Wichita State University New Program Proposal
Criteria Program Summary
1. Program Identification CIP Master in Innovation Design, 50.0404
2. Academic Unit Institute for Interdisciplinary Creativity
3. Program Description The complexity of today’s technology requires innovators
from multiple disciplines to come together as a team and translate ideas into something transforming through non-traditional means. The Master in Innovation Design (MID) curriculum will merge Arts, Science, and Technology curricula, creating opportunities for students and faculty to collaborate across WSU’s colleges. The MID program will be individualized for each student and will focus on
developing students’ “design thinking skills.” These include the capabilities to (a) develop creative solutions, (b)
effectively communicate, (c) practice entrepreneurship, and (d) develop prototypes. The development of these capabilities will be grounded in a research-based, academic curriculum. The program will engage with businesses and focus on innovation, product development, effective communication, flexibility, and small business generation.
4. Demand/Need for the Program Preliminary demand for the MID program is strong. In a survey of WSU juniors and seniors, 275 students indicated they were interested in the program and would like to receive more information in the future. Additionally, in a recent surveyof employers, over 90% of respondents indicated that the most important skills they look for in new employees are critical thinking skills, the ability to clearly communicate, the ability to continually learn, and, importantly, the ability to design innovative solutions to complex problems. The learning objectives of the Design degree address these skills, and the program is designed to emphasize the development of creative and design thinking skills that employees are looking-for.
5. Comparative/ Locational Advantage
Among the six state universities, none offers a comparable degree at the graduate level. WSU is uniquely positioned to offer students access to new faculty collaborative ventures, public-private partnerships, and the facilities of a
MakerSpace and IdeasLab on campus. WSU serves a large percentage of professional students and supports a high-achieving student population collaborating across the liberal arts, sciences, and professional disciplines through its field majors and Honors College curricula. These groups would benefit from the opportunity of further study in Innovation Design. WSU offers the additional advantage of its location in Kansas’s largest city, near large employers.
6. Curriculum The MID curriculum consists of 30 credit hours (for thesis option) to 33 credit hours (for non-thesis option). Students are required to take 12 credits in core courses and to complete the remainder of the credit hours through an independent plan of study developed with their primary faculty advisor, and culminating in a prototype, process, portfolio, or project. Existing courses comprise most of the degree requirements.
7. Faculty Profile While graduate faculty in existing departments and colleges across the university will teach, coordinate the MID
curriculum and work with students to create independent plans of study, there are 17 core faculty for the program who teach in a variety of schools and departments. Among the core faculty, five are professors, eight are associate professors, three are assistant professors, and one is an instructor. All have a terminal degree. Thirteen are tenured, and three are tenure-track but not yet tenured.
All core faculty members are Coleman Fellows associated with the WSU Center for Entrepreneurship. Coleman
Fellows are faculty members who have appointments outside a business discipline and who work to advance
self-employment education and strengthen entrepreneurship education across disciplines. The goal of the fellows program is to assist and maintain an ongoing connection for students interested in entrepreneurship across campus.
All core faculty members listed above currently teach
courses and advise graduate students. Because the courses for the proposed MID program largely consist of existing
courses that these core faculty members already teach, the additional advising and teaching work the faculty members would bear as a result of the introduction of the program would be minimal.
8. Student Profile The Master of Innovation Design (MID) degree will attract creative student entrepreneurs preparing for a career in an emerging field. This degree will appeal to students who wish to continue their education at the graduate level but do not seek specialized training concentrated in only one major design area. Early career professionals in biotechnology, graphic, media, and interface design, manufacturing, digital education, and healthcare technology who are highly motivated and inspired by challenges – not looking for opportunities, but creating them—will benefit from the MID program.
9. Academic Support The MID degree will be facilitated by a faculty director. The program will use existing faculty advisors within
departments and colleges across campus.
The academic support model at WSU is extensive and includes support from the Counseling and Testing Center, Disability Support Services, One Stop Student Services, University Libraries, Career Services, the Office of
Cooperative Education and Work-Based Learning, and other offices.
10. Facilities and Equipment The new MakerSpace, IdeasLab, and WIDGET collaborative currently under development on campus will provide
facilities for the MID students and faculty. No additional space or equipment will be needed.
