IDEA258A

Special Topics in Innovation; Becoming a Design Thinker: Mindsets and Tools for Innovation

This introductory course allows students to try on the behaviors of a creative problem-solver, leveraging the methods and tools of design thinking, a human-centered innovation process. This is a highly experiential, often experimental course. All majors are encouraged to enroll. For more details about the course, visit

Sister Courses: IDEA258C, IDEA258D, IDEA258F, IDEA258U, IDEA258Z

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During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 3.67 between 669 students*

IDEA258A Grade Distribution+-051015202530354045505560657075808590% of studentsABCDFWother
A-: 19.28%
A: 20.33%
A+: 47.68%
B-: 1.35%
B: 2.54%
B+: 1.94%
C-: 0.75%
C: 0.9%
C+: 0.15%
D-: 0.3%
D+: 0.15%
F: 0.9%
W: 3.29%
other: 0.45%
* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.