![A student uses white chalk on black paper to draw](/sites/default/files/styles/background_tall_1500x800/public/Drawing%202016.jpg?h=ec98a0f6&itok=Pj69Khw0)
School of Design First Year Core
The School of Design at UArts redefines what it means to educate a 21st century designer, providing creative, cross-disciplinary and business practices in the curriculum. Its key innovation is a celebration of the reality that the boundaries between all sorts of contemporary design practices are more permeable than ever before, and that a modern designer needs a greatly expanded skill set at their disposal.
The School of Design 1st Year Core is a unique and critical first-year experience for all undergraduate design majors. These collaborative courses will expose you to multiple modes of practice and technologies while providing a solid grounding in design thinking, drawing as thinking, communication, audience and meaning, design technology, and collaboration and team building. You'll complete projects that encourage experimentation and develop your unique artistic voice across a range of social, cultural, political, technological and historical topics. This year of focused studies will prepare you to enter your discipline successfully. During your first year in the School of Design, you’ll also take course modules in the university’s Makerspace and Center for Immersive Media.
Undergraduate Degree Programs in the School of Design
Are you a designer, but unsure of which major to pick? The School of Design’s General, Undeclared program is a first-year option for new Design students.
Course Schedule
Total credits: 15
Fall: 9 credits
Drawing as Seeing (3c)
Design Process, Theory & Communication (3c)
Digital Design Lab (3c)
Spring: 6 credits
Drawing as Thinking (3c)
Design Studio (3c)
School of Design First Year Core Classes
Click on the images below to learn more about each class and to see student work.
![A student works with charcoal in the drawing classroom](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_gallery_project_image/public/gallery/2020-10/DrawingClassroom_1_pictured_JuliaBuckley_Work_mulitplestudents.jpg?h=3a0c34ca&itok=w1YYBVhA)
![Beatrice Woodward '23, Volumetric Drawing](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_gallery_project_image/public/gallery/2020-10/Beatrice%20Woodward%20BFA%20%2723%20Volumetric%20Drawing_1.jpg?h=3a0c34ca&itok=W2FHhxj0)
![Julia Buckley '23, Abstraction](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_gallery_project_image/public/gallery/2020-10/Abstraction_Julia_Buckley%20BFA%20%2723_0.jpg?h=3a0c34ca&itok=sq2w4HFI)
![A student looks at drawings on the wall of the drawing classroom](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_gallery_project_image/public/gallery/2020-10/DrawingClassroom_2_pictured_RosieRodriguez_Work_multiplestudents.jpg?h=3a0c34ca&itok=uI5zrYdM)
![Beatrice Woodward '23, Gesture Drawing](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_gallery_project_image/public/gallery/2020-10/GestureDrawing_1_Beatrice_Woodward%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=3a0c34ca&itok=o5J_ha1I)
![Rosie Rodriguez '23, Gesture Drawing](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_gallery_project_image/public/gallery/2020-10/GestureDrawing_2_Rosie_Rodriguez%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=3a0c34ca&itok=Or_B1uaF)
![Beatrice Woodward '23, Gesture Drawing of horses](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_gallery_project_image/public/gallery/2020-10/GestureDrawing_Horses_Beatrice_Woodward%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=3a0c34ca&itok=FSCKu6ut)
![Vanessa Dinh '23, Isometric Drawing of a mouse sitting at a table in the kitchen.](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_gallery_project_image/public/gallery/2020-10/IsometricDrawing_2_Vanessa_Dinh%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=3a0c34ca&itok=gcu-u8UN)
![Viktor Freeling BFA '20, Isometric Drawing of three rooms of a house on different planes in 3-D space](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_gallery_project_image/public/gallery/2020-10/IsometricDrawing_Viktor_Freeling%20BFA%20%2720.jpg?h=3a0c34ca&itok=KGcOMK_K)
![Nina Gamboni '23, Volumetric Drawing of glass tea cups on a sheet of fabric](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_gallery_project_image/public/gallery/2020-10/Nina%20Gamboni%20BFA%20%2723%20Volumetric%20Drawing.jpg?h=3a0c34ca&itok=fjdIWQZh)
