Date: Jul 23, 2025
Location: Brantford, CA
Company: Wilfrid Laurier University
Faculty/Academic Area: Faculty of Liberal Arts
Department: User Experience Design
Campus: Brantford
Employee Group: WLUFA
Requisition ID: 10133
Position Title: UX100 VS3 – Design Thinking I: Foundations
Term: Fall 2025 (Sept. 1 - Dec. 31)
Days/Times: Wednesday, 4:00PM - 6:50PM
Hours per week/Hours Total: 3 per week/36 total
Type of Course: Virtual Synchronous
Anticipated Class Size: 100
Additional Course Requirements: None
Posted on: July 23, 2025
Posting ends: July 30, 2025

POSITION SUMMARY:

This course is an introduction to the theories and methods that underpin design thinking and practice. UX100 introduces the design process, visual analysis, design theories, universal design, and the socio-cultural implications of design. Students investigate the interactions between humans and their natural, social, and designed environments where purposeful design helps determine the quality of those interactions. Students will learn how design outcomes, whether successes or failures, shape and are shaped by socio/cultural and historical factors. Students of design thinking will learn to critically assess the processes, outcomes and effects of design engagement. During the course, students will have opportunities to test and explore the concepts of design thinking through small-group, hands-on participation in design projects.
Qualifications – Required: Master’s Degree

QUALIFICATIONS – OTHER:

• PhD Preferred
• Experience teaching or providing training in any of the following: Design Thinking, Design Sprints, User-Centered Design
• Two or more years’ professional experience in UX, Design Thinking, or User-Centered Design
• Two or more years’ experience teaching at the college or university level
  Salary: $9,206.40 subject to CA 25.2
  Application Deadline: July 30, 2025

Please refer the Job description for details