The Program aims at exploring and institutionalizing the concepts of future foresight and planning in organizations. A rich program content that includes a variety of tools and knowledge of the future will enable graduates of public sector and business leaders and other professionals to improve their strategic thinking and planning and improve the way they make future-related decisions and deal with ensuing change. Students will also be able to develop professional expertise in terms of managing and leading future foresight and strategic planning projects.

PROGRAM MISSION

• To develop an understanding of modern concepts and methodologies of future foresight and planning that can be deployed effectively by organizations to strategically plan for the future;

• To equip students and learners with the ability and tools to analyze and address real-life issues as future thinkers and developers of ideas, strategies, and solutions

The program would focus on:

• Conceptual issues.

• Methods and problem-solving.

• Domain-specific applications.

• Possible responses to the future.

The methods would include:

• Quantitative approaches to long-term and short-term foresight.

• Qualitative methods in long-term foresight.

• Synthesis, integration, and application of the methods (Scenario Planning and development).

ACCREDITATION

The program is accredited by the Ministry of Education – Higher Education Affairs (MOE-HEA) and is licensed by the KHDA. According to Princeton Review and U.S. News & World Report, RIT’s master’s degree programs are ranked among the best master’s degree programs in the United States of America.

The program is comprised of 33 semester credit hours which students must successfully complete.

The table below shows the program structure of Master of Science in Professional Studies: Future Foresight and Planning.

To graduate, students need to complete all the requirements as listed in the curriculum. Click here for the graduation policy.

Click here to download undergraduate catalogue for complete descriptions of each course within the program.

• Design an organizational future foresight strategy framework.

• Determine where scenario planning is applicable to the organization, its environment and its relationship to strategic planning, forecasting and other processes.

• Evaluate leadership and change requirements needed for designing and delivering successful foresight processes.

• Apply future foresight methods including scenario planning, environmental scanning and envisioning to deal with various decision support situations.

• Develop innovative strategic plans for institutional change that will lead to the development of sustainable futures.

• Conduct research that relates to future foresight and planning.