UBC Okanagan wants to help graduate students answer the age-old question: How can I change the world for the better?
The Master of Design program is a professional graduate degree program that will welcome its first intake of students next May. Applications are currently being accepted.
Before stepping into the program to tackle burning questions about the world around them, future students are invited to a virtual Ask Me Anything (AMA) session on November 28 to meet faculty and get their questions about the program answered.
Master of Design AMA Session
November 28
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm PDT
“In the era of AI, global uncertainty and other seismic shifts in our economic and social fabric, how can any of us enact real change in the world around us?” asks Dr. Sabine Weyand, Associate Professor of Teaching in UBCO’s School of Engineering and MDes instructor.
“We often ask these big questions, but how can we actually solve them? This is precisely what the Master of Design program will empower students to do.”
UBC Okanagan MDes instructor Dr. Sabine Weyand working with graduate students.
“The Master of Design (MDes) is a professional graduate program for people who want to make a difference,” says Shawn Serfas, Creative Studies Department Head
“The program is rooted in critical design thinking, creative practice and design principles. And it’s important to note that students will not be tackling these challenges alone, nor hypothetically. They will be supported to tackle these real-world challenges side-by-side with our faculty and working closely with industry, community and public sector partners,” says Serfas.
The program is taught by faculty from both UBCO’s Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies and School of Engineering.
To help inspire and set students up for success, they will learn in a cutting-edge, custom-built new media lab.
The space is designed and outfitted to ensure students can make the biggest possible impression through the program and its pillars—design, innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship.
In a new video, Faculty recently shared their thoughts on what the program will help students achieve and how it fills a critical gap in design-thinking and change-focused professional masters programs in Canada.
Applications for the MDes program will be accepted until January 9 for international students and January 30 for domestic students.
Learn more at masterdesign.ok.ubc.ca.