EDS 301: The Playful Learner: Examining Play in Cultures, Society, History, and Marketing

Goal: Students will examine types of play, reasons for play, and lessons learned through play ultimately designing a play based product to address a need for a targeted population.
Content: Play and its impact on learning, cultural rites and rituals, and society will be explored through observations, reading, listening, writing, and speaking. Targeting a population, trait, skill, or observed need will be the focus as participants ultimately offer new insights by utilizing the design thinking process to create a new product to meet a need and designing a marketing package to accompany the new creation.
Gen. Ed. Category: Synthesizing Perspectives; Diverse & Interdependent World; (SBS/PS).
Credit: 3
Degree Level: Undergraduate