Digital Design

Division of STEAM
Associate Dean: Deborah Beall

The Digital Design A.S. program addresses a growing need for students to be trained in both the skills of CAD (Computer Aided Design) / CAM (Computer Aided Manufacturing) and experience with the creative tools and concepts of Art / Design. In addition to a core of liberal arts and sciences classes, the program coursework will be delivered as a collaborative effort between the technology faculty and studio art faculty. The interdisciplinary nature of this program will prepare students by building design thinking, problem solving, and production skills that have application in a variety of career fields such as Studio Art, Industrial Design, Engineering, and Advanced Manufacturing.

Students in this program must meet 7 of the 10 SUNY Knowledge and Skills areas, 2 core competencies (Critical Thinking and Information Literacy), and have 30 SUNY General Education credits. Please note that of the 7 Knowledge and Skills areas, the following 4 are required: Communication-Written and Oral; Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning; Natural Sciences and Scientific Reasoning; and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice. For more information on the SUNY General Education requirements please see General Education Requirements.

Graduates will be able to:

• Demonstrate fundamental drawing concepts in a variety of traditional and contemporary art media.
• Demonstrate proficiency in manipulating the major elements and materials of 2-D and 3-D design.
• Demonstrate proficiency in using AutoCAD and SolidWorks to create working drawings to expected industry standards.
• Produce 2-D drawings and 3-D models for import into computer-assisted manufacturing (CAM) software for computer numerical control (CNC) machining program generation.
• Demonstrate a fundamental knowledge in the liberal arts and sciences, to include 30 credits in at least seven of the following areas: mathematics, natural sciences, social sciences, American history, western civilization, other world civilizations, humanities, the arts, foreign language, and basic communication.