设计艺术学士学位

设计是思想的视觉传达。Western的设计课程强调解决问题的过程，并鼓励学生在文化和设计之间以及他们作为视觉传达者的角色之间建立联系。在创建解决方案以将行业与受众以及他们自己与世界连接起来的过程中，学生将学习结合个人表达和批判性思维。Western的课程在课程规模和深度方面都是独一无二的。学生在课堂外有很多与老师一起工作的机会。西方的设计教职员工活跃于该行业，但在他们的活动中将教学放在首位。由于行业期望设计师在基于传统印刷的图形设计和交互设计（web / app）中都表现出流畅性，因此“设计”计划并未在其
Design is the visual communication of ideas. Western's Design program emphasizes the process of problem solving and encourages students to make connections between culture and design, and their role as visual communicators. Students learn to combine personal expression and critical thinking as they create solutions that connect industry to an audience and themselves to the world. Western's program is unique in its size and depth of curriculum. Students have significant opportunities to work with their faculty outside of class. Western's Design faculty members are active in the profession, but place teaching first and foremost in their activities. Because industry expects designers to be fluid in both traditional print based graphic design and interaction design (web/app), the Design program does not offer areas of specialization within its curriculum.