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About This Program
Note: This certificate is not currently available for admission.
Design thinking fosters innovation and helps organizations understand the needs and behaviors of their customers/users. By enrolling in the design thinking certificate program at American Public University (APU), you will develop a framework for leading effective, data-driven change to meet the needs of both an organization and its customers and users.
This online graduate design thinking certificate prepares you to create a specialized toolkit for collecting, analyzing, and explaining human needs and behaviors that are critical to organizational and product or service success.
Coursework includes both theory and application, particularly as it relates to a professional or personal challenge you wish to approach with design thinking. Research methods involving participant observation, focus groups, interviews, and surveys are explored.
What You Will Do
- Describe how design thinking fosters innovation and transformation
- Identify the role leadership plays in developing strategies and managing organizational change
- Compare different ways to collect customer/user needs and experiences
- Assess risk, cost, and benefits of data-informed solutions to organizational challenges
Program at a Glance
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Program Requirements Printable Catalog Version
Must take all courses for this section.
Course ID: 5268
Registration Dates | Course Dates | Session | Weeks |
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03/27/23 - 09/01/23 | 09/04/23 - 10/29/23 | Summer 2023 Session D | 8 Week session |
Course ID: 5346
Registration Dates | Course Dates | Session | Weeks |
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03/27/23 - 09/01/23 | 09/04/23 - 10/29/23 | Summer 2023 Session D | 8 Week session |
Course ID: 5357
Registration Dates | Course Dates | Session | Weeks |
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01/30/23 - 06/30/23 | 07/03/23 - 08/27/23 | Summer 2023 Session B | 8 Week session |
04/24/23 - 09/29/23 | 10/02/23 - 11/26/23 | Fall 2023 Session B | 8 Week session |
Course ID: 5358
Registration Dates | Course Dates | Session | Weeks |
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02/27/23 - 08/04/23 | 08/07/23 - 10/01/23 | Summer 2023 Session I | 8 Week session |
05/29/23 - 11/03/23 | 11/06/23 - 12/31/23 | Fall 2023 Session I | 8 Week session |
Course ID: 5359
Registration Dates | Course Dates | Session | Weeks |
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03/27/23 - 09/01/23 | 09/04/23 - 10/29/23 | Summer 2023 Session D | 8 Week session |
06/26/23 - 12/01/23 | 12/04/23 - 01/28/24 | Fall 2023 Session D | 8 Week session |
Admission Requirements
- All APU master's degree/graduate certificate programs require a bachelor’s degree (or higher) from an institution whose accreditation is recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA®).
- Please read all graduate admission requirements before applying to this program and be prepared to submit the required documentation.
- There is no fee to complete the APU admission application. View steps to apply.
CHEA® is a registered trademark of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.
Materials Cost
Technology fee: $85 per course | $0 for active-duty military, National Guard members, and Reservists.
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*Cost Per Credit Hour
U.S. active-duty servicemembers, National Guard members, Reservists, and military families, including parents, spouses, legal partners, siblings, and dependents, receive a tuition grant that caps undergraduate, master's degree, and graduate certificate tuition at $250/credit hour.
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