Students in this course partnered with worker-owned cooperatives to develop innovative strategies for social transformation. (Image courtesy of Alyce Santoro on flickr. License CC BY-NC-SA.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Sasha Costanza-Chock
Evan Henshaw-Plath
MIT Course Number
CMS.362 / CMS.862
As Taught In
Spring 2016
Level
Undergraduate / Graduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
This course is a service-learning, project-based studio course that focuses on collaborative design of civic media. Students will work in diverse teams with community partners to create civic media projects grounded in real-world community needs. This course covers co-design and lean UX methods, and best practices for including communities in iterative stages of project ideation, design, prototyping, testing, launch, and stewardship. Students should have an interest in collaboration with community-based organizations.