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Design Management
Graduate Certificate of Design Management
Graduate Certificate of Design Management

Graduate Certificate of Design Management

  • ID:GBC010022
  • Level:Postgraduate Certificate/Diploma
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* Incidental Fees (Materials, Student Association etc.), Public Transportation, Books and Supplies,etc

Estimated Total/program:
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60
Accept letter
100
Visa
20
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1

Admission Requirements

​​Entry requirement

  • Diploma or Bachelor's Degree, or demonstrated competence through related work experience (resume required)
  • Online Interview
  • Portfolio
  • Letter of Intent

English requirements 

  • Provide proof that their secondary and/ or post-secondary studies were completed at a recognized institution where English is the primary media of instruction. The studies must be relevant to the admission requirements for the specific program (s) applied to (e.g. an advanced diploma or degree is required for certain postgraduate program)
  • Applicants with transcripts from an institution where the language of instruction is not English may meet English language proficiency requirements with one of the following proofs of language proficiency. The minimum test scores that are acceptable are listed below (as applicable). Please note: For admissions purposes, some programs require a higher score than the minimum stated below.
  • George Brown English for Academic (EAP) Program, Level 9
  • IELTS (Academic), 6.5, minimum 6.0 in each skill band
  • TOEFL, 88 (online) minimum 22 in each skill band
  • MELAB, 85
  • PTE (Academic), 60, overall minimum
    55 in each skill band
  • CAEL, 70 overall (writing 60)
  • Cambridge English Exams (B2 First, C1 Advanced or C2 Proficiency), 176 or more (with no individual skill below 169)
  • George Brown Admissions Test (Mature applicants only), Available
  • *NEW Duolingo English Test, 125

Course Information

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

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Career Opportunity

Career Opportunity

Graduates will go on to careers managing design in the corporate sector, in a design consultancy or in their own business.

Ability to settle

Overseas Student Health Cover

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)

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