2024/25 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

DESN1245 Creative Thinking

20 creditsClass Size: 80

Module manager: Catherine Stones
Email: c.m.stones@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable

Year running 2024/25

Module replaces

Creative Thinking (Sem 2)

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Module summary

This module explores the subject of ‘creativity’ both from a theoretical and practical perspective. In this module students will learn how creativity is examined within the disciplines of both Psychology (what is creativity and can it be defined/measured?) and Design (what design processes can foster creativity?). Students will learn and practice a range of creative thinking techniques, individually and in teams. They will also examine how creative practitioners from a range of disciplines talk about their own personal creativity. In interactive workshops a range of theories and principles are introduced and examined. Students work individually and in groups using in-class ideation exercises or short research projects to devise and evaluate processes and solutions for a range of design challenges

Objectives

This module has three key objectives. Students will learn how creativity is defined and examine principles of creative thinking both from theoretical texts and testimonies of creative practitioners. Students will practice a range of creative techniques to improve their own design process. Students will also learn how to evaluate their own and others’ creative processes. The workshop structure of the module facilitates active learning through a series of interactive tasks framed within the context of a specific technique, principle or skill.

Learning outcomes
On completion of this module, students will have provided evidence of being able to:
1. Apply varied creative thinking techniques
2. Evaluate creative outcomes and processes through application of theory
3. Reflect on creative thinking processes in relation to their future practice.

Skills Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following skills learning outcomes:
4. Apply effective communication skills as they evaluate key processes of creative thinking.
5. Generate a range of solutions to a design challenge.

Syllabus

Details of the syllabus will be provided on the Minerva organisation (or equivalent) for the module

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Seminar	11	2.00	22.00
Independent online learning hours			78.00
Private study hours			100.00
Total Contact hours			22.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			200.00

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Students will receive formative feedback on their portfolio within a group crit. This will take place once during the semester. There will be additional opportunities throughout the workshops for optional verbal feedback.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Portfolio	Portfolio	100.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 13/05/2024 12:31:27

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