Masters (Coursework)
The world is changing rapidly, and the pace of innovation and digital disruption is accelerating. Despite this, many of the social, cultural, political and professional structures that support our communities have remained static and unchallenged for generations. Our education, healthcare and primary production systems, our workplaces and our products need to keep up. We need design leaders, design strategists and design thinkers to dismantle these structures, and to dissect and solve some of our most complex problems. Whether it's rethinking the way remote communities access healthcare, creating a less risk-averse corporate culture, or developing a more individualised education system, our world needs more innovative thinkers and communicators; people with the knowledge and skills to design our future.
The Master of Design Futures is an accelerated, graduate course for working professionals. It is suitable for both designers and non-designers who are looking to transition into new design practices and for those wanting to advance their careers in strategic leadership roles.
In this flexible and self-directed course, you will benefit from experiential learning practices as you develop the strategic skills and tools required for leadership. Empathic research, journey mapping, rapid prototyping and storytelling are all tools that you will learn to use in your problem solving process.
This course will equip you to be a design leader by:
You must have:
Experience or skills may include leadership, innovation, creative practice, community engagement, change management, forward thinking, social innovation, strategic and service planning and implementation.
To have your professional experience considered you must include in your application a CV and a personal statement that details your experience.
The Master of Design Futures has been developed to help build the skills required for senior management and leadership roles in design-conscious organisations. These include traditional design businesses, as well as a growing number of public and private organisations that use human centred design to achieve their long and short-term goals.
Graduate careers include:
These careers exist under various job titles in many sectors including: