University Catalog 2023-2024

Design (DDes)

Degree Requirements

Level 1 Courses12
The following courses are required:
Introduction to Practice-Based Design Research
Design Practice Legacy as a Learning Endeavor
Research Methods in Design
Special Topics (DDN 883 Directed Study [Workshop] Part I – pending Admin Board approval 2021)
Special Topics (DDN 833 Directed Study [Workshop] Part II – pending Admin Board approval 2021)
Level 2 Courses12
Select four courses of the following:
Case Study Analysis in Design
Design Practice Leadership and Ethics
Design for Health and Wellbeing
Design Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Level 3 Courses15
Select two courses of the following:
Doctoral Preliminary Examination
Doctoral Supervised Research 1
Level 4 Courses18
Doctoral Dissertation Research 1
Doctoral Dissertation Preparation
Total Hours57

Optional Elective

DDN 810Special Topics (Topics vary)1-6

Faculty

Full Professors

  • Robin Fran Abrams
  • Thomas M. Barrie
  • Kofi Malik Boone
  • Chandra D. Cox
  • Denise M. Crisp
  • Margaret Elen Deming
  • Andrew Alan Fox
  • David Brian Hill
  • Mark Elison Hoversten
  • Sharon Melissa Bennett Joines
  • Tsailu Liu
  • Robin C. Moore
  • Wayne Place
  • J. Mark Scearce
  • Gavin Paul Smith

Associate Professors

  • Deepti Adlakha
  • Tania Leigh Allen
  • Helen Saunders Armstrong
  • Timothy W. Buie
  • Soolyeon Cho
  • George Elvin
  • Patrick J. Fitzgerald
  • Russell Alan Flinchum
  • Carolina Gill
  • Dana Kathleen Gulling
  • Derek Allen Ham
  • Jianxin Hu
  • Bryan Bell Jr.
  • Bryan W. Laffitte
  • Deborah K. Littlejohn
  • Fernando H. Magallanes
  • Patricia E Morgado
  • Sara Glee Queen
  • Kathleen Callahan Rieder
  • Kristen J. Schaffer

Assistant Professors

  • Todd Michael Berreth
  • Burak Erdim
  • Renae N. Mantooth
  • Lesley-Ann Melanie Noel
  • Celen Pasalar
  • Matthew O. Peterson
  • Traci Rose Rider
  • Kelly Ann Umstead

Emeritus Faculty

  • Eugene H Bressler
  • Meredith Joy Davis
  • Haig Khachatoorian
  • Arthur R Rice
  • Paul Tesar

Practice/Research/Teaching Professors

  • Nilda Graciela Cosco
  • Emily Ryan McCoy
  • Marshall E. Purnell