Program Description
- STEM designated program
MS in Industrial Design is a professional program based on interdisciplinary project work. In this program, you will learn to design effectively at the collaborative and chaotic “front end” of the product-development process. You will work with product users, researchers, businesspeople, engineers and manufacturers to create products and systems that are better at serving their users, societies and the world at large.
Learning Goals/Outcomes
- Informing design through creative research into user needs
- Working closely with business, engineering and other disciplines to design platforms and systems- not just isolated objects
- Designing intelligent products for the "internet of things," integrating hardware, software and electronic interactivity
- Understanding and designing for global societies
- Prepare graduates for entrepreneurial work in the field, or for a position in a corporate design department or design-consulting firm.
Curriculum: 2 Years, 34-58 Credits
Advanced Standing (AS) awarded for courses (INDD 500, INDD 501, INDD 506, INDD 503, INDD 507, INDD 510, INDD 704) based on portfolio review during application. Minimum pr
| First Year | Credits | |
|---|---|---|
| INDD 500 | Skills & Methods for Ind Dsgn | 3 |
| INDD 501 | Design 1 for Industrial Design | 4 |
| INDD 506 | 3 | |
| INDD 503 | Vis for Industrial Design I | 3 |
| INDD 507 | Mats & Proc: Manufacturing | 3 |
| INDD 510 | 3 | |
| INDD 703 | User Centered Design | 4 |
| INDD 700 | Research & Desn Process Meths | 3 |
| INDD 705 | Collaborative Innovatn Studio | 5 |
| INDD 707 | Current Issues in Ind Dsg | 3 |
| Credits | 34 | |
| Second Year | ||
| INDD 803 | Master's Proj I:Implementation | 4 |
| INDD 704 | 3 | |
| INDD 804 | Master's Proj II: Dev & Eval | 5 |
| INDD 701 | Design Bus & Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| General Elective | 9 | |
| Credits | 24 | |
| Total Credits | 58 | |
Program with all AS granted: 34 credits Average credits for accepted students: 48 credits