DESIGN THINKING
USER SCENARIOS
PROTOTYPING
PRODUCT DESIGN ESSENTIALS cOURSE
ONLINE CERTIFICATE COURSE FROM #1 RANKED PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN
Parsons faculty, together with design experts from leading organizations, help you build knowledge and skills, explore key trends shaping the future of product design, and gain an understanding of how design, manufacturing, and marketing components work together within the product creation process.
GAIN EXPERTISE IN KEY AREAS INCLUDING:
Instructors and industry experts
Alicia Tam Wei
Parsons Faculty
Mark Prommel
Partner & Design Lead, Pensa
John Michael Ekeblad
Parsons Faculty 
Scott Henderson
Founder, Scott Henderson Inc.
Emily Rothschild
Parsons Faculty 
Robert Kirkbride
Parsons Faculty 
Stephanie Mantis
Creative Director; Parsons Faculty 
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Build Expertise
Learn from leading academic and business experts with on-demand video lessons, and develop real-world skills through self-paced projects and assignments.
Gain insight
Gain practical understanding through real-world case studies and examples, and get first-hand tips and advice on how to achieve your career goals from the biggest names in the business.
set yourself apart
Earn a Certificate of Completion from the world-renowned Parsons, the #1 ranked art and design school in the US, to add to your profile and help you stand out from the crowd.
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curriculum
The product design essentials program includes 5 online course modules, and related skill-building activities. Each module is 3-5 hours, and is broken into several shorter lessons that students complete at their own pace. Students earn a non-credit certificate of completion from Parsons.
Project Foundations
Learn to ask the right questions to understand the user, market, production options; to establish user needs, goals and criteria; and to anticipate risks and roadblocks.
Learn to ask the right questions to understand the user, market, production options; to establish user needs, goals and criteria; and to anticipate risks and roadblocks.
Beginning the Design
Learn how to take research and raw ideas to generate a wide spectrum of ideas and create a broad field of options for testing and ultimately selection.
Learn how to take research and raw ideas to generate a wide spectrum of ideas and create a broad field of options for testing and ultimately selection.
Focus and Test the Design
Explore how to perfect the design, define form and dimensions, choose materials, resolve production obstacles. generate a digital 3D model, and create a functional prototype.
Explore how to perfect the design, define form and dimensions, choose materials, resolve production obstacles. generate a digital 3D model, and create a functional prototype.
Final Product and Manufacturing
Learn about finalizing the product specs and how creating precise documentation plays a crucial role in fabrication, costing, product development, marketing, and sales.
Results and Review
Examine how news organizations use social media to find story ideas, contact sources, gather news, and get their stories to the public while adhering to journalism’s core values and ethics. Students will also learn how to cultivate a professional social media brand and participate ethically in online communities.
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