11. Program Review, Assessment, Accreditation
The program will be reviewed according to Kansas Board of Regents’ program review requirements. Assessment of student learning outcomes will be measured along such measures as graduation rates, graduate exit surveys,
participation in research forums, experience-learning based evaluations, knowledge-skills assessments, and
thesis/capstone evaluations. Specialized accreditation is not available for this degree.
12. Costs, Financing Existing graduate-level faculty will teach, advise, and supervise student work. Funds will be needed to cover the cost of a director for the program. The funding will come from an internal reallocation from the office of the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs. It is anticipated that after the implementation phase, the degree program will be revenue neutral.
Basic Program Information
Proposing Institution Wichita State University
Title of Proposed Program Innovation Design
Degree Master of Innovation Design
Anticipated Date of Implementation Spring 2016
Responsible Unit Institute for Interdisciplinary Creativity
CIP code 50.0404
Program justification
The mission of Wichita State University is to “be an essential educational, cultural and economic driver for Kansas and the greater public good.” To support this mission, WSU has goals to be a nationally recognized institution driving technology, design, and manufacturing. The complexity of today’s technology requires innovators from multiple disciplines to come together as a team and translate ideas into something transforming through non-traditional means. The Master in Innovation Design (MID) curriculum will merge Arts, Science, and Technology curricula, creating opportunities for students and faculty to collaborate across WSU’s colleges. The MID curriculum will be individualized for each student, and may contain courses from any of the WSU academic colleges. The program will engage with businesses and focus on innovation, product development, effective communication, flexibility, and small business generation. The MID curriculum will focus on developing students’ “design thinking skills.” These include the capabilities to (a) develop creative solutions, (b) effectively communicate, (c) practice
entrepreneurship, and (d) develop prototypes. The development of these capabilities will be grounded in a research-based, academic curriculum.
Similar programs in other institutions in the Regents system and related programs in the same institution
Within Wichita State University, there is no cross-disciplinary program similar to the proposed MID program. Currently graduate students interested in innovation design matriculate within an existing graduate program in the college of engineering or fine arts (for example) and work informally with faculty members in other colleges to develop their products, services, or businesses. The program that is closest to the proposed MID program is the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies (MALS). The MALS program is an interdisciplinary program that resides in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The program allows graduate students to take courses in multiple disciplines. But MALS students are limited to taking twelve or less credit hours outside the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The curricula of the existing WSU programs, therefore, constrain the classes that students take. The MID program will be designed to allow, and
Within the other Regents universities, there is only one program that is somewhat similar to the proposed MID program. It is the Master of Arts in Design with a concentration in Design Management at the University of Kansas. This program is in the KU School of Architecture, Design, & Planning.. To work with businesses and professors in other colleges, students collaborate through the KU Center for Research Design. The KU degree is geared to students who have an undergraduate degree in a design related field and who would like to study design management. In contrast, the MID is designed for students with any undergraduate degree and does not focus on design management, per se. Instead, MID students customize their degree, in consultation with an advisor.
Similar programs in the region
Within Kansas and the states bordering Kansas, only three universities offer programs that are somewhat similar to the proposed MID program. These are:
- a concentration in Design Research for graduate students in the University of Missouri’s
Architectural Studies MS and PhD programs
- a Bachelor’s of Environmental Design (BEnvd) at the University of Colorado (Boulder) - an Interior Design MS program and a Master’s of Architecture (MArch) program in the
College of Architecture at the University of Nebraska (Lincoln)
Like the existing WSU graduate programs, the programs at the University of Missouri and University of Nebraska are intra-disciplinary programs. The curricula in these programs are offered within the university’s school of architecture. The Environmental Design BEnvd
program at the University of Colorado, by contrast, is interdisciplinary. The students take courses from faculty members in several colleges from throughout the university. The BEnvd program differs from the proposed WSU MID program in that it is targeted to one form of design, environmental design, and is an undergraduate degree program.
Location of the program at Wichita State University
A 2014 study of job demand for graduates with “design thinking skills” (see EAB reports page 5) in the Washington DC metropolitan area found:
- most of the jobs for which “design thinking” was a qualification were located in urban areas
- eight of the top ten employers that listed “design thinking” qualifications were government contractors
Because of the number of companies in the Wichita area that contract with the federal, state, and local governments, and because Wichita is the largest urban area in Kansas, it makes since for the MID program to be located at Wichita State University. As proposed, the MID program would be an interdisciplinary degree program that takes advantage of the curricula and faculty expertise that already exist within WSU colleges. Therefore, cooperation with other Regent universities to develop a cooperative or joint program is not needed.
