Lincoln High School – New! Human Centered Design 1: Media Arts

Mar 2026 · 2nd Semester

This is the Media Arts option of the Human Centered Design 1 (HCD 1) courses, where students learn how to create a variety of media to convey ideas and stories. Students learn how to use software for graphic design, video editing and interactive media design (Adobe Creative Suite, Express, Premiere). Projects teach critical thinking and planning, conceiving, developing, and refining ideas. Focus on skills for collaboration and tools, technical understanding of hardware and software, file types and management, and production. This course will prepare students to use the design thinking process to create solutions for critical needs in everyday life. Equity, empathy, and sustainability in design solutions will be prioritized, along with an emphasis on revising, refining, and reflecting. The project-based learning environment will create a foundation for students to expand on necessary supporting skills to be successful in subsequent project-based courses at Lincoln and for annual exhibitions of their learning. Students will learn about career opportunities in human-centered design, with connections to industry makers and post-secondary learning and degree opportunities. Course content may include portfolio development, guest speakers from industry, and will require the development of professional responsibility skills such as time management, reliability and punctuality, ability to multi-task and present oneself professionally.  Students taking HCD 1: Media cannot take HCD 1: STEM and vice versa. HCD 1 (HCT2700) cannot be repeated for credit. Incoming freshman should choose either the Media Arts or STEM focus.