The Product Design BFA program cultivates the technical and critical skills you need to design products that enhance human abilities and relationships. You address contemporary realities including sustainability and technological change while exploring materials, fabrication, aesthetics, and social engagement in both local and global contexts. Through your course of study, you develop broadly applicable studio and critical thinking skills, including research, graphic representation, modeling and prototyping, and professional presentation.<br>Enrich your practice through electives in areas such as user-centered design, material innovation, fabrication methods, experimental ceramics, and design for the public realm.<br>Benefit from partnerships and internships with companies like Roche Bobois, Moroccanoil, and Poltrona Frau that provide real-world experience and career growth.<br>Learn from industry professionals in lectures, project consulting, and crits, gaining insights into theoretical issues as well as practical matters like prototyping and manufacturing.<br>Access Parsons' research resources, including the Angelo Donghia Healthier Materials Library, as well as museums, archives, and organizations like Material ConneXion.