Ranking of the program in WSU’s list of priorities
Driven by its new mission, to be an essential educational, cultural and economic driver for Kansas and the greater public good, WSU has prioritized initiatives focused around applied learning and research. Transforming the university into an innovation focused campus is one
example of how this is taking root. Announced in 2014, the concept of an innovation university offers opportunities to serve the public good by allowing essential educational opportunities through partnership with the community, business and faculty. This, in turn, provides students with applied learning and research opportunities. As determined by each college’s strategic plan, the proposed MID program aligns with the stated mission and the concept of an innovation university – i.e., the degree program will engage with businesses and focus on innovation, product development, and small business generation.
Student demand for the program and characteristics of the students who will participate in the program
To determine the demand for a MID program, an email was sent to all Wichita State juniors and seniors. The email briefly described the proposed MID program and directed the respondent to click on a link if s/he was interested in learning more about the MID program. Respondents who indicated they were interested in learning more were directed to a webpage which contained a longer description of the program, and on which they could submit a request to receive more information about the MID program when the information became available. Two hundred seventy-five individuals indicated they were interested in the program and would like to receive more information.
Characteristics of the pool from which the students will be drawn
The MID program will draw from two pools of potential students. The first pool includes individuals who already have an innovative product, service, or business idea and who want to learn design skills to help them develop their idea and bring it to market. The second pool includes individuals who have a broad base of knowledge in a field and who want to develop “design thinking skills.” The first pool, the “students with a mission,” will include biochemists, nanotechnology engineers, digital graphic artists, and academic administrators with ideas of how to change and improve educational systems. The second pool, the “students looking for a
solution,” will include individuals who have worked for years as teachers, marketing managers, nurses, and financial analysts. These individuals will have deep industry-based knowledge and they will be driven by a desire to address a nagging problem they have faced for a long time1. An example of a student who might benefit from the MID program is a personal trainer who has a background in exercise performance monitoring, and who wants to develop a better
performance wearable tracking device, but who does not know how to design a product. Another example is a state school administrator who has struggled for years with problems related to collecting data for assessment purposes. She has an idea of how to automate and improve the efficiency of the data collection process, but she does not know how to translate her idea into a design. A third example might be a student with a degree in theatrical lighting design who wants to combine concepts from industrial engineering to develop new forms of aesthetic expression in architectural landscaping.
Procedures and criteria for admission into the proposed program
The proposed MID admission process will follow the WSU graduate school process (described at the following website: http://www.wichita.edu/GrDoAppInfo) and will additionally include a
1 These two types of students are similar to the two types of students discussed in the Education Advisory Board’s
portfolio review. Applicants will be given the opportunity to include in their application any credentials they believe represent their accomplishments and help explain why they wish to join the MID program. Application materials could include:
- transcripts of academic coursework
- documentation of prior learning or experience relevant to design
- examples of prior design work in whatever format best showcases that work (e.g., a portfolio of artwork)
- a video of a performance
- links to software applications
- descriptions of products developed
- published articles or reports
- a resume
- a personal essay
- an interview
For the MID program, an admissions committee consisting of faculty from all of WSU’s existing colleges will review a potential student’s application. In reviewing applications, the admissions committee will look for a potential student’s level of commitment to completing a master’s degree, interest in learning design thinking skills, and whether there is a fit between the potential student’s goals and the resources of the MID faculty.
Demand for graduates of the program
Recent Bureau of Labor Statistic studies indicated that design positions such as industrial designers, graphic designers, etc. were projected to grow four percent from 2012 to 20222. Consumer demand for new products and new product styles should sustain the demand, if not increase it, going forward.
Additionally, in a study of market demand for individuals who possess design thinking skills, the Education Advisory Board found3:
- the number of job postings that listed design thinking skills as a qualification increased by 84.5 percent between 2010 and 2013.
- the most common job titles for which design thinking was listed as a qualification were marketing manager, graphic designer, and software engineer. The job responsibilities for these job titles included organizational development, product development, and product design.
In another study, the Education Advisory Board found that demand for jobs that require creativity skills grew between 2010 and 2013 in the United States4.
- In the Manufacturing sector, jobs that require creativity skills grew 31 percent.
