Bridging Disciplines Program

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Bridging Disciplines Program

Bridging Disciplines Programs allow you to earn an interdisciplinary certificate that integrates area requirements, electives, courses for your major, internships, and research experiences.

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Design Strategies

In collaboration with the Center for Integrated Design, the Design Strategies BDP engages you in a design process that includes research and insights, creative problem solving, prototyping and testing, and implementation and presentation — all while learning to apply a critical lens to the social context in which design takes place.

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Digital Arts & Media

The Digital Arts & Media BDP is designed to guide students toward careers in entertainment and commercial media through a unique mix of courses from Fine Arts, Radio-Television-Film, Computer Science, Humanities, and Engineering. Explore and create work that pushes the boundaries of traditional disciplines and media.