* Incidental Fees (Materials, Student Association etc.), Public Transportation, Books and Supplies,etc
This postgraduate program in Design Management builds the skills needed to lead a multidisciplinary design team. Students will learn how to develop design strategies for products and services based on business objectives. This program teaches practical tools and interpersonal facilitative skills, as well as the business knowledge required to manage a consultancy or corporate design division.
Who should take this program:
Design professionals with a global perspective who want to become active partners in helping firms develop and grow through expanded participation in strategic management.
Designers looking to enhance their career opportunities in supervisory or management positions.
Designers seeking to integrate strategic design into the workplace.
Designers with an entrepreneurial spirit looking to start their own company.
Courses in design process and strategy, project management, finance, team management, design research, contracts, business planning, communications and intellectual property protection complement a major studio course featuring real-world design projects. The courses cover the essential elements of a business strategy and how design contributes to the definition and realization of the strategy.
Your Field Education Options
A mandatory Design Management Internship (DESN1031) course is taken in Semester 2. An external field placement role is not guaranteed in this course; students who are not placed externally will be given a design management role within the School of Design or as part of George Brown College.
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Required Courses
SEMESTER 1
CODE, COURSE NAME
DESN1022, Design Strategy
DESN1023, Managing Innovation and Creativity
DESN1024, Managing Design Projects
DESN1027, Financial Issues and Business Planning
DESN1028, Design Research and Development Issues
COMM1152, Design Business Communications
SEMESTER 2
DESN1021, Design Team Leadership
DESN1025, Case Studies and Applications
DESN1029, Major Design Project
DESN1031, Design Management Internship
Graduates will go on to careers managing design in the corporate sector, in a design consultancy or in their own business.
Mandatory Health Insurance
$743.99 for one-year coverage (Sept-August)
$508.83 for 8 months coverage (Jan-August)
$273.29 for 4 months coverage (May-August)
