NewNorth Center

Design in Business

NewNorth Center adheres to 12 core teaching approaches (Pedagogy)

  1. Experience-Based Learning
  2. Immersive Approach
  3. Competitive Learning Environment
  4. Business Simulation
  5. Object & Service as Product
  6. Project-Based Curriculum
  7. Environment of Demonstration
  8. Outcome Assessment & Critique
  9. Glocal Mindset
  10. Directed by Working Practitioners
  11. 3D Prototype Discovery
  12. Studio-Based, Boardroom-Minded

As in business, our coursework will assume and operate in an environment of competition

Students will expect careful, learned, and rigorous critique

Design process must be learned through demonstration and simulation

Understanding creative methodology requires an immersive approach

Practitioners who design for businesses provide invaluable practical experience

Famous faculty members set high expectations

True innovation requires cultural commitment

Knowledge is useful only when students see real world application