The University of Washington's Bachelor of Design (BDes) in Industrial Design is an intensive, cohort-based program housed within the School of Art + Art History + Design. The four-year curriculum emphasizes user-centered design, product form and function, prototyping, design research, materials, and manufacturing. Students learn to imagine and prototype physical products that intersect with environments, systems, and services, gaining technical training in advanced drawing, digital modeling with Rhino, materials and manufacturing, digital fabrication, visualization, and presentation. Admission to the major is competitive, and the school's Design division takes a collaborative, diverse, and pragmatic approach to problem-solving focused on socially responsible innovation.