![Toni Chung '23, Perspective of city buildings with the viewer looking up at the sky](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_gallery_project_image/public/gallery/2020-10/Perspective_1_Toni_Chung%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=3a0c34ca&itok=HS_tF8Ms)
![Viktor Freeling BFA '20, Perspective of city buildings with glass windows in a green hue](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_gallery_project_image/public/gallery/2020-10/Perspective_2_Vicktor_Freeling%20BFA%20%2720.jpg?h=3a0c34ca&itok=qXqSJWa5)
![Kingdom Bankston '23, Perspective of a man sitting at a bar with neon signs above.](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_gallery_project_image/public/gallery/2020-10/Perspective_3_Kingdom_Bankston%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=3a0c34ca&itok=h8bmfq9S)
![Jack Geissler '23, a quick portrait of a person with curly hair and glasses](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_gallery_project_image/public/gallery/2020-10/QuickPortraits_1_Jack_Geissler%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=3a0c34ca&itok=JQ_cTjeS)
![Lucie Mulholland '23, a quick portrait of a person with long hair and glasses with the word AGHHHHHH written above](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_gallery_project_image/public/gallery/2020-10/QuickPortraits_2_Lucie_Mulholland%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=3a0c34ca&itok=ezEMSUsr)
![Jasper Nelson '23, a quick portrait of a person with short hair and the word rain written next to their face](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_gallery_project_image/public/gallery/2020-10/QuickPortraits_3_Jasper_Nelson%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=3a0c34ca&itok=U5FhsryV)
![Rosie Rodriguez '23, Self Portrait](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_gallery_project_image/public/gallery/2020-10/SelfPortrait_1_Rosie_Rodriguez%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=3a0c34ca&itok=vyRscJBt)
![Ruqaiyyah Al-Athariyyah '23, Self Portrait](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_gallery_project_image/public/gallery/2020-10/SelfPortrait_2_Ruqaiyyah_Al-Athariyyah%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=3a0c34ca&itok=NUBH4ily)
![Ruqaiyyah Al-Athariyyah '23, Self Portrait of a person with curly hair and glasses](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_gallery_project_image/public/gallery/2020-10/SelfPortrait_3_Ruqaiyyah_Al-Athariyyah%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=3a0c34ca&itok=4wiiweMl)
![Toni Chung '23, Self Portrait of a person leaning on their arms looking down](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_gallery_project_image/public/gallery/2020-10/SelfPortrait_4_Toni_Chung%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=3a0c34ca&itok=MWU3Ww6P)
![Holly Jansen '23, Sketchbook with one page of pumpkins and another page of two people in ghost costumes](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_gallery_project_image/public/gallery/2020-10/Sketchbook_1_Holly_Jansen%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=3a0c34ca&itok=FJvpTV2S)
![Holly Jansen '23, Sketchbook with one page of boots and the words Hey Baby..., and the other page with boots and the words Take A Walk on the Wild Side](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_gallery_project_image/public/gallery/2020-10/Sketchbook_2_Holly_Jansen%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=3a0c34ca&itok=xEpBh4RO)
![A student works with charcoal in the drawing classroom](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_300x300/public/gallery/2020-10/DrawingClassroom_1_pictured_JuliaBuckley_Work_mulitplestudents.jpg?h=ec2ea351&itok=ECsXN-lI)
![Beatrice Woodward '23, Volumetric Drawing](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_300x300/public/gallery/2020-10/Beatrice%20Woodward%20BFA%20%2723%20Volumetric%20Drawing_1.jpg?h=5c1b599b&itok=yDATajMP)
![Julia Buckley '23, Abstraction](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_300x300/public/gallery/2020-10/Abstraction_Julia_Buckley%20BFA%20%2723_0.jpg?h=5c1b599b&itok=-8EdswcA)
![A student looks at drawings on the wall of the drawing classroom](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_300x300/public/gallery/2020-10/DrawingClassroom_2_pictured_RosieRodriguez_Work_multiplestudents.jpg?h=40f11538&itok=_00gJnjK)
