Studio Sequence

Through the design studios taken every semester, students obtain a hands-on opportunity that brings together the major curricula. The design experiences range over a breadth of problems, from larger systemic problems to smaller focused problems, so that students have broad exposure to all the different applications of design practice. Some fall and spring semester studios are taught as a sequence to give students experience with the design process from beginning to implementation. The studios also develop students' skills in using computers and other advanced tools and techniques, as well as in drawing, visualizing, communicating, and working together. In short, the program's design aspects provide the elements necessary to put students' creativity to work as leaders of design and innovation, whether it is in a multinational business at the cutting edge of the global market or in a smaller business that creates an unusual solution to a local problem.

The following studio sequence defines the existing sequence of courses.  The objectives have been developed by the faculty steering committee with input from students in the program.  Although the studios are continually being improved and developed, the basic studio sequence and series of goals will remain in place with the new curriculum.  No new courses will be developed.