MASTER OF ARTS - DESIGN MANAGEMENT
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS: School of Architecture, Design & Planning
“Design is not incidental to modern economies, but integral; not part of success but at the heart of success; and not a sideshow, but the centerpiece.”
- Britain Prime Minister Gordon Brown, London Design Festival, 2005.
ABOUT THE PROGRAM:
"Successful companies manage design in order to strengthen brand identities, fend off low-cost competition, reap the benefits of new technologies, renew connections to the customer, and foster a culture of innovation. More companies are looking to design managers for leadership in coping with rapid change. That leadership comes in the form of new innovation strategies and ways of producing fitter, more customer-relevant offerings.
The MA program in Design Management at KU explores in depth the design function in business as an important integrative, and often interdisciplinary, area of work. The curriculum couples a rigorous, practical understanding of business with design’s natural capacity for handling diverse inputs, creative problem solving, and human-centered understanding."
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS:
Received honors for my thesis, "BRING ALL PEOPLE TOGETHER: Maximizing Diversity & Inclusion to Impact the Bottom Line"
GPA: 3.94
COURSES:
Design Strategies & Methods
Design Management
Designing Business Services & Consumer Experiences
Design & Strategic Innovation
Human Factors in Design
Branding & Design
Marketing Management (Harvard Business Curriculum)
Interaction Design
Seminar in Social Media
Special Problems in Design
Graduate Synthesis & Application
Thesis Research Seminar
Thesis