![Beatrice Woodward '23, Gesture Drawing](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_300x300/public/gallery/2020-10/GestureDrawing_1_Beatrice_Woodward%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=5c1b599b&itok=cKO6q6iT)
![Rosie Rodriguez '23, Gesture Drawing](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_300x300/public/gallery/2020-10/GestureDrawing_2_Rosie_Rodriguez%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=5c1b599b&itok=nKRc4ZBs)
![Beatrice Woodward '23, Gesture Drawing of horses](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_300x300/public/gallery/2020-10/GestureDrawing_Horses_Beatrice_Woodward%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=5c1b599b&itok=FH2joDV_)
![Vanessa Dinh '23, Isometric Drawing of a mouse sitting at a table in the kitchen.](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_300x300/public/gallery/2020-10/IsometricDrawing_2_Vanessa_Dinh%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=5c1b599b&itok=yfB82hil)
![Viktor Freeling BFA '20, Isometric Drawing of three rooms of a house on different planes in 3-D space](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_300x300/public/gallery/2020-10/IsometricDrawing_Viktor_Freeling%20BFA%20%2720.jpg?h=5c1b599b&itok=9SL2vQ26)
![Nina Gamboni '23, Volumetric Drawing of glass tea cups on a sheet of fabric](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_300x300/public/gallery/2020-10/Nina%20Gamboni%20BFA%20%2723%20Volumetric%20Drawing.jpg?h=5c1b599b&itok=plLZDDLu)
![Toni Chung '23, Perspective of city buildings with the viewer looking up at the sky](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_300x300/public/gallery/2020-10/Perspective_1_Toni_Chung%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=5c1b599b&itok=0N8HhwqT)
![Viktor Freeling BFA '20, Perspective of city buildings with glass windows in a green hue](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_300x300/public/gallery/2020-10/Perspective_2_Vicktor_Freeling%20BFA%20%2720.jpg?h=5c1b599b&itok=bOpUxqwY)
![Kingdom Bankston '23, Perspective of a man sitting at a bar with neon signs above.](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_300x300/public/gallery/2020-10/Perspective_3_Kingdom_Bankston%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=5c1b599b&itok=mdOeyGhX)
![Jack Geissler '23, a quick portrait of a person with curly hair and glasses](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_300x300/public/gallery/2020-10/QuickPortraits_1_Jack_Geissler%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=5c1b599b&itok=03IRKZsD)
![Lucie Mulholland '23, a quick portrait of a person with long hair and glasses with the word AGHHHHHH written above](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_300x300/public/gallery/2020-10/QuickPortraits_2_Lucie_Mulholland%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=5c1b599b&itok=dbItzF0n)
![Jasper Nelson '23, a quick portrait of a person with short hair and the word rain written next to their face](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_300x300/public/gallery/2020-10/QuickPortraits_3_Jasper_Nelson%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=5c1b599b&itok=W64S89CJ)
![Rosie Rodriguez '23, Self Portrait](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_300x300/public/gallery/2020-10/SelfPortrait_1_Rosie_Rodriguez%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=5c1b599b&itok=Cywdlofx)
![Ruqaiyyah Al-Athariyyah '23, Self Portrait](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_300x300/public/gallery/2020-10/SelfPortrait_2_Ruqaiyyah_Al-Athariyyah%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=d06508dd&itok=FWNq4_64)
![Ruqaiyyah Al-Athariyyah '23, Self Portrait of a person with curly hair and glasses](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_300x300/public/gallery/2020-10/SelfPortrait_3_Ruqaiyyah_Al-Athariyyah%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=5c1b599b&itok=FPOgsneq)
Assigned projects will explore process as well as the formal elements of line, gesture, space, scale, texture, shape and tonal structure using a variety of drawing materials including pencil, charcoal, pen-and-ink and wash and more. Projects range from the figure and still life to perspective and the environment. You'll keep a sketchbook to document visual explorations and thoughts outside the classroom.
