Applied Design
Introduction
Applied Design is a Bachelor program taught at Hampshire College, USA. The program is offered in campus-based modes with full-time options.
Applied Design at Hampshire College covers product and industrial design, appropriate technology, alternative energy and transportation, creative electronics, and universal design. The Hampshire College Center for Design uses an experiential approach to applied design, invention, and social entrepreneurship through design and innovation for social change. Students explore design and fabrication, prototype development, and business plan development.
Learning combines courses, internships, independent study, and collaborations with businesses and organizations. Students create prototypes and business plans and develop enterprises aimed at improving people’s lives. Projects may include work such as Design and Sculpture, Bicycle Design and Fabrication, Project EV-XI: An Electric Vehicle Prototype, and Computer Design, Fabrication, and Installation. The Center for Design provides a laboratory with a shop for metals and plastics, plus a manual and computer-aided design lab.
Modules
- 3D Design and Model-making
- Advanced Blacksmithing
- Animals, Robots, and Applied Design
- Appropriate Design in the World
- Appropriate Technology: Design and Implementation
- Art and Design
- Basic Blacksmithing
- Bicycle Design and Beyond
- Bicycle Frame Design and Fabrication
- Circuit Bending
- Creative Electronics
- Creative Writing, Design, and the Body
Admission Requirements
The minimum requirements for admission in Applied Design at Hampshire College for all applicants (Domestic or International) are:
- program specific academic requirment set by Hampshire College.
- English Language OR any other language requirments as set by Hampshire College as pre-requiste for admission in Applied Design.
Note: Please check the university website in the link below.
Courses Units
Please check detail of study units at https://www.hampshire.edu/academics/areas-of-study/applied-design
Scholarships
80 fully funded scholarships are listed for USA. See USA scholarships.