PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
Required Courses and Timeline
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 SFIN 6B01: Business and Design Thinking (3) SFIN 6B03: The Human Factor (3) |
Semester 2 (Winter) - 9 credits SFIN 6B04: Understanding Systems and Systemic Design (3)SFIN 6C01: Research Methodologies (6) |
| Semester 3 (Summer) - 3 credits 3 credits from the following options:
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Semester 4 (Fall) - 9 credits
SFIN 6B06: Strategy: Creating a Motivating Narrative from Vision to Tactic (3) SFIN 6C02: Foresight Studio (6) |
| Semester 5 (Winter) - 6 credits SFIN 6B05: Business Modeling and Policy Innovation (3) SFIN 6B07: Leading Innovation (3) |
Semester 6 (Summer) - 3 credits SFIN 6B08: Major Project Proposal |
| Semester 7 (Fall) - 9 credits SFIN 6D01: Major Project (9) |
NOTE: Students have the option to complete the Major Project in Semester 6.
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