![Midafe Adogame '23, Color Theory illustration of a house floating in a beam of light in the woods](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_gallery_project_image/public/gallery/2020-10/ColorTheory_1_Midafe_Adogame%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=3a0c34ca&itok=UcMMWfSy)
![A game design of square wooden pieces of lady bugs. Created by Theodora Chrysanthopoulos '23, Lidia Cucè '23, Ria Das '23 and Vanessa Dinh '23](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_gallery_project_image/public/gallery/2020-10/GameDesign_1a_Theodora_Chrysanthopoulos_Lidia_Cuce_Ria_Das_Vanessa%20Dinh.jpg?h=3a0c34ca&itok=HT1_3X7E)
![Students sit around a game board and play a game with small square wooden pieces.](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_gallery_project_image/public/gallery/2020-10/GameDesign_1b_various1styrstudents.jpg?h=3a0c34ca&itok=77lMBOKE)
![Beatrice Woodward '23, Iteration and Gestalt Theory drawings of different animals and figures](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_gallery_project_image/public/gallery/2020-10/Iteration%26GestaltTheory_1a_Beatrice_Woodward%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=3a0c34ca&itok=8hhM08LY)
![Beatrice Woodward '23, Iteration and Gestalt Theory drawing of a figure with a large cape walking](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_gallery_project_image/public/gallery/2020-10/Iteration%26GestaltTheory_1b_Beatrice_Woodward%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=3a0c34ca&itok=iN6L2mlj)
![Nina Gamboni '23, Storytelling comic of two girls discussing a need for a love potion](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_gallery_project_image/public/gallery/2020-10/Storytelling_2_Nina_Gamboni%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=3a0c34ca&itok=otBVp7Tx)
![Midafe Adogame '23, Color Theory illustration of a house floating in a beam of light in the woods](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_300x300/public/gallery/2020-10/ColorTheory_1_Midafe_Adogame%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=5c1b599b&itok=eUxFM1iQ)
![](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_300x300/public/video_thumbnails/O1m_rBGF5r4.jpg?itok=t3HDdmUw)
![A game design of square wooden pieces of lady bugs. Created by Theodora Chrysanthopoulos '23, Lidia Cucè '23, Ria Das '23 and Vanessa Dinh '23](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_300x300/public/gallery/2020-10/GameDesign_1a_Theodora_Chrysanthopoulos_Lidia_Cuce_Ria_Das_Vanessa%20Dinh.jpg?h=ec2ea351&itok=l-pec40j)
![Students sit around a game board and play a game with small square wooden pieces.](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_300x300/public/gallery/2020-10/GameDesign_1b_various1styrstudents.jpg?h=5c1b599b&itok=5LARlntR)
![Beatrice Woodward '23, Iteration and Gestalt Theory drawings of different animals and figures](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_300x300/public/gallery/2020-10/Iteration%26GestaltTheory_1a_Beatrice_Woodward%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=56704f71&itok=MKiLoC8H)
![Beatrice Woodward '23, Iteration and Gestalt Theory drawing of a figure with a large cape walking](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_300x300/public/gallery/2020-10/Iteration%26GestaltTheory_1b_Beatrice_Woodward%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=5c1b599b&itok=8BTfh5Vg)
![Nina Gamboni '23, Storytelling comic of two girls discussing a need for a love potion](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_300x300/public/gallery/2020-10/Storytelling_2_Nina_Gamboni%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=5c1b599b&itok=qbV_nNDC)
Through a combination of studio projects, exercises, workshops and readings, you'll develop a common critical vocabulary for design thinking, making and discourse. This course is structured to promote the interaction between design majors, encourage cross-disciplinary activity and showcase professional possibilities in the Freshman Design Forum.
![Wood lanterns made in the Makerspace](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_gallery_project_image/public/gallery/2020-10/MakerspaceLanterns_1_multiplestudents.jpg?h=3a0c34ca&itok=pYzRueRJ)
![Rain Abrahams '22, wooden lantern with a rain cloud and trees made in the Makerspace](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_gallery_project_image/public/gallery/2020-10/MakerspaceLanterns_2_Rain_Abrahams%20BFA%20%2722.jpg?h=3a0c34ca&itok=rElMEMWG)
![Kayla Klavins '23, Digital Self Portrait of a person with flower petals around their head and leaves on their shirt](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_gallery_project_image/public/gallery/2020-10/DigitalSelfPortrait_Kayla_Klavins%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=3a0c34ca&itok=LixeJJuC)
