Program Overview

Integrated Product Design, Certificate

The certificate in Integrated Product Design makes a focus on product design feasible for students who are interested in the field from a wide range of disciplines. Jointly offered by the School of Engineering and Applied Science, Wharton and the School of Design, the IPD certificate certifies that students have had additional experience with an interdisciplinary, human-centered design process for developing new product innovations. Students enrolled in the certificate will be exposed to design thinking, have the opportunity to design at different scales and scopes, prototype and iterate distinct executions of their ideas, address manufacturing concerns, design enabling technologies, consider the implications of financial models on their product design, and develop business strategies.

Curriculum

A total of 5 course units are required for the Certificate.

Required Courses

• Select 2 of the following:
  • IPD 5090: Needfinding
  • IPD 5150: Product Design
  • IPD 5720: Design Thinking

Elective Courses

• Elective I: Design Arts (1 course unit)
  • ARCH 7240: Technology in Design
  • ARCH 7260: Furniture Design Strategic Process
  • ARCH 7280/IPD 5280: Design of Contemporary Products: Design for Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility
  • ARCH 7325: Technology Designated Elective
  • ARCH 7370: Semi-Fictitious Realms: A History and Future of Virtual Reality
  • ARCH 7390: New Approaches to an Architecture of Health
  • ARCH 7420: Function of Fashion in Architecture
  • ARCH 7430: Form and Algorithm
  • ARCH 7440/IPD 5440: Image, Object, Architecture
  • ARCH 7510: Ecology, Technology, and Design
  • CPLN 5710: Sensing the City
  • DSGN 5001: Art, Design and Digital Culture
  • DSGN 5002: Design 21: Design After the Digital
  • DSGN 5004: Art of the Web: Interactive Concepts for Art & Design
  • DSGN 5005: 3-D Computer Modeling
  • DSGN 5007: Typography
  • DSGN 5013: Graphic Design Practicum
  • DSGN 5016: Cultures of Making
  • DSGN 5017: Biological Design
  • DSGN 5018: Graphic Design I: Creative Technologies
  • DSGN 5019: Functions for Form and Material
  • DSGN 5021: Information Design and Visualization
  • DSGN 5022: Interfacing Culture: Designing for Mobile, Web and Public Media
  • DSGN 5023: User Experience (UX) and User Interface (UI) Design
  • DSGN 5580: Artificial Intelligence in Art: Redefining Creativity in the 21st Century
  • IPD 5110: How to Make Things: Production Prototyping Studio
  • IPD 5210: Designing Smart Objects for Play and Learning
  • IPD 5270: Industrial Design I
  • IPD 5680: Integrative Design Studio: Biological Design
  • IPD/MEAM 5160: Advanced Mechatronic Reactive Spaces
• Elective II: Engineering (1 course unit)
  • BE 5140/IPD 5040: Rehab Engineering and Design
  • CIS 5190: Applied Machine Learning
  • CIS 5450: Big Data Analytics
  • CIS 5570: Programming for the Web
  • CIT 5900: Programming Languages and Techniques
  • ESE 5160: IoT Edge Computing
  • ESE 5430: Human Systems Engineering
  • ESE 5450: Data Mining: Learning from Massive Datasets
  • IPD 5010: Integrated Computer-Aided Design, Manufacturing and Analysis
  • IPD 5140: Design for Manufacturability
  • IPD/MEAM 5160: Advanced Mechatronic Reactive Spaces
  • IPD/ESE 5190: Smart Devices
  • IPD 5290: Designing Connected Objects and Experiences
  • MEAM 5020: Energy Engineering in Power Plants and Transportation Systems
  • MEAM 5080: Materials and Manufacturing for Mechanical Design
  • MEAM 5100: Design of Mechatronic Systems
  • MEAM 5200: Introduction to Robotics
• Elective III: Business (1 course unit)
  • BDS 5010: Behavioral Science: Theory and Application of Experimental Methods
  • BDS 5120: Power, Persuasion and Influence
  • BDS 5210: Judgments & Decisions
  • EAS 5070: Intellectual Property and Business Law for Engineers
  • EAS 5120: Engineering Negotiation
  • EAS 5450: Engineering Entrepreneurship I
  • EAS 5460: Engineering Entrepreneurship II
  • EAS 5490: Engineering Entrepreneurship Lab
  • ENVS 6530: Corporate Sustainability Strategies
  • ESE 5400: Engineering Economics
  • FNCE 7500: Venture Capital and the Finance of Innovation
  • HCMG 8530: Management and Strategy in Medical Devices and Technology
  • HCMG 8670: Health Care Entrepreneurship
  • MGMT 7290: Intellectual Property Strategy for the Innovation-Driven Enterprise
  • MGMT 7310: Technology Strategy
  • MGMT 8010: Entrepreneurship
  • MGMT 8020: Change, Innovation & Entrepreneurship
  • MGMT 8040: Venture Capital and Entrepreneurial Management
  • MGMT 8120: Social Entrepreneurship
  • MKTG 6110: Marketing Management
  • MKTG 6120: Dynamic Marketing Strategy
  • MKTG 7110: Consumer Behavior
  • MKTG 7120: Data and Analysis for Marketing Decisions
  • MKTG 7270: Analytics and AI in Digital Marketing and Social Media
  • MKTG 7370: Applied Neuroscience for Business Decisions
  • MKTG 7680: Contagious: How Things Catch On
  • MKTG 7760: Applied Probability Models in Marketing
  • MKTG 8090: Experiments for Business Decision Making (Center Special Topic)
  • MKTG 8500: Special Topics - Consumer Neuroscience
  • NPLD 5850: Penn Social Impact Lab
  • NPLD 5870: Empowering Nonprofit Leaders to Thrive
  • NPLD 7820: Group Dynamics
  • NPLD 7850: Group Dynamics and Organizational Politics
  • NPLD 7860: Strategic Management and Leadership of Nonprofits
  • NPLD 7870: Leadership Theory and Practice
  • OIDD 6120: Business Analytics
  • OIDD 6140: Innovation
  • OIDD 6620: Enabling Technologies
  • OIDD 6910: Negotiations

Total Course Units: 5

The degree and major requirements displayed are intended as a guide for students entering in the Fall of 2025 and later. Students should consult with their academic program regarding final certifications and requirements for graduation.