College of Design-Core Design Program

Core Design Program
The undergraduate curricula in design are divided into two phases: a pre-professional Core Design Program and a professional program. Students entering the College of Design attend a common set of studio and lecture classes -- "the design core" -- intended to prepare them for application to any of the college's professional degree curricula.

Classes in the Core Design Program create a shared language, experience and community that expose students to all disciplines within the College of Design, including architecture, art and design, community and regional planning, graphic design, integrated studio arts, interior design, and landscape architecture. This will allow students to:

make more informed degree choices,
apply to multiple programs at the end of their first year
experiment with interdisciplinary work at the earliest stage of their college education.

All incoming undergraduate students complete the Core Design Program to advance into degree programs.

Download brochure (.pdf) [includes list of courses students take in the first year]

FUTURE STUDENTS For details on applying to the College of Design and other important information, please go to the Future Students section of our Web site.

TRANSFER STUDENTS Information for transfer students

CURRENT STUDENTS Go to the 2009 Enrollment Management section of our Web site for complete details about applying to degree programs after completion of the Core Design Program and for key dates.

Other Questions on the Core?
For specific information about the College of Design's Core Design Program, please contact:

Ann Sobiech-Munson

295 College of Design

(515) 294-5796

asobiech@iastate.edu