![Vanessa Dinh '23, Digital Self Portrait of a person with colorful graffiti art overtop of the image](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_gallery_project_image/public/gallery/2020-10/DigitalSelfPortrait_Vanessa_Dinh%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=3a0c34ca&itok=7LaOU2Dl)
![Jasper Nelson '23, Logo Redesign for Fireball Whiskey](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_gallery_project_image/public/gallery/2020-10/LogoRedesign_1_Jasper_Nelson%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=3a0c34ca&itok=3PBrbPnp)
![Jack Geissler '23, Logo Redesign for Texas Pete](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_gallery_project_image/public/gallery/2020-10/LogoRedesign_2_Jack_Geissler%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=3a0c34ca&itok=60iTj35X)
![Amelia Stowell '23, Chess Piece made in the Makerspace](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_gallery_project_image/public/gallery/2020-10/MakerspaceChessPieces_2_Amelia_Stowell%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=3a0c34ca&itok=T72AMCqY)
![Zoli Humphrey '23, glow-in-the-dark conical Chess Piece made in the Makerspace](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_gallery_project_image/public/gallery/2020-10/MakerspaceChessPieces_3_Zoli_Humphrey%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=3a0c34ca&itok=Vqb-YLZc)
![A chess board with cat, raccoon and frog chess pieces](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_gallery_project_image/public/gallery/2020-10/MakerspaceChessSets_1.jpg?h=3a0c34ca&itok=6MXi6yX8)
![A raccoon and coral chess piece made in the Makerspace](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_gallery_project_image/public/gallery/2020-10/MakerspaceChessSets_2.jpg?h=3a0c34ca&itok=Sp0YIPSv)
![Beatrice Woodward '23, T-Shirt Design of a cat with its mouth open and teeth showing](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_gallery_project_image/public/gallery/2020-10/T-ShirtDesign_1_Beatrice_Woodward%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=3a0c34ca&itok=cn2Saitu)
![Wood lanterns made in the Makerspace](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_300x300/public/gallery/2020-10/MakerspaceLanterns_1_multiplestudents.jpg?h=5c1b599b&itok=7DggPuHz)
![Rain Abrahams '22, wooden lantern with a rain cloud and trees made in the Makerspace](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_300x300/public/gallery/2020-10/MakerspaceLanterns_2_Rain_Abrahams%20BFA%20%2722.jpg?h=5c1b599b&itok=hKglue20)
![Kayla Klavins '23, Digital Self Portrait of a person with flower petals around their head and leaves on their shirt](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_300x300/public/gallery/2020-10/DigitalSelfPortrait_Kayla_Klavins%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=5c1b599b&itok=TVVENd0j)
![Vanessa Dinh '23, Digital Self Portrait of a person with colorful graffiti art overtop of the image](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_300x300/public/gallery/2020-10/DigitalSelfPortrait_Vanessa_Dinh%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=5c1b599b&itok=cZM_Ht-L)
![Jasper Nelson '23, Logo Redesign for Fireball Whiskey](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_300x300/public/gallery/2020-10/LogoRedesign_1_Jasper_Nelson%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=67743fab&itok=6f-Np8Ze)
![Jack Geissler '23, Logo Redesign for Texas Pete](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_300x300/public/gallery/2020-10/LogoRedesign_2_Jack_Geissler%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=5c1b599b&itok=sTEB211A)
![Amelia Stowell '23, Chess Piece made in the Makerspace](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_300x300/public/gallery/2020-10/MakerspaceChessPieces_2_Amelia_Stowell%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=5c1b599b&itok=pvnoBtFJ)
![Zoli Humphrey '23, glow-in-the-dark conical Chess Piece made in the Makerspace](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_300x300/public/gallery/2020-10/MakerspaceChessPieces_3_Zoli_Humphrey%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=5c1b599b&itok=fknfed2n)
![A chess board with cat, raccoon and frog chess pieces](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_300x300/public/gallery/2020-10/MakerspaceChessSets_1.jpg?h=5c1b599b&itok=t2gpF1q8)
![A raccoon and coral chess piece made in the Makerspace](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_300x300/public/gallery/2020-10/MakerspaceChessSets_2.jpg?h=ec2ea351&itok=WE8ZjZzs)
![Beatrice Woodward '23, T-Shirt Design of a cat with its mouth open and teeth showing](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_300x300/public/gallery/2020-10/T-ShirtDesign_1_Beatrice_Woodward%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=5c1b599b&itok=1dY56y6t)
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Best practices for technology will be covered. Experimentation with tools to explore image, layout, motion, sound and telecommunication technologies will prepare you to solve complex design challenges in future studies.
