Teaching and learning in design differ from education in other fields. At the core of the educational experience is the design studio, where students apply their expanding knowledge and skills to theoretical and practical design problems. In these courses, students learn by hands-on making, building, inventing, shaping, and visualizing in response to problems for which there are many right answers. The College of Design offers undergraduate degree programs in Architecture, Art and Design, Graphic Design, Industrial Design, and Landscape Architecture. The college also has master's programs in the professional disciplines and a PhD program in design with concentrations in Community and Environmental Design and Information Design.
Studios are lively, exciting learning spaces.
The broad general education required by the university complements students' work in design by providing a context for decision-making and evaluation. Students may elect minors within and outside the college, enriching their perspective on their own discipline. A scholars program presents opportunities for double majors in design and the humanities or social sciences. The resources of the College of Design are excellent. Labs, research centers, and the College of Design Library are professionally staffed and support student work and faculty instruction.