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From: Brandon Keith Biggs
Date: May 11, 2016 11:11PM

Hello,
I would like to do product design in the private sector focusing on
Universal Design. What master programs are there that would be good for
this? Here is what I have found:

Toronto has a program in Inclusive design:
http://www.ocadu.ca/academics/graduate-studies/inclusive-design.htm
This is the best I have found hands down.

Next is the NC State University masters (where the UD principals were
developed):
https://design.ncsu.edu/academics/industrial-design/graduate-program

ICE at Buffalo has a MS in engineering:
http://www.ise.buffalo.edu/

I have a music major with a minor in marketing, so an MS may not be
possible.
Thus saying, I do beta testing for everything I can in relation to screen
reader access, I program and I do Arduino building.
I originally was not wanting to go into accessibility, but there was a
moment a couple months ago when I realized that I was spending at least an
hour a day writing bug reports on software that I used. I also have a
talent where you give me any program and I can find a bug in about 5
minutes. I then learned about Universal Design and am now taking a product
design class and it is amazing.
Education is of particular interest to me as I have been in every single
educational setting one can think of (homeschool, public school, charter
school, private school, community college and public university) and I
currently work with my mom who is a Vision teacher.
There are several paths I could take and the two most practical ones are
below:
1. I applied and was excepted to the teacher of the visually impaired
program at SFSU for the Fall. I could get my masters there, then after that
apply to get a PHD or second masters in inclusive design.
2. I could try and get in for the Fall to one of the programs above for the
fall, but I highly doubt I can. Rather, I could do a Udacity class or
something that will give me a piece of paper saying I have programmed next
year and apply to a masters in the Fall of 2017.

Another option is I could just continue doing what I am doing and get my
project management professional certification working with my mom.

What would best prepare me for working in the private sector in inclusive
design?
Thank you,

Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>;