Open to all majors in the College of Design: Art and Design, Integrated Studio Arts, Graphic Design, Interior Design, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Community and Regional Planning.

 

The Design Exchange Learning Community is a living and learning experience open to first-time, first-year students enrolled in any major in the College of Design.

 

All Design Exchange students are enrolled in a 1-credit seminar each semester that encourages their personal, social and intellectual development. All students will take DSN S 183 and DSN S 131 together in the fall. Eligible students can take a linked ENGL 150 class as well. In the spring, they will take DSN S 102. Also in the spring, ENGL 250 will be linked for students who placed into that class. Both of the English classes (150 and 250) will incorporate design-related topics to further explore current issues in design through discussion, reflection and writing.

 

Each February, Design Exchange students travel to Minneapolis, Minnesota, to visit design firms and art museums along with the Mall of America. Throughout the year, students may participate in various academic and social activities arranged by a peer mentor as well as workshops geared toward assisting students with the process of applying to the college's professional programs.

 

The Design Exchange is a residential learning community housed in Friley and Linden Halls.

 

To sign up for a residential learning community, simply click on the "Learning Community" tab when filling out your Department of Residence contract on AccessPlus. You can go in and update or change your learning community preference at any time up until the deadline without losing your "priority date." Registration for the learning community course(s) takes place at summer orientation.

 

Malinda Cooper

291 Design

(515) 294-3680

 

 

 

Open to all freshmen and transfer students with majors in the College of Design: Art and Design, Integrated Studio Arts, Graphic Design, Interior Design, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Community and Regional Planning.

 

The Design Collaborative is a one-semester, non-residential learning community required for all first-year students enrolled in the College of Design, who are not enrolled in the Design Exchange. The Design Collaborative provides students with the opportunity to connect with both peers and faculty members during the fall semester. Participants expand their knowledge of the various disciplines offered by the College of Design as well as enhance their skills necessary to succeed as design students.

 

Non-residential

 

You will register for the learning community at summer orientation, if you are a freshman, and at transfer orientation if you are a transfer student.