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Twin Cities Campus

Product Design Minor

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College of Design
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Contact Information
Director of Graduate Studies, Product Design Graduate Minor, 240 McNeal Hall, 1985 Buford Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55108 (612-626-1219; fax 612-624-2750)
  • Program Type: Graduate free-standing minor
  • Requirements for this program are current for Fall 2012
  • Length of program in credits (master's): 12
  • Length of program in credits (doctoral): 12
  • This program does not require summer semesters for timely completion.
Product design is the planning of an item intended to be manufactured and sold. These items exist both as discrete artifacts and as actors in larger social systems, such as branded environments, services, experiences, and social interactions. A graduate minor may be earned in product design when it logically relates to the graduate major field. The minor program is designed to suit the particular needs and interests of the student. The course of study is determined in consultation with the student's major adviser and the director of graduate studies for the minor.
Program Delivery
  • via classroom (the majority of instruction is face-to-face)
Prerequisites for Admission
For an online application or for more information about graduate education admissions, see the General Information section of this website.
Program Requirements
Use of 4xxx courses toward program requirements is permitted under certain conditions with adviser approval.
Courses taken in fulfillment of the major field may not be used to fulfill requirements of the product design minor. The course of study is determined in consultation with the student's major adviser and the director of graduate studies for the minor.
 
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