2024-2025 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog
Design
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Department Chair: Debra Satterfield
Department Office: Design (DESN), Room 101
Telephone: (562) 985‑5089
Website: Design Department
Undergraduate Advisor: Kate Lynch (562) 985-4368; B.A./B.F.A./B.S.: Design (DESN), Room 107
Graduate Advisor: MA: Heather Barker (562) 985-7903; Design (DESN), Room 109
Faculty: Jeff Adair, Heather Barker, Steve Boyer, Von Dominguez, Behnaz Farahi, Alec Johnson, John Kleinpeter, Alison Kowalski, Michael Laforte, Dorothy Ottolia, Eduardo Perez, José Rivera-Chang, Debra Satterfield, David Teubner, Tom Tredway, Wesley Woelfel
Administrative Coordinator: Diane Stein
Administrative Support Assistant: Ali Lauder
Operations Coordinator: Denny Cubbage
Design Support Technician: Arnel Ignacio
Equipment Technician: Geoff Theil
Career Possibilities
Interior Designer • Industrial Designer • Environmental Graphic Designer • Immersive Experience Designer • 3-D Graphic Illustrator • Architectural Illustrator • Automotive Designer • Design Consultant • Design Strategist • Digital Interaction Designer • Digital Modeler • Display/Exhibit Designer • Furniture Designer • Game Designer • Human Experience Design Researcher • Model Maker • Package Designer • Product Designer • Service Designer • Technical Illustrator • Themed Entertainment and Branded Environment Designer • Experiential Garphic Designer User Experience Designer • Wearables Designer • Design Entrepreneurship/ Business Owner
(Some of these, and other careers, require additional education or experience. For more information, see the CSULB Careers Website.)
Introduction
The Department of Design prepares students for professional practice and advanced work in design with emphasis on innovative, human-centered, and collaborative approaches to spaces, experiences and products. The study of design encourages creative problem solving and provides the skills necessary to express creative ideas with clarity. A competitive portfolio review is held each year to identify students whose work has reached a level of competence necessary to advance to junior- and senior-level courses in Interior Design and Industrial Design. After passing portfolio requirements, selected students are officially admitted to the B.F.A. and B.S. programs. The B.A. is a highly customizable program that is open to all students and does not require a portfolio for admission to the major. The graduate Human Experience Design Interactions program is an interdisciplinary program with competitive admissions criteria.
California State University, Long Beach is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD). NASAD, founded in 1944, is an organization of schools, colleges, and universities, with about 240 accredited institutional members. It establishes national standards for undergraduate and graduate degrees and credential programs.
ProgramsGraduate and Professional DegreesUndergraduate DegreesMinorCoursesDesign
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