Bachelor's
About Design, B.S. at CSUSB
Bring Your Creative Vision to Life
If you’re passionate about 3D design, motion graphics, interface design or marketing — and you want hands-on experience using state-of-the-art equipment in top-tier facilities — CSUSB’s Bachelor of Science in Design is built for you.
Learn With the Latest Tools
You'll train on state-of-the-art equipment while mastering skills in:
- Branding and advertising
- Typography and visual communication
- Application and website design
- Time-based media and motion graphics
- Cutting-edge fields like UX/UI, AR/VR, and digital fabrication
This broad preparation ensures you graduate as a multi-faceted designer with the creativity and technical expertise to thrive in a rapidly-evolving creating industry.
Careers in Design, B.S.
These are just a few of the titles you might hold once you’ve earned your B.S. in design:
- Animator
- Special effects artist
- Motion graphics designer
- Game artist
- Digital marketer
- Concept artist
- Art director
- Designer
- Graphic designer
- Industrial designer
- Commercial designer
- Illustrator
- Web designer
- UI/UX designer
- Production artist
Sample Courses
Typography and Layout
Emphasis on understanding current and historical typographic trends including the importance of technology in their development.
Social History of Design
A critical survey of influential design forms, tendencies, and aesthetics from antiquity to the present from a broad range of cultures across the globe.
Storyboarding
Research, concept development, planning, and prototyping for design projects across applications, media, and platforms.
Meet Professor Matthew Poole, MFA
Opportunities for Students
At CSUSB, you’ll have access to the tools, spaces and resources you need to grow as a creative thinker and maker.
The Visual Resource Center (VRC) in the Department of Art & Design is a digital and analog library of images, books and material samples — all available to support your coursework, presentations and research. It’s also home to the Innovative Materials Library and a growing collection of over 30,000 digital images of artworks, plus journals and reference books on art, design and visual culture.
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