Herron School of Art and Design
Graduate
Degree Programs
Master of Design
YEAR ONE course work - 30 credits
- Focus on people-centered design research for positive change and innovation (with particular emphasis on understanding people and contexts)
- Focus on design analysis for innovation (with particular emphasis on identifying problems, understanding patterns and insights, and framing challenges)
- Focus on design synthesis for innovation (with particular emphasis on generating and exploring ideas and conceiving plans)
- Focus on design optimization for innovation (with particular emphasis on prototyping,testing, iterating and creating solutions)
YEAR 1: FALL SEMESTER
HER-V 501 Intro to Design Research 1.5 credits
HER-V 502 Introduction to Human Factors in Design 1.5 credits
HER-V 510 Collaborative Action Research in Design 1 3 credits
HER-V 520 Collaborative Action Research in Design 2 3 credits
HER-V 512: Wicked Problems and Sensemaking * 3 credits
HER-V513 Design Methods for Framing Problems* 3 credits
YEAR 1: SPRING SEMESTER
HER-V 530 Collaborative Action Research in Design 3 6 credits
HER-V 522 Design Methods for Ideating* 3 credits
HER-V523 Design Methods for Prototyping 3 credits
Interdisciplinary Elective 3 credits
YEAR TWO course work- 30 credits
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Focus on mastery of design facilitation as a distinctive capacity for driving and leading participatory, people-centred design
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Focus on professional development for transitioning from graduate school to new professional contexts
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Focus on defining, developing, and defending an applied action research thesis project
YEAR 2: Fall Semester
HER-V 601 Design Leadership Seminar 1.5 credits
HER-V 602 Design Management 1.5 credits
HER-V 650 Design Facilitation 3 credits
HER-V 690 Design Research Colloquium 3 credits
HER-V 691 Interdisciplinary Elective 3 credits
YEAR 2: Spring Semester
HER-V 692 Thesis Writing 3 credits
HER-V 693 Thesis Project 3 credits
HER-V 694 Taking Your Research Public 3 credits
Update: March 2022
