Two multiple-major programs are available at the College of Design.
The Anni Albers Scholars Program
A collaboration between the College of Design and the College of Textiles, the Anni Albers Scholars Program provides students with exemplary preparation in apparel design using the latest in textiles technology. This program, unique nationally, greatly improves a graduate's innovative vision and job prospects by combining professional skills in design with high quality technological knowledge in the field.
Students completing the Anni Albers Program earn two undergraduate degrees: the Bachelor of Art + Design and the Bachelor of Science in Textile Technology.
Textile designer and artist Anni Albers was educated in the Weaving Workshop at the Bauhaus and immigrated to the United States from Germany during World War Two. She brought her influential beliefs about the importance of textiles to the famed Black Mountain School in North Carolina. Her work and writings have provided generations of American textile designers and fiber artists a philosophical framework and standard of excellence.
CONTACT
For more information about the Anni Albers Scholars Program, contact Susan Brandeis at susan_brandeis@ncsu.edu.
DaVinci Scholars Program
The DaVinci Scholars Program is a joint program between the College of Design and the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. The primary purpose of the dual degree program is to provide students with a strong liberal education as a complement to their professional degree study. In some cases, however, students will also improve their employment opportunities by selecting study that directly supports their professional in design. For example, students majoring in graphic design who take a second degree that focuses on writing improve their opportunities for employment in communications. A student in architecture with a second degree in history may improve opportunities for graduate study in architectural history, preservation, or urban planning. Study of foreign language may improve opportunities for international design practice. DaVinci Scholars participate in planned interdisciplinary activities.
Students completing the DaVinci Scholars Program will earn two degrees within five or six years: a bachelor's degree in one of the six undergraduate disciplines in the College of Design and a B.A. or B.S. degree in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. DaVinci Scholars will earn their first degree in design with no adjustment in their design requirements. They will elect a second major from any of those available in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. They must meet all requirements for both degrees.
Students enrolled in any portion of the First Year Experience in the College of Design who wish to participate in the DaVinci Scholars should apply to the Associate Dean of the College of Design by March of their second semester of their first year.
CONTACT
For more information about the DaVinci Scholars Program, contact Hernan Marchant at hernan_marchant@ncsu.edu.
