Drexel University’s Westphal College of Media Arts and Design in Philadelphia offers a four-year Bachelor of Science in Product Design. The university’s cooperative education model and urban setting support an applied approach to designing physical products for manufacture, linking design with technology, business, and social research.
The curriculum progresses from drawing, color, photography, and graphic design to CAD, materials research, prototyping, testing, and UX/UI. Students work through the product development process from concept to execution and use studios, woodshops, and the Hybrid Making Lab in the URBN Center, which provides equipment such as 3D printers and laser cutters; the degree also includes a six-month junior-year co-op.
