Program Requirements Curriculum: 45 credits The MDes in Strategic Foresight and Innovation is a part-time program. In order to support the needs of students who may be working full or part time while completing the program, courses are normally clustered on Thursdays or Fridays. The program also offers some flexibility in course sequencing, and students may (with the approval of the Graduate Program Director and pending the availability of courses) follow a different sequence than that indicated below. Semester 1 Semester 2 Semester 3 Semester 4 Semester 5 Semester 6 Semester 7 (Fall) - 6 (Winter) - 9 (Summer) - 3 (Fall) - 9 (Winter) - 6 (Summer) - (Fall) - 9 credits credits credits credits credits 3 credits credits SFIN 6B01: SFIN 6B04: 3 credits from SFIN 6B06: SFIN 6B05: SFIN 6B08: SFIN 6D01: Business and Understanding among the following Strategy: Creating Business Major Project Major Project Design Thinking Systems and options: a Motivating Modeling and Proposal (3) (9) (3) Systemic Design (3) Independent Narrative from Policy Study Vision to Innovation (3) SFIN 6B03: The SFIN 6C01: Internship Tactic (3) Human Factor Research Elective SFIN 6B07: (3) Methodologies (6) SFIN 6C02: Leading Foresight Studio Innovation (3) (6) NOTE: Students have the option to complete the Major Project in Semester 6.
Program Requirements Curriculum: 45 credits The MDes in Strategic Foresight and Innovation is a part-time program. In order to support the needs of students who may be working full or part time while completing the program, courses are normally clustered on Thursdays or Fridays. The program also offers some flexibility in course sequencing, and students may (with the approval of the Graduate Program Director and pending the availability of courses) follow a different sequence than that indicated below. Semester 1 (Fall) - 6 credits Semester 2 (Winter) - 9 credits Semester 3 (Summer) - 3 credits Semester 4 (Fall) - 9 credits Semester 5 (Winter) - 6 credits Semester 6 (Summer) - 3 credits Semester 7 (Fall) - 9 credits SFIN 6B01: Business and Design Thinking (3) SFIN 6B03: The Human Factor (3) SFIN 6B04: Understanding Systems and Systemic Design (3) SFIN 6C01: Research Methodologies (6) 3 credits from among the following options: Independent Study Internship Elective SFIN 6B06: Strategy: Creating a Motivating Narrative from Vision to Tactic (3) SFIN 6C02: Foresight Studio (6) SFIN 6B05: Business Modeling and Policy Innovation (3) SFIN 6B07: Leading Innovation (3) SFIN 6B08: Major Project Proposal (3) SFIN 6D01: Major Project (9) NOTE: Students have the option to complete the Major Project in Semester 6.