The Design for Developing Communities seminar course grounds students in EDSGN 452, BIOE 401, EDSGN 100 and other related courses in the basics of humanitarian design, user-centered design for extreme affordability, social entrepreneurship, systems thinking, travel and fieldwork, and related issues for technology-based social ventures in developing communities. Students participate in weekly 75-90 minute seminars. Students write structured reflective blogs for each seminar talk, focusing on how they applied concepts from the seminar series to their ventures. Though all the seminars will be conducted by the course instructor, there will be several short presentations and pitches by guest speakers – including faculty, students and industry practitioners.