The MFA in Design Thinking is an online graduate degree program that consists of 60 credit hours. Courses must be taken in a particular sequence, and students must start in the fall semester.

There are two sequence options: a two-year full-time and a four-year part-time option. See the Course Descriptions for a listing of the required courses.

Radford University’s MFA in Design Thinking curriculum provides an approach that focuses on a number of core competencies including:

• The theories and methods relative to creative cognition - design thinking;
• The historical and political context of design - design history;
• The science of design grounded in research and scholarship - design research;
• The dynamics of team work and management - design management; and
• The experimental opportunities in virtual studios with team-based solutions - design doing.