About the BA in Industrial and Innovative Design Degree
Why Study Industrial and Innovative Design at Cedarville?
If you're interested in a career fueled by innovation and creativity, consider Cedarville's distinctly Christian Industrial and Innovative Design degree! Your coursework in interior and exterior architectural design, product design, and transportation design will equip you for a dynamic 3D design career in a variety of industries. You'll also experience Cedarville’s highest standards of excellent academics with a biblical worldview. When you graduate, you'll be prepared not only for your career, but also to reflect Christ through your life and work.
Cedarville partners with the International Center for Creativity (ICC), whose recently renovated facilities are located in Dublin, Ohio, a northwest suburb of Columbus. You'll spend your first two years on Cedarville’s campus completing your Bible minor and general education courses. Then, you will complete your junior and senior years at ICC’s unique and picturesque professional design studios, where you'll gain the knowledge and skills you need for a successful and exciting career in 3D design.
You will be taught a wide range of design application options through studying coursework in:
- Consumer product design – focus on products that will be purchased and used by people
- Exterior architectural design – focus on the outside of homes and buildings
- Interior architectural design – focus on the inside design of homes and buildings
- Transportation design – focus on the design of models for vehicles
What Sets Cedarville Apart?
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Biblical Worldview
The Bible is the authority for research and study in every class you'll take. -
Mentoring Christian Faculty
You'll be taught by highly-credentialed professors who want you to succeed. -
Exceptional Facilities
You'll learn and practice your discipline in state-of-the-art facilities.
Program Overview
Program Highlights
Comprehensive — You will be immersed in the design and creativity development experience, learning rendering skills, hands-on problem-solving, model making, digital design, design research, design entrepreneurship, presentation skills, and design-thinking methodology.
Broad Exposure — You will be taught a wide range of design application options through studying coursework in:
- Consumer product design – focus on products that will be purchased and used by people
- Exterior architectural design – focus on the outside of homes and buildings
- Interior architectural design – focus on the inside design of homes and buildings
- Transportation design – focus on the design of models for vehicles
Specialization — In the spring of your senior year, you will select a specific area of design through a capstone research project to then develop during a nearly 12-week “deep dive” into that particular area of interest.
Innovative — The academic team at the ICC understands that each student has their own unique learning style, and the curriculum and delivery methodology is just as innovative as the content itself.
Intense, Real-world Experience — You’ll benefit from classes that are delivered consecutively, versus concurrently in a traditional program, meaning that you’ll focus on and master one subject area fully before moving on to another. This allows for more intensity, increased retention, and a greater simulation to “real-world” design projects, demands, and deadlines.
Outstanding Faculty — You’ll learn from experienced faculty with real-world experience.
Get to Know the ICC
Monthly Newsletter from the ICC
Read project updates and news from our partners at the ICC and see how Cedarville students and alumni are innovating in the classroom and on the job.
Latest Newsletter
Program Format and Related Programs
Cedarville offers both graduate and undergraduate programs, with flexible completion options. You may also want to consider these related programs as you consider the degree or program that is a best fit for you.
Related Programs
Program Level and Format
- Undergraduate
- Residential
- 4-Year
Program Faculty
Program News
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Cedarville Seniors Partner with Chick-fil-A, Answers in Genesis
Equipping students for success is a goal of Cedarville University’s industrial and innovative design (IID) program. As the only program of its kind at any private Christian university in the nation, Cedarville’s IID program gives students the opportunity to benefit from senior capstone projects with national brands, including Chick-fil-A and Answers in Genesis. -
Open House and Student Exhibit at the International Center for Creativity
Students majoring in industrial and innovative design (IID) at Cedarville University spend their junior and senior years at the International Center for Creativity (ICC) in Columbus, Ohio, working on projects that can have a real-world impact. These students will showcase their work at a special open house on Friday, May 3.