Designing the Future

Connect innovative design and insightful strategy with the master’s in strategic communication design at the College of Communication, Media, Design and Information.

In one year, this graduate program prepares early-career professionals for more strategic roles by teaching them to bring an entrepreneur’s perspective to problem-solving. Whatever your passion—user experience, product, brand, graphic, retail, web or audio design—you’ll learn to incorporate new technologies and methods into human-centered design principles, ensuring your work advances organizational goals.

Faculty in this program are leaders in industry who have started their own design companies or worked in high-level roles at the world’s most innovative companies. Their insights keep our curricula on the cutting edge while ensuring you graduate with in-demand skills, a dynamic portfolio and a one-of-a-kind professional network.

Career opportunities

Professionals who complete this program go on to management and leadership roles in user experience design, art and creative direction, marketing, and brand and experiential design, and have accepted management roles at Google, Apple, Uber, Spotify, Dropbox, Salesforce and others, in addition to starting businesses of their own.

Beyond basic training

Basic technical literacy only gets you so far. This program goes beyond software boot camps to incorporate the latest technologies—including artificial intelligence and virtual and augmented reality—with an emphasis on their application in professional settings. Because you learn from faculty who are using these tools at work, lessons are practically oriented, with real opportunities to put them into practice on meaningful projects that become an invaluable portfolio. The perspective you get from an immersion in applied technical skills will encourage your curiosity and prepare you to be a lifelong learner in a fast-changing field.