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 and Facilitation – 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. Additionally, learn how AI can speed up the process. This 16 week course covers the design thinking process, design sprints, and service design thinking.
• ID 514 Lean UX Challenges - Combine design thinking and Agile product management concepts to create a practical prototype for local sustainability and societal challenges.

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.

Going from an idea to fully developed physical or digital 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 – Learn the product development using Artificial Intelligence (AI) 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 509 Leadership Development for Innovation: All businesses are technology driven organizations. In this course you will learn business and digital fluency, develop a digital mindset, build a strategy and vision, build buy-in for change, mitigate risk, utilize Artificial Intelligence (AI), and evaluate technology for impact.
• ID 753 Intent vs Impact - Explore the impact of unintended consequences, fraud, governance, and general ethics has on an organization and it's culture. Plus, examine case studies and discuss the need for AI ethics within an organization. Learn the EOS system for building accountability into the organization and better decision making through data.

• ID 830 Emerging Tech: Travel Experience - Discover the latest in technologies from around the world through a travel experience. Past destinations have include NEOCON furniture show in Chicago and the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
• ID 839 Emerging Technologies - Explores new technologies including Artificial Intelligence (AI) 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 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.