KCOE 4275 - Exploring innovative concepts: Explore, Create, Make, Share

This course offers a hands-on overview of design thinking methods structured in four steps, equipping students with a concrete methodology to shape relevant innovative concepts.

Drawing on both innovation theory and a curated set of tools and methods, including AI-powered ones, students will develop a deeper understanding of how such frameworks can be employed in practice. They will also have the opportunity to experience them firsthand, while critically assessing their scope and limitations.

The course is deliberately operational: all projects are designed to be showcased in job interviews. Most work is done collectively during in-class workshops, keeping out-of-class workload to a minimum.

Course taught in English Language, at least a C1 level is necessary to register for this course.

12 x 2h00.

Hands-on course combining tools and methods, including AI, to produce operational outputs.

• Individual exam (2-hour handwritten essay applying innovation theories to a real-world current case): 35%
• Group work and oral presentation at the end of the semester 45%
• Individual presentation (2 students per week): spot an innovator and tell his story / theory: 20%