![Beatrice Woodward '23, illustrations of 50 different apples](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_gallery_project_image/public/gallery/2020-10/50Apples_1_Beatrice_Woodward%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=3a0c34ca&itok=13hEuZy2)
![Minu Aktar '23, an illustration of a better mouse trap resembling a chain reaction machine](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_gallery_project_image/public/gallery/2020-10/BetterMousetrap_1_Minu_Aktar%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=3a0c34ca&itok=bxcBgtpZ)
![Lily Lauria '23, Drawing Music. A set of illustrated frames with different self portraits in blues and purples.](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_gallery_project_image/public/gallery/2020-10/DrawingMusic_1_Lily_Lauria%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=3a0c34ca&itok=pDeZobJp)
![Beatrice Woodward '23, Drawing Music. A series of illustrated frames with different landscapes in yellows and reds.](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_gallery_project_image/public/gallery/2020-10/DrawingMusic_2_Beatrice_Woodward%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=3a0c34ca&itok=MeQZH7kZ)
![Morgan Peden '23, Google Doodle of the google logo in a grassy field.](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_gallery_project_image/public/gallery/2020-10/GoogleDoodle_1_Morgan_Peden%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=3a0c34ca&itok=AI1AQCkF)
![Nina Gamboni '23, Shadow Play of candy canes used as tree trunks for illustrated candy trees.](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_gallery_project_image/public/gallery/2020-10/ShadowPlay_1_Nina_Gamboni%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=3a0c34ca&itok=nt1oL1Gi)
![Beatrice Woodward '23, Shadow Play of a person skiing down a banana peel](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_gallery_project_image/public/gallery/2020-10/ShadowPlay_2_Beatrice_Woodward%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=3a0c34ca&itok=ElPwaph4)
![Beatrice Woodward '23, Sketchbook of animal drawings including a two-headed snake, a fat cat, birds and a blue fish](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_gallery_project_image/public/gallery/2020-10/Sketchbook_1_Beatrice_Woodward%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=3a0c34ca&itok=sBQyn3sR)
![Kayla Klavins '23, Sketchbook of a bubble diagram headed by the words Invent An Object and Key Board Cleaner](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_gallery_project_image/public/gallery/2020-10/Sketchbook_2_Kayla_Klavins%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=3a0c34ca&itok=2eEhPuqt)
![Beatrice Woodward '23, Sketchbook image of a tadpole turning into a frog with a hat a bowtie](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_gallery_project_image/public/gallery/2020-10/Sketchbook_3_Beatrice_Woodward%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=3a0c34ca&itok=-eZUuWrb)
![Beatrice Woodward '23, illustrations of 50 different apples](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_300x300/public/gallery/2020-10/50Apples_1_Beatrice_Woodward%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=5c1b599b&itok=fVO7MYU3)
![Minu Aktar '23, an illustration of a better mouse trap resembling a chain reaction machine](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_300x300/public/gallery/2020-10/BetterMousetrap_1_Minu_Aktar%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=5c1b599b&itok=DRbHCwX0)
![Lily Lauria '23, Drawing Music. A set of illustrated frames with different self portraits in blues and purples.](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_300x300/public/gallery/2020-10/DrawingMusic_1_Lily_Lauria%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=5c1b599b&itok=Bm8w40ty)
![Beatrice Woodward '23, Drawing Music. A series of illustrated frames with different landscapes in yellows and reds.](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_300x300/public/gallery/2020-10/DrawingMusic_2_Beatrice_Woodward%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=5c1b599b&itok=FLHtQ5qR)
![Morgan Peden '23, Google Doodle of the google logo in a grassy field.](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_300x300/public/gallery/2020-10/GoogleDoodle_1_Morgan_Peden%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=5c1b599b&itok=Vmdd79VJ)
![Nina Gamboni '23, Shadow Play of candy canes used as tree trunks for illustrated candy trees.](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_300x300/public/gallery/2020-10/ShadowPlay_1_Nina_Gamboni%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=5c1b599b&itok=i-iY0q8P)
![Beatrice Woodward '23, Shadow Play of a person skiing down a banana peel](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_300x300/public/gallery/2020-10/ShadowPlay_2_Beatrice_Woodward%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=5c1b599b&itok=wNMx1pcW)
![Beatrice Woodward '23, Sketchbook of animal drawings including a two-headed snake, a fat cat, birds and a blue fish](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_300x300/public/gallery/2020-10/Sketchbook_1_Beatrice_Woodward%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=ec2ea351&itok=BqUk0pru)
![Kayla Klavins '23, Sketchbook of a bubble diagram headed by the words Invent An Object and Key Board Cleaner](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_300x300/public/gallery/2020-10/Sketchbook_2_Kayla_Klavins%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=5c1b599b&itok=nHnzi3g6)
![Beatrice Woodward '23, Sketchbook image of a tadpole turning into a frog with a hat a bowtie](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_300x300/public/gallery/2020-10/Sketchbook_3_Beatrice_Woodward%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=5c1b599b&itok=M9sG0dQp)
Projects expose you to a wide range of techniques and media experiences including digital drawing. You'll keep a sketchbook to document visual explorations and thoughts outside the classroom. Issues covered and developed in this course are the basis for critical thinking in all future design courses.
