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Programs & Courses
First Year Experience
 
All students entering the College of Design enroll in an interdisciplinary curricular framework that encourages entering freshmen to think critically about and act creatively through design and art engaging the world around them. This experience includes:
  • Studio that introduces them to the heart of design education. Here students learn to use the design process, establish disciplined work habits, discuss their work and collaborate with others. This forms the foundation of all subsequent design work in the College and design professions.
  • Design Thinking course developing design topics including: processes, methods, philosophies, theories and special topics such as making choices in a consensus driven organization or in a collaborative venture
  • Design and Culture course, an interdisciplinary survey that analyzes the impact of Culture on the ideas, styles and expressions of art and design