Overview

The industrial design major for the bachelor of science is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD). Industrial Designers create new product shapes and styles and redesign existing products, using new technologies, processes and materials. Many people can and do predict future products. In contrast, industrial designers are trained to analyze people’s needs and desires and match forms, functions, materials, processes, and technologies to provide better product solutions. Industrial designers do more than predict the future–they prescribe it.

The Industrial Design Program takes seriously the growing demand for new, creative, and effective technological solutions to the problems facing contemporary society. The program’s goal is to prepare students to compete and succeed today and in the future.

All students must pass through an assessment portfolio review before passing on to junior-level status. The details of this process are outlined on the ID Program Web site and are available in hard copy from the IND Department office.