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Degree Programs
The Bachelor of Arts in Design Studies provides a design education—both general and specific—to a broader student population at the university.
The program has two principal goals. First, the BA in Design Studies offers a program of general design education to the university at large. Second, it provides an alternative career path for undergraduate students presently enrolled in the majors of the college (architecture, housing and community development, industrial design, interior design, landscape architecture, planning, or visual communication design).
The BA in Design Studies is a four-year program of study in design. Students may undertake the BA with a general focus on design studies but can also focus on two specific concentrations: Design History or Design Management
(approval pending for both concentrations). All three areas of study provide a non-studio design education relevant to the practice and teaching of contemporary architecture, design, and planning.
Design Studies: Students can elect to pursue a broad program of studies in design in a non-studio environment. Such a choice permits students to explore the many facets of design studies available in the College of Design or to focus on design as it relates to other fields by way of selected courses from other colleges (see courses listed under the Curriculum/Courses). Students selecting this broader program of study in design studies can expect to discover the myriad possibilities of design as a subject area as well as the flexibility that it provides for further exploration in either the professional programs or in graduate education.
Design History: This concentration allows students to develop an expertise in design history. Beginning with a core of design courses acquired in the first year of any of the college’s majors, students pursue and refine their knowledge with additional courses in design history in architecture, graphic design, industrial design, interior design, landscape architecture, and planning. The intention of this area of study is to provide students with a broad knowledge and theoretical framework of design history in contemporary society
(approval pending).
Design Management: This area of study is intended to inform students about the interdependency that exists among design, management, and human communication. Students focus on courses in design, economics, finance, management, marketing, and human communication. Such combinations of courses can open doors for opportunities where design, management, and communication come together
(approval pending).
Professor Jacques Giard, Director of the Bachelor of Arts in Design Studies, will be glad to assist you. You may email him at jgiard@asu.edu.
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