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Masters of Innovation Design

Take a closer look at Masters of Innovation Design from one of our cohort members in this segment from the m88体育 episode of The College Tour.

 

This degree is centered around you and what you hoped education would be

Grow your digital fluency through collaborative challenges while solving real problems provided by industry. MID courses empower students to become creative problem solvers and leaders in a technology-driven world. Our curriculum focuses on human centered, practical and digital skills including AI and UX/UI, critical thinking, and ethical considerations equipping our graduates to excel in today's digital world.

 

 
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Unveiling the Innovators

Meet the dynamic minds of the current MID cohort! These extraordinary individuals aren't just riding the wave; they're the ones making them. Take a look at the multidisciplinary team we have assembled!

 

Innovate. Break. Iterate. Make.

Students Kristyn Smith, Maggie Koops, and Jared Goering are being advised by Jeremy Patterson.

Customized Curriculum

Each student will choose the path they want to take. From courses in core design and engineering skills, as well as human centered design-thinking infused curriculum across campus.
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Experimental Learning

Be part of an experiment-driven active learning approach that creates structure and process to the chaos that characterizes the early stages of creative pursuits.
Hassan Farhoud and Mark Elliott are learning from classmate, Maggie Koops, in the Beech Windtunnel

Collaborative Culture

Our students come from various disciplines with different strengths and weaknesses; but all have a passion for creativity, collaboration, and having fun. 
Jared Goering and Ryan give presentation for Cy5 at Red Bull Launch Institute in NYC

Exclusive Opportunities

Students have access to creative spaces like WIDGET and , as well as leading industry professionals from our community and across the globe.

MID Curriculum at a Glance

To complete the Masters of Innovation Design degree, you must complete a total of 30 credit hours.
Up to 6 hrs can come from Innovation in Practice and an additional 6 hrs can come from Project.
You can also choose other graduate courses from disciplines across campus, not listed below.

Human Centered Design Thinking

Design Thinking is a human centric approach to complex problem solving. Learn the wholistic Design Thinking process, Design Sprints, and Service Design Thinking ideal for creating and improving products, services, processes and organizations.

  • ID 513 Design Thinking and Facilitation 鈥 learn to utilize and facilitate the human centered design thinking process of empathy, define, ideate, prototype, test to innovate creative solutions for complex problems including new product development and societal issues. This 16 week course covers the design thinking process, design sprints, and service design thinking.
  • ID 514 Lean UX Challenges - Combine design thinking and Agile product management concepts to create a practical prototype for local sustainability and societal challenges.
Agile

Learn how to apply empirical processes in a distributed team environment - Agility is more than a process, it's a mindset.

  • ID 511 Agile Product Management - prepare for integration into a professional Agile product development environment. You will learn how to collaborate within a product team, establish an Agile product development workflow, estimate solutions effort and cost, and learn to fail gracefully.
  • ID 705D Agile Software Development - don鈥檛 just learn to code, learn to develop products. Develop the technical skills necessary to excel in a cross-functional, distributed team environment using Agile software development techniques. 
UX Design

Start applying traditional concepts in sustainability to complex problems in innovation for a holistic approach.

  • ID 514 Lean UX Challenges - Combine design thinking and Agile product management concepts to create a practical prototype for local sustainability and social equity challenges. 
  • ID 719 Collaborative XR Development - An advanced course designed to give students practical guidance in the design, development, testing, and delivery of extended reality (XR) applications mirroring a real-world product team experience. 
Sustainability

Start applying traditional concepts in sustainability to complex problems in innovation for a holistic approach.

  • ID 509 Applied Sustainability in Innovation - participate in thoughtful discussion on sustainability, adoption of sustainable practices and policies, and employ hands-on analysis of the long-term sustainability of innovation solutions. 
  • ID 720 Sustainable Teams & Organizations - assess and discuss the long-term sustainability of different management approaches in individual, team, and organizational settings. 
Prototyping

Starting from cardboard to creating a fully developed prototype - you will be able to SHOW your idea, not just talk about it. 

  • ID 752 Innovation Studio I - Apply the design sprint process to a series of innovation prompts from industry partners to solve real world complex problems and develop an innovative prototype of the solution.
  • ID 755 Innovation Studio II 鈥 Learn the product development by tackling a single complex industry problem utilizing the design sprint process, prototype your idea, validate with users, iterate, and present a final solution.
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  • ID 509 m88体育 Development for Innovation: All businesses are technology driven organizations. In this course you will learn business and digital fluency, develop a digital mindset, build a strategy and vision, build buy-in for change, mitigate risk, and evaluate technology for impact.
  • ID 753 Intent vs Impact - Explore the impact of unintended consequences, fraud, governance, and general ethics has on an organization and it's culture. Learn the EOS system for building accountability into the organization and better decision making through data.
Emerging Technologies
  • ID 830 Emerging Tech: Travel Experience - Discover the latest in technology through a travel experience. Past destinations have include NEOCON furniture show in Chicago and the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
  • ID 839 Emerging Technoloiges - Explores new technologies that are impacting industry and society. The course meets weekly to discuss the technology鈥檚 impact, evolving industry uses, and what issues or concerns may be present. The course is enhanced with technology experts and industry leader presentations on the development, uses and concerns of emerging technologies.
Independent Study
  • ID 840 Innovation in Practice - Built around experiential enrichment related to the broad topic of innovation. Topics such as intellectual property, branding, pitching, wire-framing, prototyping and funding are discussed in a group setting and may include guest speakers and/or visits to local companies.
  • ID 841 Project - An independent study course for students undertaking the project development/creativity option for completion of the Master of Innovation Design.

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