BS in Design
Shorelight - University of Utah, United States
First Year Course Fee
USD 33,000
Course Accredited By
NWCCU
The undergraduate Bachelor of Science in Multi-Disciplinary Design explores product design in three categories: physical, digital, and platform.
The program encompasses a curriculum with four substantive areas applicable to product design education: Studio, Technical, History/Theory, and Practice. This program will engage our students to compete in an ever increasingly complex work environment with a thorough understanding of ethical conduct and social responsibility through these specific concepts:
- Inquiry and project-based learning
- Critical thinking skills
- Experimentation with multiple ways of problem solving
- Visual strategy
- Innovation
- Design leadership, team building, and collaboration
- Identifying opportunity for impact
- Design research
- Human centered design principles
Enrollment Cycles
- July 2023
KENYA
- Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE)
- Undergraduate AAP 2 Terms C /7
- Undergraduate EAP 3 Terms C /7
- Undergraduate ID 2 Terms B-/8
English Requirements Certificate
IELTS
- PSE (3 Terms) NA
- PSE (2 Terms) 4
- PSE (1 Term) 4.5
- ID (2 Terms) 6.5
- EAP (3 Terms) 5 No subscore below 4.5
- AAP (2 Terms) 5.5 - 6.0 No subscore below 5.0
TOEFL
- PSE (3 Terms) NA
- PSE (2 Terms) 40 – 49
- PSE (1 Term) 50 – 59
- ID (2 Terms) 80
- EAP (3 Terms) 60 - 67 No subscore below 12
- AAP (2 Terms) 68 - 79 No subscore below 14
Duolingo
- PSE (3 Terms) NA
- PSE (2 Terms) 70
- PSE (1 Term) 80
- ID (2 Terms) 105
- EAP (3 Terms) 85
- AAP (2 Terms) 95
UGANDA
- Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education with a minimum of 2 Principal Passing grades of D or higher and at least 1 subsidiary pass in a college preparatory subject. In addition, Uganda Certificate of Education with a C (7) average or higher or General Certificate of Education Level (O Level) Examination Certificate with 5 academic subjects passed is required.
- Undergraduate AAP 2 Terms C7
- Undergraduate EAP 3 Terms C7
- Undergraduate ID 2 Terms B5
English Requirements Certificate
IELTS
- PSE (3 Terms) NA
- PSE (2 Terms) 4
- PSE (1 Term) 4.5
- ID (2 Terms) 6.5
- EAP (3 Terms) 5 No subscore below 4.5
- AAP (2 Terms) 5.5 - 6.0 No subscore below 5.0
TOEFL
- PSE (3 Terms) NA
- PSE (2 Terms) 40 – 49
- PSE (1 Term) 50 – 59
- ID (2 Terms) 80
- EAP (3 Terms) 60 - 67 No subscore below 12
- AAP (2 Terms) 68 - 79 No subscore below 14
Duolingo
- PSE (3 Terms) NA
- PSE (2 Terms) 70
- PSE (1 Term) 80
- ID (2 Terms) 105
- EAP (3 Terms) 85
- AAP (2 Terms) 95
TANZANIA
- Certificate of Secondary Education (CSE)
- Undergraduate AAP 2 Terms E/5
- Undergraduate EAP 3 Terms E/5
- Undergraduate ID 2 Terms D/4
English Requirements Certificate
IELTS
- PSE (3 Terms) NA
- PSE (2 Terms) 4
- PSE (1 Term) 4.5
- ID (2 Terms) 6.5
- EAP (3 Terms) 5 No subscore below 4.5
- AAP (2 Terms) 5.5 - 6.0 No subscore below 5.0
TOEFL
- PSE (3 Terms) NA
- PSE (2 Terms) 40 – 49
- PSE (1 Term) 50 – 59
- ID (2 Terms) 80
- EAP (3 Terms) 60 - 67 No subscore below 12
- AAP (2 Terms) 68 - 79 No subscore below 14
Duolingo
- PSE (3 Terms) NA
- PSE (2 Terms) 70
- PSE (1 Term) 80
- ID (2 Terms) 105
- EAP (3 Terms) 85
- AAP (2 Terms) 95
UNITED KINGDOM
- See GCE criteria
- Undergraduate AAP 2 Terms GCE
- Undergraduate EAP 3 Terms GCE
- Undergraduate ID 2 Terms GCE
English Requirements Certificate
IELTS
- PSE (3 Terms) NA
- PSE (2 Terms) 4
- PSE (1 Term) 4.5
- ID (2 Terms) 6.5
- EAP (3 Terms) 5 No subscore below 4.5
- AAP (2 Terms) 5.5 - 6.0 No subscore below 5.0
TOEFL
- PSE (3 Terms) NA
- PSE (2 Terms) 40 – 49
- PSE (1 Term) 50 – 59
- ID (2 Terms) 80
- EAP (3 Terms) 60 - 67 No subscore below 12
- AAP (2 Terms) 68 - 79 No subscore below 14
Duolingo
- PSE (3 Terms) NA
- PSE (2 Terms) 70
- PSE (1 Term) 80ID (2 Terms) 105
- EAP (3 Terms) 85
- AAP (2 Terms) 95
GCSE/IGCSE/GCE O-LEVEL
- 5 college preparatory subjects passed.