2 Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2015. Occupational Outlook Handbook.
http://www.bls.gov/ooh/arts-and-design/industrial-designers.htm
3 Education Advisory Board. 2014. COE Forum. Market Demand for Design Thinking Graduate Certificates. 4 Education Advisory Board. 2014. COE Forum. Design Thinking Business Programs.
- In the Health Care and Social Assistance sector, jobs that require creativity skills grew 89 percent.
- In the Finance and Insurance sector, jobs that require creativity skills grew 61 percent.
- In the Retail Trade sector, jobs that require creativity skills grew 42 percent.
- In the Educational Services sector, jobs that require creativity skills grew 141 percent.
- In the Information sector, jobs that require creativity skills grew 54 percent.
- In the Accommodations and Food Services sector, jobs that require creativity skills grew 38 percent.
Although these studies were not specific to Kansas or Wichita, we believe the job demand trends are similar in our area, given the focus of advanced material manufacturing work in the Wichita area.
Program academic objectives
The learning objectives of the proposed MID program include developing students’ capabilities to:
- Develop creative skills and solutions
- Develop prototypes
- Effectively communicate solutions and prototypes to potential investors
- Practice entrepreneurship
After completing the program, students should have developed a:
- Portfolio, patent application, process, or prototype
- Willingness and ability to experiment with their ideas
- Network of individuals and businesses with whom they can continue to collaborate
- Desire to continue to design solutions to problems they identity
Program curriculum
The proposed MID program would consist of at least 30 (thesis option) to 33 (non-thesis option) credit hours including the following.
Core Courses (12 credit hours)
o Creativity and Innovation
In this seminar, students will be exposed to research in creativity – particularly the results of studies that show how new, creative products, services, and processes are developed. Students will interact with MID faculty, other students, and creative professionals in a seminar format.
o The Communication Entrepreneur
In this class, students will read and discuss how to effectively communicate while starting a company. Students will meet with entrepreneurs who have been both successful and unsuccessful communicators in their careers.
o New Product Development & Innovation
In this class, students will be presented with the best practices and underlying rationale for how to develop new products that may be technically and financially
feasible. Students will develop product descriptions, marketing plans and assessments, and concept-test plans.
o Product, Service, and Process Prototyping
In this class, students will focus on learning how to conceptualize and build theoretical and physical models that will allow them to iteratively test their new product, service, and process ideas. The course will be experiential, requiring students to learn by doing.
These courses align with the four “design thinking” capabilities – creativity, communication, entrepreneurship, and prototyping
Electives (12-18 credit hours)
These courses would be customized for each student in consultation with a student’s advisors and based on the student’s design goals. Courses could be selected from all existing WSU graduate courses. Some existing WSU graduate courses that relate to collaborative design include:
o Special Investigations in Psychology
o Human Factors Psychology
o Professional Practices in Graphic Design
Major Project (3 credit hours for non-thesis option) or Thesis (6 credit hours) Students would have the option of completing a major project or a thesis
o Completing a major project would require the development of a portfolio, patent application, process, or prototype
o Completing a thesis would require a thesis defense in accordance with WSU Graduate School policies
Students will also complete Professional and Scholarly Integrity Training (PSIT) and satisfy other general graduate degree requirements. An optional zero credit hour practicum will be available to allow students to network with other MID students and faculty. No internship will be required.
Program faculty
Core Faculty
Alex Chaparro, PhD, Professor of Psychology (tenured)
Barbara Chaparro, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychology (tenured) Ed Baker, PhD, Associate Professor of Theater (tenured)
Gaylen Chandler, PhD, Professor of Entrepreneurship (tenured)
James Hellman, MFA, Associate Professor of Graphic Design (tenured) Jeff Pulaski, PhD, Assistant Professor of Graphic Design (tenure-track)
Jeremy Patterson, PhD, Associate Professor of Human Performance Studies (tenured) Jibo He, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychology (tenure-track)
Mark Schneegurt, PhD, Professor of Biological Sciences (tenured) Matthew Cecil, PhD, Associate Professor of Communications (tenured)
Mehmet Yildirim, PhD, Associate Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (tenured)
Michael Jorgensen, PhD, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering (tenured) Natalie Grant, EdD, Assistant Professor of Social Work (tenure-track)
Ron Stephen, MHA, Instructor of Public Health Sciences (not tenure-track) Scott Miller, PhD, Professor of Aerodynamics (tenured)
Steven Skinner, PhD, Professor of Electrical Engineering (tenured)
- All core faculty members listed above currently teach 1-3 courses per semester and advise graduate students. Because the courses for the proposed MID program largely consist of existing courses that these core faculty members already teach, the additional advising and teaching work the faculty members would bear as a result of the introduction of the program would be minimal.
