The Bachelor of Arts in Design course at Tulane University encourages students to explore societal, cultural and environmental themes using design, whilst developing a skillset spanning manual and digital methods.

The Bachelor of Arts in Design undergraduate major explores design as a language and process to respond to the complex challenges of our time.

Design students learn to integrate multiple aspects of a problem and respond with interdisciplinary solutions to shape living with and in an evolving world.

The curriculum focuses on relationships between design innovation and engagement with society, culture, and the environment.

In project-based courses, students examine principles of the discipline while acquiring skills in visualisation and production using current manual and digital tools. Students will translate ideas through design methods into graphics, objects and responsive systems.

School: Tulane University School of Architecture and Built Environment
Course: Bachelor of Arts in Design
Type: Undergraduate
Location: New Orleans, USA
Course dates: August 2027 to May 2031
Application deadline: 15 August 2027

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What will I learn during this course?

– Apply design thinking across diverse fields in humanities, business and sciences
– Principles of design and methods of creative process to be effective in a range of applications

What are the requirements?

– This course is available to undergraduate students at the Tulane School of Architecture and Built Environment and across Tulane University
– The program also offers a minor open to all undergraduate students at Tulane University

What facilities and resources are available?

– All students will join a design studio after completion of a core design curriculum, which provides a foundation in strategies of representation linked to space, form and function

What career prospects can I expect upon graduating?

Our program centres design as a state of mind for building empathy, humility and self-awareness — the first steps toward collaborating with other disciplines when solving complex problems.

Rather than focusing on one specific aspect of design, our curriculum touches upon all facets within the design discipline (including graphic, fashion, industrial and interior), building relationships between design innovation and engagement with society, culture and the built environment.

Who teaches this course?

– Meghan Saas, professor of practice in design, and design director

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