| Department: | Department of Design |
| Insitution: | Brigham Young University |
| Provo, UT |
The mission of the Department of Design is to promote excellence in the creation, appreciation, and education of design. The Department offers a distinctive blending of the intellectual, the aesthetic, the ethical, and the spiritual through study of the various design disciplines that is in keeping with the mission and aims of Brigham Young University and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Department affirms the importance of art in life and society and acknowledges its role in facilitating understanding of the human experience. The Department believes that design can be an exploration of ideas, a dialogue with cultures and traditions both past and present, and can involve the expression, communication and reception of spiritual values.
The Department of Design offers undergraduate degrees in 4 areas of emphasis: Animation, Graphic Design, Illustration, and Photography. The Department of Design serves to: 1) prepare competent professionals in various fields of the plastic and graphic arts; 2) prepare qualified designers to solve problems inherent in two- and three-dimensional applications; and, 3) generally develop individuals’ aesthetic sense by helping them experience art. The Department is housed in 3 buildings on campus.
Design is a closed enrollment program. Students apply to the Design program with a portfolio of their work twice a year. Approximately 200 to 300 students apply each year and following a review of the portfolios, the Department accepts approximately 150 students. The Department services approximately 900 majors. (This number includes pre-program students, freshman, sophomores, juniors and seniors.)
Currently, of the 15 faculty, 6 are professors, 6 are associate professors, and 3 are assistant professors. The Department faculty are involved in research and projects connected with their fields of expertise. The faculty are actively exhibiting, working on commissions, and researching. The faculty involve the students in many of their projects and have been involved in mentoring projects in South America, England and the United States. In addition, faculty and students participate in Study Abroad programs in Italy, France, and England.