University Catalog 2024-2025

Design (PhD)

Degree Requirements

Required Courses39
Research Methods in Design
Research Paradigms in Design
Dissertation Colloquium 1
Student must take an additional methods courses determined in conjunction with the academic committee
Students must take a field foundation course determined in conjunction with the academic committee
Doctoral Preliminary Examination 2
Doctoral Supervised Research
Doctoral Dissertation Research
Elective Courses33
"Elective Courses" that will be applied to reach 72 total hours will be determined in conjunction with the academic committee
Total Hours72
1

Must take course 3 times

2

Not counted for graduation

Faculty

Full Professors

  • Robin Fran Abrams
  • Helen Saunders Armstrong
  • Thomas M. Barrie
  • Bryan Bell Jr.
  • Kofi Malik Boone
  • Soolyeon Cho
  • Chandra D. Cox
  • Margaret Elen Deming
  • Andrew Alan Fox
  • Dana Kathleen Gulling
  • David Brian Hill
  • Mark Elison Hoversten
  • Sharon Melissa Bennett Joines
  • Robin C. Moore
  • Wayne Place
  • J. Mark Scearce
  • Gavin Paul Smith

Associate Professors

  • Tania Leigh Allen
  • Timothy W. Buie
  • George Elvin
  • Burak Erdim
  • Patrick J. Fitzgerald
  • Russell Alan Flinchum
  • Carolina Gill
  • Derek Allen Ham
  • Jianxin Hu
  • Deborah K. Littlejohn
  • Fernando H. Magallanes
  • Patricia E Morgado
  • Celen Pasalar
  • Matthew O. Peterson
  • Newton Prabhu
  • Sara Glee Queen
  • Traci Rose Rider
  • Kristen J. Schaffer
  • Kelly Ann Umstead
  • Sara Williamson

Assistant Professors

  • Todd Michael Berreth
  • Byungsoo Kim
  • Renae N. Mantooth
  • Lesley-Ann Melanie Noel
  • Yuanqing Tian
  • Angeles Valeria Lopez Torres

Emeritus Faculty

  • Eugene H Bressler
  • Denise Gonzales Crisp
  • Meredith Joy Davis
  • Haig Khachatoorian
  • Bryan W. Laffitte
  • Arthur R Rice
  • Kathleen Callahan Rieder
  • Paul Tesar

Practice/Research/Teaching Professors

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