Product Design (BFA)

Enhance the world around you by creating products that are useful, energy-efficient, ergonomically appropriate, cost-effective and socially responsible. As one of our students, you will solve real-world design challenges with fellow students, clients, and faculty members.

Students in the product design major develop the knowledge, skills, and methods essential to becoming a professional designer with courses in product design, art, and art and technology within the School of Art + Design. In the product design major, students work on the Eugene campus for three years and continue to the Portland campus for the final year of completion of their professional BFA degrees.

Program Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

• Realize a new product that solves a specific need based on needs found through observational research with and of an individual person.
• Create cohesive visual and verbal analysis about the impact of a new product on a civic or social structure.
• Articulate personal design sense through visual and verbal media.

Product Design Major Requirements

Courses used to fulfill the major requirements must be taken for a letter grade and passed with a grade of C- or better.

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Studio courses chosen from product design (PD), ceramics (ARTC), fibers (ARTF), metalsmithing and jewelry (ARTM), sculpture (ARTS), Sports Product Design (SPD)