BS in Design at Stanford University
The mission of the program has always been to graduate designers who can synthesize technology, aesthetics, and business factors in service of human need. Students emerge with both a strong engineering depth and technical know-how, as well as creative, visual thinking abilities and a deeply human-centered orientation to problem-solving.
Our design degree is an interdisciplinary program, or an IDP, which means that it spans across departments and is highly collaborative in nature. Since its inception in the 1960s, our program has always been a uniquely interdisciplinary major, with coursework spanning Mechanical Engineering, Art, Computer Science, Psychology, and other fields. With its evolution to an IDP, Design is now even more interdisciplinary. This is reflected in our leadership, where you get to take classes, and in our teaching community.
Design’s Program Sheets vary based on which of the three Methods depths you choose. The most current Methods class options can be found on the Design SoE Undergraduate Handbook Page. Similarly, some of the SoE Math, Science, and SoE Fundamentals courses vary depending on which of the three Methods depths you choose.