越来越具有挑战性的工作室项目使ID专业学生能够通过动手工作来建立对材料的认识，并获得对视觉和3D词汇的深入理解。教授们强调工业设计背后的传统价值和当前的行业趋势，因为学生从创建开发图，到三维模型和模型，到结合了制造考虑的工作图和原型逐渐发展。以便利，清晰和严谨的方式开发实质性想法，在三个维度上富有想象力和准确地概念化和发展想法，有效地传达其设计意图以分散受众（包括客户，用户和制造商），应用用户体验知识，人为因素，应用人体工程学，在设计开发过程中进行上下文查询，用户偏好研究和可用性评估，了解他们的工作对专业
Through challenging studio projects and more, the four-year BFA in Industrial Design helps you become aware of materials and gain an in-depth understanding of visual and 3D vocabulary. Faculty emphasize the traditional values behind industrial design and current trends in the profession as you progress from creating developmental drawings to three-dimensional mockups and models, working drawings and prototypes that incorporate manufacturing considerations. The program begins sophomore year with skill-based exposure to both traditional and state-of-the-art techniques for visualization. Through the manipulation of wood, metal, paper and plastic, you begin to understand the unique properties of these materials and the design possibilities inherent in them. Junior year builds on the skills learned the first year by encouraging you to focus on projects dealing with technology as it applies to products, form and human factors, mechanics and movement, and more. During senior year, you take advanced design studios, learn more about legal and business practices in the profession and undertake projects that emphasize innovation and the ability to refine formal design issues.