Graduate Pathway - Design Thinking & Innovation

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Graduate Pathway Options

John Brown University undergraduate students may begin work on a graduate degree after reaching junior status (60 completed hours) by declaring a Graduate Pathway. Once students declare a Graduate Pathway, their academic plan will reflect the courses required, and they will be assigned a graduate advisor in addition to their undergraduate advisor. Additional information can be viewed under Academic Policies-Graduate Pathway.

A graduate pathway in design thinking and innovation provides students with 12 credit hours of graduate course work, which may be applied toward the JBU M.S. in Design Thinking & Innovation degree program at the completion of their undergraduate degree.

For the design thinking and innovation pathway option, a minimum grade of ‘C/2.0’ or better is required in each course.

Required Courses - 12 hours

Select 12 hours from the following:

BUS 7033 Organizational Management and Leadership
BUS 7243 Design Research
BUS 7253 Design Thinking Methods
BUS 7443 Leading Organizational Transformation
BUS 7453 Personality and Emotional Health in Organizations
BUS 8023 Project Management

For additional course information, please refer to the 2021 Graduate catalog.