Masters Degree in Transportation Design (M.F.A) at College for Creative Studies |
College for Creative Studies
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College for Creative Studies is a Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above Special Focus Institutions--Schools of art, music, and design with 1,307 students in Detroit, MI.
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This school offers the following degree levels:
Bachelor degree, Certificates/Postbaccalaureate Certificate |
| Also, students of this school are eligible for federal aid such as Pell Grants and Direct Loans from the US Department of Education. |
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Mission:
The College for Creative Studies nurtures the creativity that is vital to the enrichment of modern culture. The College educates visual artists and designers, knowledgeable in varied fields, who will be leaders in creative professions that shape society and advance economic growth. The College fosters students' resolve to pursue excellence, act ethically, embrace their responsibilities as citizens of diverse local and global communities, and learn throughout their lives. The College engages in community service by offering opportunities for artistic enrichment and opening career pathways to talented individuals of all ages. |
College for Creative Studies
Masters degree
Transportation Design (M.F.A)
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The MFA Transportation Design concentration at CCS has been developed as a degree that combines research and practice. The program requires students to develop a keen awareness of global environmental issues and social change. The curriculum is designed to guide students to synthesize these external factors in their design work, translate them into a form that is meaningful in a business setting, and create products that resonate with a target market from all design and functional points of view.
In order to address one or more design problems, the major component of the curriculum is structured in a studio format. This format ensures that each student will participate in at least two team-based studio projects during his/her CCS graduate experience. Each project assignment will require that students follow a design development path that commences with an extensive and rigorous research phase. A project definition or project brief will grow out of the research findings, and will serve as the plan of work for the completion of the studio course. Students will be expected to work through the subsequent project phases by creating high-quality visual material (concept sketches, computer 2-D/3-D rendering) and a 3-D model, either hand-built or milled in either clay or other materials.
Another important objective of the studio component of the curriculum is to expose students to first-hand experience working with industry clients on commercially oriented, rigorous research projects. To this end, the program aims to provide each student with at least two opportunities to participate in industry-sponsored projects. As is established practice in the undergraduate curriculum, projects will only be accepted if they support the program’s curricula objectives. If accepted, students may gain academic credit through approved and formally structured industry internships.
The studio component of the curriculum is supported by significant lecture course requirements in history, business practices and the social sciences. These include courses that cover subjects such as design history presented in a historical and social context, research methodology practices, business practices, design management in a product development context, interaction design branding and related issues, sustainable manufacturing and environmental issues.
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