Degree Requirements for the Design Thinking MFA

Prerequisites: Graduate standing in MFA - Design Thinking concentration.

This online course will provide opportunities for studying design management strategies, professional ethics, target markets, and operational theories.

Prerequisites: Graduate standing in MFA - Design Thinking concentration

This online course will provide students with an overview of team dynamics, team leadership techniques, team protocols, and the appropriate application of interdisciplinary teams.

The first of two online courses, students will investigate key moments in history that affected art and design, focusing on prehistory through the Renaissance period.

Prerequisite: Approval of the directed study supervisor, program coordinator, and advisor. Directed study form must be submitted to the Graduate College.

Semi-autonomous independent research on a design thinking topic of interest to the student. Provides the student with an opportunity to develop a conceptual sophistication on a specific topic. May be repeated twice for a maximum of six (6) credits. Can be used to fulfill elective requirements.

Prerequisites: Graduate standing in MFA - Design Thinking concentration, DSN 575.

This online course examines quantitative and qualitative research methods commonly used in the design professions.

Prerequisites: Graduate standing in MFA - Design Thinking concentration; DSN 700.

Building on earlier Advanced Design Studios, this online course will be the final interdisciplinary team studio and students will work to deliver comprehensive solutions for “clients” in emerging economies all over the world.

Provides students with initial skills and competencies in applying instructional design principles to teaching and learning problems. The student applies Instructional Design methodologies to critical components in instruction including content, learner characteristics and diversity in technology integration.

Prerequisites: Graduate standing in MFA - Design Thinking concentration; DSN 605; DSN 670 and DSN 645.

This online course will build on the previous studio and continue with more in-depth design thinking, problem seeking, brainstorming and ideation techniques and strategies. It will spend more time in the discovery and planning stages of the process and finish with evidence of innovative solutions to design challenges.

Prerequisites: Graduate standing, MFA – Design Thinking program concentration; ART 550 /DSN 550, ART 555 /DSN 555, DSN 575, DSN 600, DSN 605, DSN 670, and DSN 700.

Development of a graduate project or thesis to be arranged with the approval of the student’s thesis supervisor, advisor, and the dean of the Graduate College. See Graduate College’s requirements for a graduate project or thesis.

Studies of current topics of interest in the area of design thinking with an emphasis on new developments, technology, and/or research. Must be repeated on a different topic for six (6) additional credits. After or concurrent with the nine (9) credits, students may repeat DSN 611 up to two additional times on two different topics to satisfy elective requirements.

Students in this course, in conjunction with their thesis/project advisor, select relevant readings to support and foster their research interests. Can be used to fulfill elective requirements.

The second of two online courses, students will investigate key moments in history that affected art and design, focusing on the modern (post Renaissance period) era to the present day.

Prerequisites: Graduate standing, MFA – Design Thinking program concentration: DSN 600

This online studio will build on the Design Thinking Studio and continue with more in-depth design thinking, problem seeking, brainstorming and ideation techniques, and strategies. It will spend more time on the discovery and planning stages of the design process.

An introduction to design thinking, problem seeking, ideation techniques and strategies, creative cognition theories, creative intelligence, and the methodologies embedded in the design thinking process.

In this course, students address the exploration of research versus information gathering in human behavior and design theories.

Prerequisites: Graduate standing in MFA - Design Thinking concentration.

This online course will review theories on environment behavior, introduce observational strategies and meanings of relationships to the environment.