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OSR Master’s program: Design

Many people support your learning journey, starting with you.

Take charge of your learning — Create your own learning experience based on principles of adult learning theory: self-direction, learning goals, relevance to life experience and practical application.

Learning in community — A dynamic, interactive and collaborative interplay of student and faculty perspectives. Faculty advisors participate in all sessions as co-learners with you.

Prominent visiting presenters — Engage with leading thinkers and practitioners connected to the field of organizational change.

Design teams — A portion of the curriculum is designed and delivered by student-led design teams. Each year you will select a design team topic for in-depth study. These teams, mentored by a faculty advisor, offer real-time learning in design and group dynamics.

Collaborative learning groups — During each weekend session 11 students and their faculty advisor meet to support each other's learning.

Mentoring Councils— You will create your own mentoring council to help support, clarify and challenge your learning. The committee consists of your faculty advisor, a peer advisor from the cohort and field advisors from the external community.

Theory paper and consultation project — During the summer quarter, you will research a theory base related to your individual program goals. During the second year of the program, you will engage in a consultation project as a way to demonstrate your ability to move theory into practice in an organizational setting.

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