Masters of Innovation Design (MID)

Design Thinking is a human centric approach to complex problem solving. Learn the wholistic Design Thinking process, Design Sprints, and Service Design Thinking ideal for creating and improving products, services, processes and organizations.

• ID 513 Design Thinking – learn to utilize and facilitate the human centered design thinking process of empathy, define, ideate, prototype, test to innovate creative solutions for complex problems including new product development and societal issues. 
• ID 508 Design Sprints – first introduced by Google Ventures, Design sprints is used throughout the world to innovate new ideas and solve complex business issues through understanding, design, prototyping, and testing of ideas.
• ID 710 Service Design Thinking – A successful service is a series of events sequenced to result in an intended outcome. It requires consideration of the user, planning, prototyping, testing and execution. Learners will use the Service Design Blueprint to plan, sequence and develop the front stage and back stage services necessary to deliver and exceptional user experience.

Learn how to apply empirical processes in a distributed team environment - Agility is more than a process, it's a mindset.

• ID 511 Agile Product Management - prepare for integration into a professional Agile product development environment. You will learn how to collaborate within a product team, establish an Agile product development workflow, estimate solutions effort and cost, and learn to fail gracefully.
• ID 705D Agile Software Development - don’t just learn to code, learn to develop products. Develop the technical skills necessary to excel in a cross-functional, distributed team environment using Agile software development techniques. 

Start applying traditional concepts in sustainability to complex problems in innovation for a holistic approach.

• ID 514 Lean UX Challenges - Combine design thinking and Agile product management concepts to create a practical prototype for local sustainability and social equity challenges. 
• ID 719 Collaborative XR Development - An advanced course designed to give students practical guidance in the design, development, testing, and delivery of extended reality (XR) applications mirroring a real-world product team experience. 

Start applying traditional concepts in sustainability to complex problems in innovation for a holistic approach.

• ID 509 Applied Sustainability in Innovation - participate in thoughtful discussion on sustainability, adoption of sustainable practices and policies, and employ hands-on analysis of the long-term sustainability of innovation solutions. 
• ID 720 Sustainable Teams & Organizations - assess and discuss the long-term sustainability of different management approaches in individual, team, and organizational settings. 

Starting from cardboard to creating a fully developed prototype - you will be able to SHOW your idea, not just talk about it. 

• ID 752 Innovation Studio I - Apply the design sprint process to a series of innovation prompts from industry partners to solve real world complex problems and develop an innovative prototype of the solution.
• ID 755 Innovation Studio II - o ID 755 INNOVATION STUDIO II – Learn the product development by tackling a single complex industry problem utilizing the design sprint process, prototype your idea, validate with users, iterate, and present a final solution.

• ID 739 Emerging Technoloiges - Explores new technologies that are impacting industry and society. The course meets weekly to discuss the technology’s impact, evolving industry uses, and what issues or concerns may be present. The course is enhanced with technology experts and industry leader presentations on the development, uses and concerns of emerging technologies.
• ID 515 Blockchain Fundamentals - Provides students with a working understanding of the blockchain, cryptocurrencies and tokens, NFT’s, and Web3.0. Course topics include the history of centralized and decentralized computer systems, the birth and core concepts of blockchain, tokenomics and microeconomies, the evolution of the blockchain to now, and current examples of applied blockchain technology.
• ID 516 Blockchain Applications - Provides an overview of the basics of blockchain technologies, and then dives deeper into four applications used in the blockchain ecosystem: Smart Contracts, decentralized applications, blockchain platforms and NFT’s. Course topics include an overview of a few of the programming languages behind Smart Contracts with a walkthrough of a Smart Contract in Solidity, the technology and use of decentralized applications, the various platforms in blockchain and how and why they are useful, and Non-Fungible Tokens in use today as well as what projects are being worked on to use them in the future.

• ID 840 Innovation in Practice - Built around experiential enrichment related to the broad topic of innovation. Topics such as intellectual property, branding, pitching, wire-framing, prototyping and funding are discussed in a group setting and may include guest speakers and/or visits to local companies.
• ID 841 Project - An independent study course for students undertaking the project development/creativity option for completion of the Master of Innovation Design.