- All core faculty members are Coleman Fellows associated with the WSU Center for
Entrepreneurship. Coleman Fellows are faculty members who have appointments outside a business discipline and who work to advance self-employment education and strengthen entrepreneurship education across disciplines. The goal of the fellows program is to assist and maintain an ongoing connection for students interested in entrepreneurship across campus.
Supplemental Faculty
David Koert, PhD, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering (tenured) David Neville, MFA, Assistant Professor of Theater (tenure track)
Gergana Markova, PhD, Associate Professor of Management (tenured) John Perry, PhD, Associate Professor of Management (tenured)
Kimberly Engber, PhD, Associate Professor of English (tenured) Lisa Garcia, MS, Clinical Educator of Anatomy (not tenure-track)
Lou Heldman, BA, Distinguished Senior Fellow of Communications (not tenure-track) Madeline McCullough, MA, Instructor of Communication (not tenure-track)
Rachel Crane, PhD, Associate Professor of Libraries (tenured)
Richard Muma, PhD, MPH, PA-C Professor Depts. of Public Health Sciences and Physician Assistant (tenured)
Robert Bubp, MFA, Associate Professor of Painting (tenured)
Shirley Lefever-Davis, PhD, Professor of Curriculum & Instruction (tenured)
Among the core faculty, five are professors, eight are associate professors, three are assistant professors, and one is an instructor. All have a terminal degree. Thirteen are tenured, and three are tenure-track but not yet tenured.
Among the supplemental faculty, two are professors, six are associate professors, one is an assistant professor, one is an instructor, one is a clinical educator, and one is a distinguished senior fellow. Nine have a terminal degree. Eight are tenured, and one is tenure-track but not yet tenured.
No new faculty are needed for the MID program. However, a full-time director of the program will be needed, who will be a member of the graduate faculty and will also serve as the graduate coordinator.
Graduate assistants in existing departments will be utilized to assist program instructors.
Academic support services for this program
Faculty advisors will be assigned to MID students when they are admitted to the program. Students and faculty advisors will be matched based upon the student’s goals. The advisor
assigned to a student at the time of admission will assist the student in completing initial tasks such as class selection, registration, and orientation. After a student has completed 1-2 semesters, the student may change advisor(s) based on his or her academic interest. With the guidance of the advisor(s) and his/her project/thesis committee, the student will prepare a plan of study and have it approved by the committee and the Graduate School. Students will work closely with their advisors to identify specific interests and objectives such as:
- selecting a final project option
- developing a major project or thesis committee
- creating a plan of study
The WSU libraries possess resources that would support MID students with a variety of interests. These include:
- subject matter librarians
- a welcoming environment for study
- print and audio works
- an interlibrary loan agreement with public and private university and non-university libraries
- numerous online databases – both general and specialized, including the Design and Applied Arts Index (DAAI). DAAI is the leading source for abstracts and the indexing of periodical literature.
The WSU Information Technology Services department possesses resources that would support MID students with a variety of interests. These include:
- telecommunications services
- several computer labs
- networking and data center operations
- web development and data warehousing services
Library materials and other forms of academic support are required beyond normal additions
NONE
New or enhanced forms of academic support
NONE
Support staff
The MID will be in the new Institute for Interdisciplinary Creativity which will be housed initially in the Office of Academic Affairs and supported by the administrative staff currently available in that office.
Facilities and Equipment
The administration of the proposed MID program will be housed in the Institute for
The Academic Affairs suite within Morrison Hall will be sufficient for the staff and faculty who will administer and teach in the Innovation Design program.
