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Experience Design
Walking timidly into the Tanner Building for her first class of her freshman year, Melissa Trautman didn’t know what to expect from the class or from her future BYU experience. She hoped the course title, Creating a Good Life, would come to literal fruition, but she had no idea the significant impact the class would have on her life.
By the time college starts, most students have gotten rid of their childhood toys. But for BYU Marriott's Experience Design and Management (EXDM) program, professors encourage students to play with toys.

While working as a white-water rafting guide in central Idaho during high school, Mat Duerden got his first taste of how experience design can impact lives.
BYU Marriott ExDM professor Brian Hill, along with three other BYU professors, recently led a group of fourteen students on a six-week expedition exploring Utah's natural wonders.
Kickboxing, kayaking, and rock climbing are challenging activities, and for those with physical or mental disabilities, they can seem nearly impossible but the No Barriers Summit attendees would tell you otherwise.
ExDM student Lindsey Sampson river rafted in Thailand, visited the great mountains of Nepal, and climbed the Great Wall of China all for school credit.
Emily Codling accomplishes what she sets her mind to. The secret to living your dreams, she says, is asking for the opportunity to do so.
Climbing the tallest mountains in the world, learning to fly, and doing research in Uganda are incredible feats on their own and BYU Marriott professor Stacy Taniguchi has done them all.
Pointillism can give insightful perspective on a student's academic journey. BYU Marriott ExDM students learned how at the department's first-ever Senior Peak Experience.
What role does emotion play in a transformative experience? That's what BYU Marriott experience design management student researchers will present on in Melbourne, Australia.
The ExDM program fit Stringham's ideal major because she received the business core she needed while her major classes were focused on creative areas.
Two women from BYU Marriott's therapeutic recreation major have teamed up to help adolescent girls strengthen themselves and themselves and their families.
A team of nine therapeutic recreation students helped conduct research on the travel experiences of individuals with disabilities.
New experience design and therapeutic recreation students cultivated new relationships with professors and peers during an outdoor adventure.
BYU Marriott alum Alena J. Turner quite literally bends over backward to help others. The 2013 therapeutic recreation graduate has influenced many children—including her own—during her successful career as a gymnastics coach.
A BYU Marriott alum combines work and play as she teaches patients how to recover from addiction through mountain biking, canoeing, and rock climbing.
Fencing, paragliding, and rowing gondolas are a few of the once-in-a-lifetime experiences that students had on the Experience Design and Management Study Abroad.
Whether it's adaptive sailing, golfing, or cycling, therapeutic rec student Meagan Berry helps others master the activity and gain confidence along the way.
Imagine if you could virtually walk onto any campus and get a feel for what it's like to be a student at each university. Wouldn't it be easier to choose where to earn your degree?
A strong relationship with the Savior and a keen sense of humor have helped Kris Belcher through the hardest trials of her life.
People from around the nation came together in Provo to learn more about creating authentic experiences at the 2018 Experience Design Quest.
Combining their love of people and adventure, BYU Marriott therapeutic rec students are teaming up with Cotopaxi to design an adaptive Questival in NYC this fall.
Some problems in life have one simple solution. But what about those that don't? BYU Marriott students and faculty are using design thinking to solve "wicked problems."
Everyone has a story to tell. Personal stories are shared on social media and news outlets every day. But what about those whose voices are not heard?