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WHY DO YOU DESIGN? Is it to help solve problems? Or maybe to improve your community? JWU’s Integrated Product Design program will help you understand the need for designing with a purpose. You’ll learn to integrate technology and art through design to provide relevant solutions creating products that meet client’s needs. And as you grow in the field, you’ll start making information-driven decisions to solve world issues or improve your neighborhood; propose the next generation of connected products, high-tech systems and user experiences.

Some of the classes you’ll take in this program include:

  • Introduction to 3D Design
  • User Centered Design
  • Emerging Design Technology

You’ll learn to incorporate research, analysis, systems thinking, collaboration and design thinking into your own creative process that will be applied across industries, materials and software tools.

Then you’ll move to studios of increasing complexity, where you’ll work on real-world problems with a variety of clients from the Providence area. It’s the perfect way for you to learn first-hand about user behavior, goals, motivations and needs. In your final year, develop an independent design investigation and explore an area of interest that will truly set you apart as a design professional.

As a design student, it’s not just about learning the skills of design with such soft-ware as SolidWorks or AutoCAD. But it’s more important to learn why you’re designing — what is the purpose of designing. That’s more important than the skill set. ALI ALJASSAS '17

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This program is available in Providence.

Featured Faculty

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Walter Zesk

Assistant Professor

Walter’s research and professional practice straddled the border between design and engineering, primarily focused on using emerging technologies to develop parametric product systems.

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Jonathan Harris

Assistant Professor

Assistant Professor Jonathan Harris teaches the process, management and tools of design at JWU’s Providence Campus.

Sample Courses

  • Introduction to 3D Design
  • User Centered Design
  • Materials and Processes
  • Emerging Design Technology
  • Simulation, Analysis and Optimization

Explore the full JWU Catalog course listing:

Providence (coming soon)

In addition to classes, free elective credit can be applied to a number of options such as Directed Experiential Education (DEE), internship, minor or study abroad. You are encouraged to contact an advisor before scheduling free elective credits.

Occupational Outlook*

Some professions may require additional study, background checks, certifications, licenses, exams and/or experience as required qualifications for employment. Students are responsible for verifying that they can meet the employment requirements of potential employers.

Occupation Growth Median Salary
Computer Network Architects 6% $104,650
Computer Systems Analysts 9% $88,270
Electrical and electronics drafters 7% $59,690
Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Telecommunications 7% $93,570
Electrical engineers 9% $95,060
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 4% $102,180
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 4% $65,970
Industrial Engineers 10% $85,880
Software developers, applications 31% $101,790
Web Developers 15% $67,990

*Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook. Job outlook: 2016-2026. Median salary: 2017.

JWU Stories

First JWU Student-Designed Piece Installed in Providence: Ali Aljassas ’17 is ambitious. One of his goals in life is to fly into a city and see the buildings he’s designed staring back at him. Today he’s closer to that dream.

Did You Know?

After California and New York, Rhode Island has the third largest percentage of creative sector jobs per capita in the United States.

Source: DesignxRI, Design is Rhode Island, on the Internet at https://www.designisrhodeisland.com (visited October 2, 2018).