LEARN BY DOING ➔
A Fast-Paced, Hands-On Creative Experience Offered Online.
This intensive online program starts with a fun, fast-paced, “learn by doing” experience that gives students concrete tools and strategies to be more creative in solving complex problems. Students experience design thinking by working on a series of challenges that help them develop a specific mindset or strategy that is essential to the practice of design.
From there students move into subsequent weeks of a guided design studio experience, where they demonstrate that they possess the character and skill set to be an innovative and positive contributor to their community.
Students select their area of interest:
Community Impact where they create a solution to solve a social challenge they are passionate about.
Design a Business where they develop a concept and create a plan to execute and launch their business.
EARN pre-College Credits ➔
From Design Challenges to a Meaningful Project.
This online program runs in a studio format where an experienced design teacher guides students to complete a design thinking project addressing an important issue that students see in the world around them. Simultaneously, students get a few sessions of 1 on 1 mentorship from industry or design professionals. These mentorship sessions are meant to support students in creating a stellar prototype.
Upon successful completion of this program, participants will receive 3 units of Pre-College credit from UC San Diego Division of Extended Studies.
This program meets online for a total of 48 hours.
January - April class sessions are all held Tuesdays & Thursdays from 4:30 - 6:30pm Pacific Time.
June - July classes all start Week 1 meeting Monday - Thursday (either 9am - 12pm OR 1pm - 4pm depending on area of interest). Weeks 2 - 6 classes meet as follows:
Community Impact meets Mondays & Wednesdays from 9:00am - 12:30pm Pacific Time.
Design a Business meets Tuesdays & Thursdays from 1:00pm - 4:30pm Pacific Time.
Video Interview
Nicole Cerra, Director of Innovation talks about the Innovation Certificate.
Meet Some of Our Mentors
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Piotr Garbaczonek (he/him)
Current role:
Mastering Engineer/ProducerBackground:
d.tech founding student, Class of 2018 -
Rikako Ono (she/her)
Current role:
Bilingual Audit staff at EOS Accountants LLP -
Kian Thompson (he/him)
Current role:
Student & InternBackground:
Born in San Carlos, California, I’m an aspiring entrepreneur and sales strategist focused on building scalable ideas, developing talent, and driving meaningful growth through disciplined execution and mentorship