Programa de Pós-Graduação em Design

Design Graduate Program – DGP

Program Objectives:

General objective:

To promote the qualification of professionals in the field of design and strengthen the infrastructure for research, education, and extension. The program also aims to provide a better understanding of the problems related to the production processes, establishing a consistent intervention in research practices, constituting a space for reflections on the problematics related to design in production and education, contributing to the development and improvement of academic qualification conditions for the socioeconomic benefit of the state.

Specific objectives:

1. To fulfill the needs of forming professors and researchers, supplying the regional demand for masters in the higher education institutions and contributing to improving the quality of the regional and national education system;

2. To unite research teams related to the problematics of design, based on the reflections derived from theoretical approaches linked to practice, inserting the produced knowledge in undergraduate and post-graduate studies, in a logic and consistent package;

3. To create narrow connections between education and research through the programs concentration areas and research lines;

4. To reinforce the focus of the undergraduate program, to continue and deepen the many types of research developed;

5. To develop basic researches applied to the objects of graphic and industrial design, according to methodological approaches and human factors;

6. To stimulate the academic production in the field of design.

Course:

MASTER´S PROGRAM IN DESIGN (Beginning in August of 2011).

Concentration areas and research lines:

METHODS FOR HUMAN FACTORS (Lines: 1. Physical Interfaces and Interactions; 2. Cognitive Interfaces and Interactions; 3. Organization and Human Factors).

Program Differentials (Strengths):

The DGP of Udesc was the first post-graduation program in design with a complete focus on Ergonomy and Human Factors, presenting research lines in the three Ergonomy areas: Physical, Cognitive, and Organizational. The researches have practical and experimental character, with field and laboratory activities, applying the concepts and theories studied in real cases, contributing to the improvement of processes and products of daily life. To do this, the program establishes partnerships with many institutions and organizations that allow the access of students to technology and real situations in which researches are developed. The DGP integrates the Assertive Technology Research and Development Network – RPDTA, along with other renowned research centers of the country such as UFSC, UFPR, UTFPR and UNESP, in addition to international partnerships, such as the Université Franche-Comté, and the international performance of the professors in institutions such as the Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola and Tecnológico de Monterrey.

Minimum formation and other requirements for ingress:

The candidate must bear an undergraduate diploma in design and correlated areas, or in other formation areas, but that directly act with Ergonomy and Human Factors.

Form/period of ingress:

The selection process is annually published in a notice and includes an exam of the English language, thematic writing, interview, curriculum analysis, and research Project evaluation. Rules and alterations are provided in the notice.

Selection/Ingress Notice: http://www.udesc.br/ceart/ppgdesign/processosseletivos

Teaching staff: http://www.udesc.br/ceart/ppgdesign/docentes

Program website: http://www.udesc.br/ceart/ppgdesign

Disciplines: http://www.udesc.br/ceart/ppgdesign/estruturacurricular

Telephone number: +55 (48) 3664-8381 / 3664-8319.

Program contact e-mail: ppgdesign.ceart@udesc.br