Because the essence of the MID program involves the utilization of multiple forms of design, facilities from each college will be utilized. These facilities will include:
- Digital media labs in the Elliott School
- Graphic design labs and lighting/costume/set design labs in the College or Fine Arts
- Human performance labs in the Education College
- Audiology clinic in Health Professions
- Koch Global Trading Center in the Barton School of Business
- Beggs Engineering Research Laboratory Building in the College of Engineering In addition to these existing facilities, there are several planned facilities that may be used by MID students. These include:
- Ideas Lab that is planned for the College of Fine Arts
- Innovation Center to be located in the Barton School of Business’s new home building - Maker Space in the new Experimental Engineering Building
The equipment utilized in the MID program will include equipment that already is being utilized in other programs, and equipment that will be acquired for the new, planned facilities (e.g., the Ideas Lab, Innovation Center, and Maker Space). This equipment includes:
- Computer hardware – e.g., iMac workstations, monitors, servers, drawing tablets, a 3D printer, cameras, LCD projectors, printers, MIDI controllers, a portable recording booth, a 3D scanner
- Computer software – e.g., Acrobat, After Effects, DVD Studio Pro, Fireworks, Flash, Illustrator, Lightroom, Maya, Muse, Photoshop, Rhino 3D,Toast
- Materials equipment – e.g., gearboxes, drill presses, planers, a lathe, belt and disc sanders, miter saws, band saws, grinders, sewing machines, welders
- Other equipment – e.g., ovens, a freezer, sinks, a paint booth
The existing equipment -- along with the equipment that will be acquired for new, planned facilities -- will be sufficient to meet the needs of the MID program students and faculty.
Program Review, Assessment and Accreditation
A clear process will be in place and will remain in place that evaluates student learning and program outcomes on several levels. The table below outlines the preliminary assessment plan for the Innovation Design degree program. Teaching faculty, the program director, and the Office of Academic Affairs will assess the educational soundness of the program. Accreditation is not available for this degree.
Evaluation Areas/Measures Minimum Frequencies Responsibility Each Course Every Year Every 1-3 Years Every 3-5+ Years Ongoing Course evaluations (e.g. SPTE or IDEA)
X Director/Facult y Learning objective assessment X “ Curriculum/graduate exit surveys X “
Mission statement review X “
External advisory input X “
Admittance numbers X “
Admission policies review X “
Application materials review X “
Core competency evaluation X “
Thesis/capstone evaluation X “
Graduation number and rate X “
Curricular review of diversity
X “
Student participation in on-campus business plan competitions
X “
APPENDIX A
CURRICULUM SUMMARY
Wichita State University Master in Innovation Design
CURRICULUM OUTLINE AND ACADEMIC CHECKSHEET
Required Core Competencies (12 credit hours or equivalent experience) Credit Hours
ID 801 – Creativity and Innovation 3
COMM 706V – The Communication Entrepreneur 3
ID 802 – Product, Service, and Process Prototyping 3
ENTR 706 – New Product Development and Innovation 3
Electives (12-18)
At least 12 hours (for thesis option) -18 hours (for non-thesis option) in graduate-level courses approved by faculty advisor(s) and program director.
Required Design Project (3) /Thesis (6)
Non-thesis option students will complete a 3 credit hours design project (approved and guided by advisory and advisory committee). Thesis option students will complete a 6 credit hours thesis (approved and guided by advisors and advisory committee).
Total 30-33 Credit Hours
APPENDIX B
FISCAL SUMMARY
IMPLEMENTATION YEAR FY2016 Fiscal Summary for Proposed Academic Programs
Institution:___Wichita State___Proposed Program:__Master in Innovation Design_______
Part I Anticipated
Enrollment * Implementation Year Year 2 Year 3
Full-Time
Part-Time Full-Time
Part-Time Full-Time Part-Time A. Full-time, Part-time Headcount: 10 (9 cr. hr./ sem) 15 (9 cr. hr./ sem) 20 (9 cr. hr./ sem) B. Total SCH taken by all students in program
90/semester 135/semester 180/semester
Part II. Program Cost Projection
A. In implementation year one, list all identifiable General Use costs to the academic unit(s) and how they will be funded. In subsequent years, please include only the additional amount budgeted.
Fall, Implementation
Year Year 2 Year 3
Costs:
Salaries
$0 $0 $0
OOE $0 $0 $0
Total $0 $0 $0
Indicate source and amount of funds if other than internal reallocation:
This degree program will be capped at admitting 20 students a year after full implementation, with annual operating costs estimated at $160,000. The funding for a program director comes from an internal reallocation from the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs. The Office of Academic Affairs will provide administrative support services for the director during the implementation phase of the degree. Facilities and equipment are included in the budget for the MakerSpace, IdeasLab, and WIDGET collaborative. It is anticipated that after the implementation phase, this degree will be revenue neutral.
Revised: September 2003