<span id="docs-internal-guid-e97786d0-62ee-269a-89d9-c70e0ceead0a"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The course can be developed as a full semester credit/uncredited course or it could be expressed as a course of a shorter length. This entirely depends on the time available and student interest. Make sure that the course is a blend of short theoretical lectures and practical hands-on sessions. Start slow and gradually increase the pace of the course as students get a hold of the subject.</span></span>
= Class Structure =
[[File:Design Thinking Course sample classroom.png|thumbnail|Typical Design Thinking classroom classrooms are similar to the shown room at Georgia Tech ]]
<span id="docs-internal-guid-0ad06740-62fd-9539-c718-074da5dd64e3"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The class structure can expand to topics of one introductory course for all majors to help first year students decide a major based on their interests in this design thinking class.</span></span>
= Grading System =
<span id="docs-internal-guid-e97786d0-62ee-b941-7410-adb18f7876f5"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Depending on whether it would be a credited or uncredited course, adjustments to the grading system can be made. While grades do play a key role in the academic setting, make sure that students do not get obsessed with the grading of this course. Participation must be rewarded by having a certain weightage in the grade. Some of the recommended grading points can be</span></span>