- Undergraduate AAP 2 Terms D or 3 or higher
- Undergraduate EAP 3 Terms D or 3 or higher
- Undergraduate ID 2 Terms C or 4 or higher
English Requirements Certificate
IELTS
- PSE (3 Terms) NA
- PSE (2 Terms) 4
- PSE (1 Term) 4.5
- ID (2 Terms) 6.5
EAP (3 Terms) 5 No subscore below 4.5 - AAP (2 Terms) 5.5 - 6.0 No subscore below 5.0
TOEFL
- PSE (3 Terms) NA
- PSE (2 Terms) 40 – 49
- PSE (1 Term) 50 – 59
- ID (2 Terms) 80
- EAP (3 Terms) 60 - 67 No subscore below 12
- AAP (2 Terms) 68 - 79 No subscore below 14
Duolingo
- PSE (3 Terms) NA
- PSE (2 Terms) 70
- PSE (1 Term) 80
- ID (2 Terms) 105
- EAP (3 Terms) 85
- AAP (2 Terms) 95
Degree Requirements
Design Foundations
- 12Total Credits
Complete the following:
- DES2615 - Introduction to Design Thinking (3)
- DES2630 - Design Contexts (3)
- ARCH2630 - Design Foundations Workshop (3)
- CMP2010 - Design Ecologies (3)
Studio
36Total Credits
Complete the following:
- DES2510 - Design Studio (6)
- DES3510 - Design Product Studio 1 (6)
- DES3515 - Design Research Studio 1 (6)
- DES3520 - Design Product Studio 2 (6)
- DES3525 - Design Research Studio 2 (6)
- DES4510 - Senior Design Studio (6)
Design Core
12 Total Credits
Complete the following:
- DES2700 - Visual Strategy (3)
- DES2810 - Design History and Theory (3)
- DES2820 - Design Research Methods (3)
- DES2830 - Human Factors (3)
Product Track
9 Total Credits
Complete 1 of the following
- DES4800 - Manufacturing Methods (3)
- DES4805 - Prototyping Methods (3)
- DES4200 - Product Design & Development (3)
Complete the following:
- DES4810 - Introduction to Digital Product (3)
- DES4820 - Advanced Digital Product (3)
- DES4830 - Digital Analytics (3)
Electives
6 Total Credits
Complete at least 2 of the following:
- DES4820 - Advanced Digital Product (3)
- DES4830 - Digital Analytics (3)
- DES4800 - Manufacturing Methods (3)
- DES4805 - Prototyping Methods (3)
- DES4835 - Design Entrepreneurship (3)
- DES4200 - Product Design & Development (3)
- DES3810 - Soft Goods (3)
- DES4810 - Introduction to Digital Product (3)
- DES4840 - Digital Assemblies (3)
- DES4930 - Special Topics Elective (3)
- Courses can not be repeated from Product Track as electives. Students must complete 2
- electives outside of their identified product track.
- Typical cost for two semesters $47,000
- Tuition $33,000
- Housing $7,000
- Dining $5,000
- Other $2,000