DESIGN-MS - Design (MS)

Transfer credit is not accepted

The d.school is committed to providing academic advising supporting graduate students’ scholarly and professional development. When most effective, this advising relationship entails collaborative and sustained engagement by the advisor and the advisee. As a best practice, advising expectations should be periodically discussed and reviewed to ensure mutual understanding. Both the advisor and the advisee are expected to maintain professionalism and integrity.

Graduate students are active contributors to the advising relationship, proactively seeking academic and professional guidance and taking responsibility for informing themselves of policies and degree requirements for their graduate program.

See Graduate Advising for a statement of university policy on graduate advising.

At the start of graduate study, each student is assigned a master’s program advisor, a faculty member who guides course selection and explores academic opportunities and professional pathways. The department’s graduate handbook provides information and suggested timelines for advising meetings. Usually, the same faculty member serves as a program advisor for the duration of the master’s study, but the handbook describes a formal adviser change process.

In addition, the faculty director of graduate studies (DGS) is available during the academic year by email and during office hours.

The d.school’s student services office is also essential for the master’s advising team. They inform students and advisors about university and department requirements, procedures, and opportunities and maintain the official records of advising assignments and approvals.