{"id":27319,"date":"2023-02-01T14:18:14","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T19:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/mad-tech\/?page_id=27319"},"modified":"2025-07-22T16:03:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T20:03:54","slug":"ds-careers-outcomes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/mad-tech\/academics\/ds-careers-outcomes\/","title":{"rendered":"Design Studies Careers + Outcomes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<p>Students in design studies go on to careers both inside of the practice of design and outside of it. Below are a selection of recent graduate stories:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kayla O\u2019Daniel:  Her thesis research was on the culture of creativity, looking closely at how businesses can encourage a more creative culture through the way that they structure their business plans and organizational development. She is currently attending Parsons, The New School for her Masters in Design Studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amron Lee: Her thesis research focused on urban renewal and regeneration, with specific focus on the difference between historic preservation and historic re-use. Including historical research, contemporary GIS mapping research and local interviews with urban planners and historic preservation leaders, Amron created a deep and insightful case study of Raleigh as a timely moment where its own history is in danger of being lost through the urban development process. In addition to her capstone paper, Amron also developed a website that outlined<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Career Opportunities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Our graduates fill a variety of roles including:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Art Educator<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Museum Education and Programs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>User Experience Researcher<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Information Architect<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Design Researcher\/Strategist<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Grant writing for Non- Profits<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Curating, Research, Writing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Entrepreneurship \u2013Small Business Owners<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Design Stylist<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Identity and Branding Design<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Media Production Managers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Website information Manager<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Event Managers -Production<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Exhibition Design<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Museum Curator<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Museum Conservation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Museum Object Handler<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Public Programs Manager for Non-Profit<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Historic Preservation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Art Historian<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Critical Writing and analysis for publishing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Development Officer for Art and Design Non-Profit Organization<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Outcomes<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Students in the Bachelor of Design Studies Program will:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Articulate critical and informed opinions about design systems, processes and objects verbally and in written form;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Apply critical and creative problem-solving and design thinking:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In the evaluation of design systems;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In proposing innovative solutions to fields outside of design;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In framing and responding to \u201cwicked problems\u201d inside and outside of design;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Utilize research skills to form critical opinions about the design, production and application of design artifacts and experiences;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Understand the relationship between culture, context, and usability as they relate to human needs and wants;\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Understand this relationship as it affects what is produced and consumed;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Evaluate this relationship to generate and manage new innovations in fields outside of design;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Guide innovative processes that emphasize access for all users;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Project a critical opinion about the perceived and potential affordances of design objects related to human needs and wants; and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Advance a cross-disciplinary perspective on the future of design theory and practice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students in design studies go on to careers both inside of the practice of design and outside of it. 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