Design

Department Chair: Martin Herman

Department Office: Design (DESN), Room 101

Telephone: (562) 985‑5089

Website: http://www.csulb.edu/depts/design/

Undergraduate Advisor: B.A./B.F.A./B.S.: Rachael King (562) 985-4368; Design (DESN), Room 107

Graduate Advisor: MA: Heather Barker (562) 985-7903; Design (DESN), Room 109

Faculty: Heather Barker, Steve Boyer, Von Dominguez, John Kleinpeter, Dorothy Ottolia, Eduardo Perez, José Rivera-Chang, Debra Satterfield, David Teubner, Tom Tredway, Wesley Woelfel

Administrative Coordinator: Diane Stein

Operations Coordinator: Denny Cubbage

Instructional Support Technician: Arnel Ignacio

Equipment Repair Technician: Chris Webster

Career Possibilities

Interior Designer • Industrial Designer • Display/Exhibit Designer • Environmental Graphic Designer • Furniture Designer • Automotive Designer • Model Maker • Package Designer • Technical Illustrator • Teacher • Consultant • Commercial Artist • Architectural Illustrator • Product Designer • 3-D Graphic Illustrator • User Experience Designer • Service Designer • Digital Modeler

(Some of these, and other careers, require additional education or experience. For more information, see www.careers.csulb.edu.)

• College: College of the Arts  
• Courses: DESN  

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 visual 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. program is open to all students.

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. 

Programs

• Human Experience Design Interactions, M.A.

• Design, B.A.
• Industrial Design, B.S.
• Interior Design, B.F.A.

• Design History and Theory Minor

Courses

• DESN 110 - Foundation Design History
• DESN 120A - Fundamentals of Design
• DESN 120B - Fundamentals of Design
• DESN 130 - Perspective and Rendering for Interiors
• DESN 132A - Perspective and Rendering Systems
• DESN 132B - Perspective and Rendering Systems
• DESN 141 - Interior/Architectural Drafting
• DESN 142 - Beginning Space Planning
• DESN 143 - Materials of Interiors
• DESN 150 - Design Drafting
• DESN 151 - Design Materials and Tools
• DESN 154 - Modeling and Prototyping Techniques
• DESN 156 - 3D Computer-Aided Design
• DESN 230 - Visualization for Interior Architecture
• DESN 232 - Visualization Techniques
• DESN 244 - Lighting Design for Interior Architecture
• DESN 245 - Building Systems for Interior Architecture
• DESN 246 - Computer-Aided Drafting
• DESN 254 - Production Materials and Technical Processes
• DESN 255 - 2D Computer-Aided Graphics
• DESN 268 - History and Theory of Sustainability in Design
• DESN 280 - Industrial Design Processes
• DESN 300 - Designers in Their Own Words
• DESN 312 - Interior Architectural Model Building
• DESN 315 - Form and Figures: The Mathematics of Design
• DESN 320 - Advanced Form Study
• DESN 331A - Industrial Design
• DESN 331B - Industrial Design
• DESN 332 - Advanced Idea Generation for Designers
• DESN 333A - Industrial Design Methodology
• DESN 333B - Industrial Design Methodology
• DESN 336 - Advanced Visualization and 3D Modeling
• DESN 340 - Interior Design Process and Theory
• DESN 341A - Interior Design
• DESN 341B - Interior Design
• DESN 342 - Interior/Architectural Presentations
• DESN 343 - Advanced Drafting and Detailing
• DESN 344A - Display and Exhibition Design
• DESN 344B - Display and Exhibition Design
• DESN 346 - Computer-Aided Design - 3D Modeling
• DESN 351A - Process of Architectural/Interior Lighting Design
• DESN 351B - Applications of Architectural/Interior Lighting Design
• DESN 352A - Specialty Equipment
• DESN 352B - Advanced Specialty Equipment
• DESN 355 - Computer Aided Graphics II
• DESN 356 - Advanced 3D Computer-Aided Design
• DESN 360A - Environmental Communication Design
• DESN 360B - Advanced Environmental Communication Design
• DESN 366 - Advanced 3D Digital Modeling
• DESN 367 - History and Theory of Architecture
• DESN 368 - History and Theory of Design
• DESN 369 - History of Furniture and Decorative Arts
• DESN 431A - Advanced Industrial Design
• DESN 431B - Advanced Industrial Design
• DESN 435A - Furniture Design
• DESN 435B - Advanced Furniture Design
• DESN 440 - Professional Practice for Interior Architecture
• DESN 441A - Advanced Interior Design
• DESN 441B - Advanced Interior Design
• DESN 442G - Internship in Industrial Design
• DESN 442H - Internship in Interior Design
• DESN 442J - Internship in Design
• DESN 450 - BA Senior Project
• DESN 454 - Technologies for Hybrid Design
• DESN 455 - Computer Aided Graphics III
• DESN 470 - Design in Contemporary Society
• DESN 481 - Designing for User Experiences
• DESN 482 - Research Methods for Inclusive UX Design
• DESN 483 - Data and Technologies of Human Interaction Design
• DESN 490 - Selected Topics in Design
• DESN 495 - Field Studies in Design
• DESN 499C - Special Studies in Display and Exhibition Design
• DESN 499G - Special Studies in Industrial Design
• DESN 499H - Special Studies in Interior Design
• DESN 554 - Technologies for Hybrid Design
• DESN 555 - Computer Aided Graphics III
• DESN 570 - Applied Design in Contemporary Society
• DESN 581 - Designing for User Experiences
• DESN 582 - Research Methods for Inclusive UX Design
• DESN 583 - Data and Technologies of Human Interaction Design
• DESN 585 - Human Experience and Social Design Seminar
• DESN 586 - Human Experience and Embodied Interactions Studio
• DESN 686 - Immersive Design Research Lab
• DESN 698 - Human Experience Design Interactions Master’s Project