Department of Design

Office: Art & Design Building 120

Telephone: 408-924-4343

Professors

David Chai
Raquel Coelho
Connie Hwang
Chang Sik Kim
John Loomis
John McClusky
Virginia SanFratello, Chair
Diana Seah
Randall Sexton

Associate Professors

John Clapp
Yoon Chung Han
Joshua Nelson

Assistant Professors

Eleanor Pries
Dana Ragouzeos
Kohar Scott
Angela Wu

Overview

The Department of Design at San José State University is one of the top design programs in California and the best value in design education. Our mission is to shape the next generation of social, political, and environmental innovators by taking full advantage of our proximity to Silicon Valley, the global center of high technology, innovation, venture capital, and social media. We are a community of creative technologists, who are teaching and learning technological and fabrication skills that are inclusive and adaptive, poetic, cutting edge, and experimental. We understand that design is everywhere and is transformative throughout the world. We use our skills and knowledge to make our world safer, healthier, more equitable, and to create positive change.

The Department offers a wide range of majors and minors in Animation & Illustration, Graphic Design, Industrial Design, Interaction Design, and Interior Design. All of our programs are focused on giving students real-life, practical, design experiences that will help them find their place in the broader design community and in turn, the world. Through internships, funded research, and community engagement projects, we are able to prepare students to launch their careers with a wide range of abilities, including digital design skills such as 3D-printing and augmented and virtual reality knowledge. Because our students are engaged in co-curricular activities beyond the classroom, they learn strategy, leadership, communication, and how social and emotional intelligence can impact design outcomes.

The department is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD).

Professional Design Programs

The Department of Design offers professional programs in Animation & Illustration, Graphic, Industrial, and Interior Design. The curricula of the four programs combine the aesthetic sensitivity and technical knowledge necessary to function creatively in design, business and industry. Internships in design offices are integral to all four programs.

Admission Requirements for Animation & Illustration, Graphic, Industrial, and Interior Design

Meet University admission requirements; attain upper division standing by completing 60 transferable semester units or 90 transferable quarter units prior to enrollment.
Admission to the BFA in Animation and Illustration is determined at the time students apply for admission to the University. There is no internal transfer into this program. Students admitted to the BA Design Studies may be admitted to the BFA in Graphic or Interior Design or the BS in Industrial Design on a space available basis after successfully completing required portfolio reviews in their first two years of study.

Portfolio reviews are typically held each semester for the following semester. Instructions for applying for the BFA or BS are available from each program coordinator. The following courses are required as preparation for the portfolio review:

Animation & Illustration: ANI 10 , ANI 11 , ANI 13 , ANI 21 , ANI 31 , ANI 71 , ANI 15 , ANI 111 , ANI 121 .
Graphic Design: ANI 11 , DSGD 63 , DSGD 83 , DSGD 99 , DSGD 100 , DSGD 104 .
Industrial Design: DSID 21 , DSID 22 , DSID 31 , DSID 32 , DSID 32A .
Interior Design: DSIT 5 , DSIT 10 , DSIT 29 , DSIT 83 , DSIT 33 , DSIT 34 . Portfolio Review occurs after concurrent courses DSIT 33 and 34.

Programs

Undergraduate Major(s)

Undergraduate Minor(s)

Master(s)

Design, MDes

Courses

Animation

Design

Graphic Design

Industrial Design

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