28 and Ron Clark April 21, May 5, 12, 19, June 2
475Mindful Product Management: How to Discover, Design, and Scale Human-Centered Products, Services, and Experiences
Mondays 6:30-9:30pm; Kellogg Global Hub Room L130
Mike Edmonds


480Business Innovation Lab

There are no specific days/times scheduled for this class. Meeting times are determined by students in the team, the faculty lead, and project sponsor within the company.
Spring BIL is for students who are studying abroad in the Winter Quarter or taking SF Immersion
485 Master Series: Innovation Strategy

Thursdays 6:30-9:30pm, 1st 5 weeks of the quarter in the Hive, Ford room 2.350
Dan Kraemer

490Research - Design - Build
Section 1 meets Monday 6:30-9:30pm; Section 2 meets Tuesday 6:30-9:30pm (Ford Design Studio 1.230)
Greg Holderfield & Martha Cotton


495-1Design Sprints


TBD
TBD
495-2Design For Local News


Thursdays, 9:00am-11:50am, Fisk Hall 111
Zach Wise
495-0-43Designing Product Interactions


Wednesday, 9:00am-12:00pm in the Hive Annex, Ford 2.340
Craig Sampson & Nick Marchuk
495-38ID for Design Innovators

Thursdays, 9:00am - 12:00pm; Hive Annex, rm 2.340
Mike Saubert

499EDI Thesis
and Winter :: Thursdays 9:00am-12:00pm in the Ford Design Studio, Ford 1.230
Jim Wicks, Amy Schwartz