Program Overview

Project Design and Analysis Degree

Overview

The Project Design and Analysis degree is a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) program that focuses on innovative thinking, data, and technology to transform businesses and change the world.

Program Type and Format

• Major
• Format: On Campus (Only in Frisco)

Estimated Time to Complete and Credit Hours

• Estimated time to complete: 3 years
• Credit Hours: 120

Program Description

The Project Design and Analysis degree offers cutting-edge, hands-on learning with a 3-year program that equips students with real-world experience that they can apply to their careers. PDA students will master applicable skills from reading data to project management, all of which are critical to any industry for profit or not for profit.

Marketable Skills

• Project management
• Design thinking
• Analytical skills
• Professional leadership
• Professional communication

Program Highlights

• Meet the business your team will work with to deliver immediate impact.
• Experience highly involved faculty and business employees in your project management, design thinking and data analysis skills.
• Three internship opportunities to get real world experience before you graduate.
• Graduate with skills you learned AND practiced inside businesses.
• Get hands-on advanced practice in data analysis — you can forecast, problem-solve or monitor success with key performance measures.

Career Opportunities

Graduate with real-world projects, internships and experiences that will help you qualify for high demand jobs such as:

• Brand manager
• Business analyst
• Project manager
• Social media marketer
• Solutions architect
• User experience architect

Course Highlights

• Applied Design Thinking (3 hrs)
• Applied Strategic Design (3 hrs)
• Mixed Methods Research (3 hrs)
• Integrative Seminar I: Professional Practices (3 hrs)
• Integrative Seminar II: Strategies of Growth (3 hrs)
• Connections I: Collaborative Thinking (3 hrs)