Center for Social Design

Practice-based Studios

Practice-based Studios bring together teams of 澳门金沙投注_任你博-官网 graduate and undergraduate students from a variety of disciplines to work in collaboration with outside partners and address complex social problems over the course of a 16-week, 3 credit course.

To date, we’ve brought together more than 200 students across 12 disciplines at 澳门金沙投注_任你博-官网 to collaborate with outside partners on more than 50 projects dealing with issues from affordable housing to HIV/AIDS prevention to disaster preparedness.

For more information about course offerings, email socialdesign@mica.edu.

Case Studies

From Ideas to Action

From activating Baltimore City homeowners to install and maintain rain gardens for the benefit of wildlife, water, and community; to working to increase HIV testing in Baltimore City, 澳门金沙投注_任你博-官网's Center for Social Design is leading change through human-centered design and a focus on equity and social justice. Take a look at some of our recent projects.