The one-year curriculum will require 96 units of course work with a minimum overall QPA of 3.0. 60 units must be at the graduate level. The 96 units are divided evenly over two semesters as:

Required courses

• Integrated Product Development (39-600/51-714)


• Design History (51-771)


• ID Fundamentals (51-763) [or an equivalent Design course]


• Entrepreneurship (45-877) [or an as an alternative, Marketing Management - 45-720 or B to B Marketing - 45-828)

Electives
The student must complete at least 4 additional courses (totaling at least 48 units). These courses must be relevant to the product development process. Such courses may be found, for example, in Engineering, Design, GSIA, Psychology, Anthropology, and Statistics. All courses must be approved by the advisor.

Examples of possible electives include:

Design For Manufacturing (24-443)
Mechatronics Design (24-778)
Research Project (24-794: to include ME and Design faculty)
Research Methods for Human Centered Design (51-771)
statistics and probability Organizational Behavior (45-792, by permission of instructor)
Geometric Modeling (24-786)
courses in Material Science, GSIA courses in manufacturing, Design Studio (54-803)
Special Topics in Design (24-789, as appropriate)
Engineering Project (39-605/6)
Globalization in Design (51-472)
Product Panning and Development (51-441)
Life Cycle Assessment and Green Design (12-714)