Fall 2026

Human-centered Design and Business

HUMAN-CENTERED DESIGN AND BUSINESS teaches an iterative design thinking process for creating innovative solutions by balancing user desirability, technical feasibility, and business viability.

offering recorded2 credits
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Giustina Parisi3.7/5Esther Kang3.6/5Mariah Moneda +1 more

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.71 GPA, 85.4% A/AB (n=89 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.76 GPA, 88.5% A/AB (n=191 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.85 GPA, 95.2% A/AB (n=186 letter grades).

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Prerequisites

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DS/GENBUS 240 used by

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Professors

Fall 2026
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Raw average: 5.00/5 from 1 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.42 GPA, 70.5% A/AB (n=44 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.54 GPA, 77.3% A/AB (n=97 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.72 GPA, 91.2% A/AB (n=91 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

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About this rating

Raw average: 3.00/5 from 1 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=45 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=94 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.97 GPA, 98.9% A/AB (n=95 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

ESTHER KANG is recorded teaching in Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

GIUSTINA PARISI is recorded teaching in Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Fall 2026

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction126 / 1500
LAB 301Classroom Instruction25 / 250
LEC 002Classroom Instruction144 / 1500
LAB 402Classroom Instruction25 / 250
LAB 302Classroom Instruction22 / 250
LAB 303Classroom Instruction21 / 250
LAB 401Classroom Instruction24 / 250
LAB 404Classroom Instruction24 / 250
LAB 304Classroom Instruction19 / 250
LAB 403Classroom Instruction24 / 250
LAB 305Classroom Instruction15 / 150
LAB 306Classroom Instruction24 / 250
LAB 405Classroom Instruction23 / 250
LAB 406Classroom Instruction24 / 250
LEC 001Classroom Instruction20 / 1500
LAB 301Classroom Instruction0 / 250
LEC 002Classroom Instruction6 / 1500
LAB 401Classroom Instruction1 / 250
LAB 302Classroom Instruction3 / 250
LAB 402Classroom Instruction0 / 250
LAB 303Classroom Instruction3 / 250
LAB 304Classroom Instruction6 / 250
LAB 403Classroom Instruction1 / 250
LAB 404Classroom Instruction1 / 250
LAB 305Classroom Instruction7 / 250
LAB 306Classroom Instruction1 / 250
LAB 405Classroom Instruction2 / 250
LAB 406Classroom Instruction1 / 250

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.71 GPA, 85.4% A/AB (n=89 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.76 GPA, 88.5% A/AB (n=191 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.85 GPA, 95.2% A/AB (n=186 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Design and business perspectives
  • Project-to-market pathways
  • Complex organizational problem solving

Skills

  • Empathetic user understanding
  • Systems-based problem definition
  • Creative ideation
  • Visualization and prototyping
  • Research-based testing
  • Iterative solution development
  • Balancing desirability, feasibility, and viability

Grades

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Where this course fits relative to

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About this comparison

1283 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

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Selected offering source records
DS/GENBUS 240 · Fall 2026

Human-centered Design and Business

Recorded 2026-09-07
DS/GENBUS 240 · Fall 2026

Human-centered Design and Business

Recorded 2026-09-07
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-09-07

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Model outputs & technical records
nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
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Model & dataset provenance
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