Bachelor of Fine Arts - Industrial Design

Program Description

The BFA in Industrial Design integrates drawing, graphic design, and experience design with courses in science, math, computer science, physics and computer-aided design/manufacturing/engineering. Unique to the program are required classes in marketing, management and sustainability. Students create under the constraints of what is possible and practical using established manufacturing techniques. Graduates of the program learn to design, make and scale through an iterative process from prototyping to manufacturing.

Students will be able to:

• Analyze a system through reconfiguration and sensory awareness.
• Design objects through the intentional use of template systems and geometric principles.
• Evaluate the generative nature of material as it informs design.
• Utilize principles of interconnectedness and modularity in the design of objects.
• Create objects or systems that explore extreme scales.
• Determine the broader impact of an object within its environment.