Overview

Drawing on the School’s emphasis on human-centered design as well as Design Build, the program teaches students to use critical thinking and the design process itself to bring new value to citizens, communities, and companies. Professors with expertise in a wide range of areas guide students in researching user experiences to create well-conceived and executed projects.

Each year, progressively more challenging studio projects enable majors to build an awareness of materials and gain an in-depth understanding of visual and 3D vocabulary through hands-on work. Professors emphasize both the traditional values behind the design arts and current trends in the profession as students progress from drawing, to three-dimensional mock-ups and models, to working drawings and prototypes.

A Design Arts major at Norwich University is an introduction to the profession, where students learn vital technical, artistic, design, and communication skills. The first year of the program provides a foundation in Art and Architecture. In the second year, students begin to understand the historical context of the design arts. They receive skill-based exposure to both traditional and state-of-the art techniques for visualization. Through hands-on making, students begin to understand materials and the design possibilities inherent in them.

Third year encourages students to learn various advanced techniques and tools, to further experiment with the elements and principles of 2-D and 3-D design through the critique of historical works and hands-on exercises, and to develop their own sophisticated body of work and an individualized area of study. A semester at CityLAB: Berlin provides enrichment and global perspectives to the course of study.

During fourth year, students learn more about legal and business practices in the profession and undertake projects that emphasize innovation and the ability to refine formal design issues. A capstone project and apprenticeship/ internship provides a practical connection between academic studies and potential career paths.

The School of Architecture + Art fosters a natural and effective mentoring relationship between faculty and students and allows students to develop their own visions as designers. We offer our students the education necessary for the practice of the design arts in their fullest sense: to design, make, and build in a way that embodies cultural meaning, employs technology wisely, and contributes to the larger community. To this end, we seek to instill in students the core values of comprehensive knowledge, holistic awareness, continual innovation, active cooperation, and ethical responsibility through a balanced curriculum comprising observation, analysis, exploration, iteration, and synthesis, grappling throughout with abstract as well as concrete material, intellectual as well as hands-on experience.

We endeavor to contribute to the making of meaning and the meaning of making.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Visual Arts
Design
Graphic Design
Art Studio
Art History

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-01-08 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-10-01 00:00:00 , International
Starting 2027-08-25 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-02-01 00:00:00 , International

Language

English

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Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Northfield, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

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Other requirements

General requirements

Complete your Application to Norwich
Secondary school (high school) transcripts. (If the transcript is not in English, the applicant must also submit a translated copy.)
You are also encouraged to submit (Not Required): Letters of Recommendation: two or three letters are preferred. Please should choose teachers, coaches, employers, mentors, etc., who know both your academic abilities and personality.

Tuition Fees

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48730 USD / year

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Out-of-State

48730 USD / year

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In-State

48730 USD / year

≈ 48730 USD / year

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