Design Management M.P.S.

Shaping the 21st Century

The mission of the Design Management (DM) graduate program is to build on Pratt Institute's international reputation for developing creative leaders.  Our program objective is to develop strategic leaders able to bridge the disciplines of design and business. DM develops leaders who can create sustainable strategic advantage for their firms while creating value for communities and enriching our shared world. Program participants collaborate with faculty to achieve the following outcomes:

• Apply theory to practice to discover and define opportunities to bridge design and business.
• Demonstrate the power of collaborative practice used to design and deliver innovative advantage.
• Evidence the value of strategic design leadership and triple bottom line design (TBLD).

Program participants achieve these outcomes by:

• Engaging in simulations and applied practice projects that test theory against the dynamic and evolving realities of design and business.
• Working in teams to discover opportunities and tackle "wicked problems" that cannot be effectively addressed without collaboration.
• Leading learning and catalyzing change through the department's international publication Catalyst:  Strategic Design Review.
• Designing applied research projects that deliver strategic and innovative approaches to key global and business challenges.

Master of Professional Studies in Design Management

The Design Management Department's Design Management M.P.S. Program was designed to bridge the disciplines of design and business management. It provides an executive management education more focused than the M.B.A. on the special needs of design leaders managing design teams in creative industries worldwide. The program provides participants with the design management skills necessary to identify and allocate the creative assets of the firm toward sust ainable strategic advant age. The importance of ethical design intelligence as critical to sustainable advantage is a hallmark of the program. The program prepares participants for leadership roles in the design management and strategic management fields.

Degree Requirements

Applicants should ideally present an undergraduate degree in one of the design disciplines with a minimum of three years professional experience. A resume is also required. A TOEFL score of 600 (250 computer or 100 Internet) is required of international applicants. The GMAT is optional. Applications will be considered throughout the semester up until June 1.

Curriculum

Requirements for MPS Design Management, 2012

Semester 1

Complete these courses.

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DM-631 Leadership Behavioral Simulation

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DM-632 Leadership and Team Building

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DM-652 Design Management

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DM-654 Strategic Technology:Issues and Challenges

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DM-661 Financial Reporting & Analysis

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Semester 2

Complete these courses.

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DM-651 Management Communications

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DM-622 Advertising and Promotion

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DM-633 Managing Innovation and Change

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DM-641 International Environment of Business Business

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Semester 3

Complete these courses.

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DM-653 Design Operations Management

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DM-662 Money and Markets

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DM-634 Negotiating

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DM-656 Directed Research Advisement

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Semester 4

Complete these courses.

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DM-642 Business Law

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DM-663 Financing Companies and New Ventures

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DM-643 Intellectual Property Law

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DM-621 Strategic Marketing

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DM-671 Managerial Decision Making

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DM-673 Capstone Planning: Advisement

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Semester 5

Complete these courses.

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DM-672 Business Strategy

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DM-644 Design Futures: Theory and Practice

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DM-623 Building Entrepreneurial Courage

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DM-655 New Product Management and Development

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DM-674 Shaping the 21st Century: Design Integrative Capstone

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