Design (DDes)

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Degree Requirements

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
Level 1 Courses		12
The following courses are required:
DDN 740	Introduction to Practice-Based Design Research
DDN 742	Design Practice Legacy as a Learning Endeavor
or DDN 701	Research Methods in Design
DDN 810	Special Topics (DDN 883 Directed Study [Workshop] Part I – pending Admin Board approval 2021)
DDN 810	Special Topics (DDN 833 Directed Study [Workshop] Part II – pending Admin Board approval 2021)
Level 2 Courses		12
Select four courses of the following:
DDN 741	Case Study Analysis in Design
DDN 743	Design Practice Leadership and Ethics
DDN 744	Design for Health and Wellbeing
DDN 745	Design Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Level 3 Courses		15
Select two courses of the following:
DDN 890	Doctoral Preliminary Examination
DDN 893	Doctoral Supervised Research ¹
Level 4 Courses		18
DDN 895	Doctoral Dissertation Research ¹
DDN 899	Doctoral Dissertation Preparation
Total Hours		57

Students must take 12 total credit hours of DDN 893 Doctoral Supervised Research and 18 total credit hours of DDN 895 Doctoral Dissertation Research

Course List
Code	Title	Hours	Counts towards
DDN 810	Special Topics (Topics vary)	1-6