Overview
Nearly every aspect of health care needs design expertise. Issues considered in the OCAD University’s Master of Design (MDes) in Design for Health include:
- Increases in chronic diseases
- An aging population
- Escalating costs and shrinking budgets
- The emergence of new infections
- Growing cultural diversity
- Consumer demand for more involvement in care planning and delivery
- A shift to multi-setting health-care delivery
- The spread of digital technologies
Problem Based Learning through Studio
The interdisciplinary Design for Health program has four main themes delivered primarily through studio-based learning with partnered projects:
- Health context: Develop domain knowledge in health, healthcare delivery, communications, technology and innovation.
- Research and application: Identify, design, conduct and apply qualitative, co-design, and evidence based techniques to health challenges.
- Design and innovation: Create new, ethical, and sustainable solutions with health sector stakeholders, patients, and partners.
- Proficiency and leadership within interdisciplinary collaborations: Be embedded in interdisciplinary teams which include patients, health-service providers and designers to develop design solutions and to communicate outcomes.
More information
Visit official programme websiteProgramme Structure
Courses include:
- Health Context and Design
- Design Research
- Studio 1: Corporeal
- Systems 1: Human Factors
- Studio 2: Spatial
- Systems 2: Systems & Services
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 24 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
- Deadline passed
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Language
English
Credits
8 alternative credits
Delivered
On Campus
Disciplines
Design User Experience Design Health Informatics View 17 other Masters in Health Informatics in CanadaAcademic requirements
GPA Your GPA, or Grade Point Average, is a number that indicates how well or how high you scored in your courses on average. Usually a GPA scales between 1.0 and 4.0, however different countries and universities can have different grading systems. B+
English requirements
TOEFL® IBT The TOEFL iBT® is given online through the internet at designated testing site. The test measures your English-language abilities in an academic setting. The score refers to the total score of 4 subjects (writing, listening, speaking, and reading), each subject has a range of 0 - 30. 90
IELTS The International English Language Test System (IELTS) tests your English-language proficiency on a scale of 1 – 9. The score refers to the combined average score of 4 subjects (writing, listening, speaking, and reading). 7
Other requirements
General requirements
- Application for admission into the Master’s in Design for Health will be competitive. Applicants must hold a bachelor degree in a design field, such as BA (in design studies), B.Arch., BED, BID, BDes, BSc, BEng or comparable honours degree/certification with a GPA of 75% (B+) or better during the last two years of study, or must demonstrate exceptional experience and expertise as a practitioner in a relevant discipline. All applicants must demonstrate creative and conceptual competence at a high level.
- A portfolio comprised of 10 examples of design work and a 750-word statement of interest will be required.
Tuition Fee
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International
44274 CAD/yearTuition FeeBased on the original amount of 22137 CAD per semester and a duration of 24 months. -
National
14940 CAD/yearTuition FeeBased on the original amount of 7470 CAD per semester and a duration of 24 months.
Funding
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