Remote Doctor of Design Degree for Practicing Professionals Now Accepting Applications
The University of Calgary’s School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape now offers a Doctor of Design (DDes) degree that is aimed at giving mid-career professionals a space to develop ideas and innovation, complementary to the work they are doing. It gives people with significant work experience an opportunity to build recognized expertise in a particular area, allowing them to elevate their career by exploring a question or topic that is relevant to them.
As a mid-career design-professional, what avenues exist for investigating questions and problems that arise from being embedded in practice? What opportunity is there for exploring or articulating an idea for a type of project or organizational structure that could improve professional practice?