Course Description
MA Design for Change
The programme offers powerful, collaborative design skills which our graduates utilise to achieve co-created solutions which engage everyone and forge progressive change in individuals and communities.
Students are introduced to the latest developments in design theory and practice, and through project based learning, collaboration with our partners at the Institute without Boundaries and real client engagement they learn to apply the transformative capacity of design.
The programme responds to the great challenges of the present and future; economic, cultural and ecological. All require strategic approach to design and problem solving and this programme offers a dynamic new way of engaging those challenges creatively, purposefully and responsibly.
College | IADT |
Course Location | Dublin |
Location Postcode | Co. Dublin |
Course Category | Design, Art & Design |
Course Type | Classroom Based |
Course Qualification | Masters Degree |
Awarding Body | IADT |
Awarding Body Details | MA |
Course Start Date | 16th September 2019 |
Course End Date | 18th December 2020 |
Course Duration | Fourteen Months |
Course Time | 3 Semesters over 14 months Semesters 1 - 2: Sep 2019-May 2020 / Semester 3: Sep 2020-Jan 2021 1 full day + 1 evening per week |
Course Fee | 6,000 (EU student) |
Entry Requirements | Min Entry Requirements: Undergraduate qualification of 2nd Class Honours or higher at Honours Degree level. Applicants may be considered provided they can demonstrate Honours Degree equivalence, which can be verified through our RPL (recognition of prior learning) process. Some prior experience in a cognate discipline is desirable. Advanced Entry Requirements Entry to an advanced stage of the MA Programme is available via two pathways (i) Successful candidates of approved Access/Feeder Programmes (AFPs). (ii) Applicants may be considered for advanced entry through a combination of Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) and relevant Industry Experience in the discipline area. |
Carear Path | Future careers Graduates will be prepared to work at a strategic level across a broad range of sectors. Recent graduates are employed as service designers, design researchers and design strategists in a wide variety of sectors, in Ireland and abroad; tech companies, financial services, non-for profits; government organisations and their own enterprise or consulting service. |
Phone | +353 1 2394000 |
Course Code | DL914 |