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CDes Career Majors
Apparel Design
An Apparel Design major prepares you for a career designing, producing, and marketing apparel products. The curriculum focuses on creativity and the product development process, including manual and computerized pattern making and apparel structuring.
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Architecture
An undergraduate degree in Architecture prepares you for many careers that are affiliated with a career as an architect. Many students follow their undergraduate degree with a Masters of Architecture (M.Arch) which is required to become a licensed architect.
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Graphic Design
The Graphic Design major prepares students for creating print and electronic designs in a wide variety of organizations. The curriculum educates students in design methods, design theory, and creative problem solving, as well as visual and verbal literacy. An emphasis is placed on visual components: how humans communicate, perceive, interpret, and understand visual information.
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Interior Design
An Interior Design major prepares you for a career working with clients to develop a design for their home or work environment. Students study fundamentals, theory, process, communication, research, and technology to identify and solve problems related to people and their use of interior space.
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Landscape Architecture
The Landscape Architecture major prepares students for careers as engaged designers able to tackle the complex challenges facing urban, suburban, and rural environments. The diversity of landscapes you study in our programs are critically related to issues of ecology, climate change, and urban resilience and will provide you with a highly versatile and globally applicable background upon graduation. Additionally, students often follow their undergraduate degree with a Masters in Landscape Architecture (M.L.A.) which is the most direct route to become a licensed landscape architect.
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Product Design
The Product Design major is about creating the future in the form of new objects, systems and services. It is inherently creative and interdisciplinary blending design, engineering, business, art, and humanities. Students in this major will gain experience generating, visualizing, and prototyping innovative concepts.
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Retail and Consumer Studies
The Retail and Consumer Studies major prepares you for a wide variety of retail careers in both store locations and corporate settings. The curriculum includes coursework in design, business, communications as well as retail focused courses in consumer behavior, buying and visual merchandising.
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UX Design
A UX Design major prepares you for a career designing, producing, and marketing apparel products. The curriculum focuses on creativity and the product development process, including manual and computerized pattern making and apparel structuring.
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