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B.A. in Design

Imagine, innovate and create

Every single product and service we use, that make life easier, have a history, a creative process that made them what they are. Behind this process lies a designer, capable of understanding human beings, their feelings and needs, context and limitation, and of discovering new opportunities. At B.A. in Design we seek to create designers who strive to improve things and make them work better, a systemic thinker, an artist of form, an explorer of materials: an innovator by nature.

Career field

Thanks to the integral preparation you will receive in B.A. in Design, on graduating you will be able to you participate in diverse business areas, such as:

Companies from the manufacturing and service sectors
Design firms
Research and development centers
Innovation agencies and departments
Advertising agencies
Public or private organizations, developing social innovation projects
Your own firm, offering design services or consulting
Your own company, designing and manufacturing your own products

Is this right for you?

If you are creative, like solving problems, care about other people’s wellbeing, wonder how things work and look for ways to improve them, B.A. in Design could be your path.

Competencies

B.A. in Design

The three stages of the model

Choose your path

Exploration

You will open your competency file and add to it throughout your degree program.
You will learn the foundations of the area of Creative Studies.
You will participate in fundamental and exploration challenges from the area of Creative Studies, interacting with peers from different degree programs.
You will study general education courses, selecting them from a collection.
You will participate in a challenge that integrates all the competencies to be developed in this phase.

Focus

You will acquire the core competencies of your degree, in other words, those that distinguish it.
You will participate in more focused challenges to reinforce what you have learned and broaden your basic knowledge.
You will have the elements to decide whether to deepen your knowledge or diversify and, subsequently, build your specialization plan.
The Tec Weeks, challenges and overall university experiences will enrich your file.

Specialization

You have decided between diversifying or focusing deeply in your major, which you will achieve by choosing a concentration or a stay, to name a few of your options. The TEC Semester is a flexible time to start.
You will develop the competencies related to your specialization, increasingly connected to your passions, interests and plans.
By passing a concentration, you will develop your competencies, and, on graduating, will be a candidate for obtaining a Diploma in that concentration, after meeting the established requirements.

How can you specialize?

Concentrations

Specialize in one of the different concentrations available at the campus of your choice, according to the profile you would like to develop.

Internships

Internships allow you to participate in the development of specific projects with companies, organizations, or research groups, in a context of total immersion related to a specialty field. They can be carried out locally, nationally or internationally.