Master of Fine Arts in Design

SPECIALTY AREA Sustainable Design

UW-Stout’s commitment to sustainability in Design Education includes a roster of accredited and certified faculty and electives from a range of departments across campus. Students are encouraged to build a course plan that identifies sustainability initiatives within their own disciplines.

ACCREDITED & CERTIFIED FACULTY Wendy Jedlicka, M.I.M., Ed.D(c) SEA, CPP Senior Lecturer, Sustainable Design Kim Loken, M.Arch. LEED-AP

Shelley Pecha, M.F.A. NCIDQ, WELL-AP Professor, Interior Design Julie Peterson, Ph.D. NCIDQ, WELL-AP Professor, Interior Design Nicolette Brehm, M.F.A. NCIDQ, WELL-AP Assistant Professor, Interior Design

Associate Professor, Game Design Andy Janetski, M.F.A.(c) SEA Lecturer, Industrial Design

RELATED PUBLISHED RESEARCH

Alesch, Jonathan. Flow and Aura: Arts and Crafts philosophies made manifest in present-day, hands-on research. Proceedings of the Polytechnic Summit 2022 in Darmstadt (Germany), June 28–30, 2022. Cummings, J., Feng, L., Hannen, D., Kromrie, J., Stan, T., Yang, J. (2020), “Post COVID-19 Green Recovery) researchgate Wigdahl, Matthew (2020), “Lake Menomin Project: Exploring an Outdoor Museum Piece using Design Research techniques.” Dialogue (p. 106), the proceedings from the AIGA Design Educators Community conferences. Brehm, Nicolette (2020), “From Vacant Shopping Malls to Thriving Senior Living Facilities.” Master of Fine Arts thesis in Design. Koss, Zach (2018), “Current climate: adaptive approaches to communicating Minnesota’s climate challenges through graphic design.” Master of Fine Arts thesis in Design.

CERTIFICATE in DESIGN FOR SUSTAINABILITY The Department of Design is proud to offer its first-ever graduate certificate program in Design for Sustainability. The program can be completed entirely using courses from the M.F.A. in Design program. It is also a stand-alone program for students only interested in a 12-credit experience.

3 cr.

3 cr.

Sustainable Design Practice Core requirement

Sustainable Design II: Global Impact Focus Area

3 cr.

3 cr.

Ethics in Design Core requirement

Elective Focus Area or Focus Selective

FOR MORE INFO, CONTACT: Wendy Jedlicka, M.I.M., Ed.D.(c) Sr. Lecturer, Sustainable Design

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