![Students sit around a set of album covers that they designed.](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_gallery_project_image/public/gallery/2020-10/AlbumCovers_1.jpg?h=3a0c34ca&itok=RA4tmcar)
![Angelina Rodriguez '23, Book Cover](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_gallery_project_image/public/gallery/2020-10/BookCover_1_Angelina_Rodriguez%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=3a0c34ca&itok=ESV9A5Go)
![Morgan Peden '23, Combining Media. An illustration of clothes hung up on telephone wires.](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_gallery_project_image/public/gallery/2020-10/CombiningMedia_1_Morgan_Peden%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=3a0c34ca&itok=iK97BZEg)
![Julia Buckley '23, Mapping. An illustrated map of Doylestown, PA.](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_gallery_project_image/public/gallery/2020-10/Mapping_1_Julia_Buckley%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=3a0c34ca&itok=6BQATR9I)
![Beatrice Woodward '23, Mapping. An illustrated map of good restaurants in Philly including Zahav, Tatula's Garden, Vetri Cucina, Vernick Food & Drink and Lacroix Restaurant](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_gallery_project_image/public/gallery/2020-10/Mapping_2_Beatrice_Woodward%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=3a0c34ca&itok=aG69jYJ4)
![Beatrice Woodward '23, Package Design for Chex Mix. Text reads "the SHAPE of meaning"](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_gallery_project_image/public/gallery/2020-10/PackageDesign_1a_Beatrice_Woodward%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=3a0c34ca&itok=8WMc4XNE)
![Beatrice Woodward '23, Package Design for Chex Mix. Text reads "Cheddar Chex Mix"](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_gallery_project_image/public/gallery/2020-10/PackageDesign_1b_Beatrice_Woodward%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=3a0c34ca&itok=Q1ckWVxc)
![Students sit around a set of album covers that they designed.](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_300x300/public/gallery/2020-10/AlbumCovers_1.jpg?h=5c1b599b&itok=1zYErFM_)
![Angelina Rodriguez '23, Book Cover](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_300x300/public/gallery/2020-10/BookCover_1_Angelina_Rodriguez%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=5c1b599b&itok=HmcvwRpb)
![Morgan Peden '23, Combining Media. An illustration of clothes hung up on telephone wires.](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_300x300/public/gallery/2020-10/CombiningMedia_1_Morgan_Peden%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=5c1b599b&itok=Q0yaX-5Q)
![Julia Buckley '23, Mapping. An illustrated map of Doylestown, PA.](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_300x300/public/gallery/2020-10/Mapping_1_Julia_Buckley%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=5c1b599b&itok=U9nEWIJl)
![Beatrice Woodward '23, Mapping. An illustrated map of good restaurants in Philly including Zahav, Tatula's Garden, Vetri Cucina, Vernick Food & Drink and Lacroix Restaurant](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_300x300/public/gallery/2020-10/Mapping_2_Beatrice_Woodward%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=5c1b599b&itok=ToKIMqsU)
![Beatrice Woodward '23, Package Design for Chex Mix. Text reads "the SHAPE of meaning"](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_300x300/public/gallery/2020-10/PackageDesign_1a_Beatrice_Woodward%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=5c1b599b&itok=VEXI_HNK)
![Beatrice Woodward '23, Package Design for Chex Mix. Text reads "Cheddar Chex Mix"](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_300x300/public/gallery/2020-10/PackageDesign_1b_Beatrice_Woodward%20BFA%20%2723.jpg?h=9784f100&itok=8Aun2p9y)
You'll learn the fundamentals of typography, further develop your skills in using form, structure and color, and be introduced to concepts of marketing, business and professional practice. Coursework will strengthen habits of mind, including effective time management and project planning, as well as technology use, presentation and collaborative skills. This course is structured to promote the interaction between design majors, encourage cross-disciplinary activity and showcase professional possibilities in the Freshman Design Forum.