The College of Design (CDes) has majors like Architecture, Graphic Design, and Product Design. 

• List of majors in CDes 

Their sample four-year plans can be helpful for planning you major in CDES.

Academics

• PSEO students are not allowed to take Graphic Design courses due to space constraints in their labs.

• Any courses that show a prerequisite of “pre-major” status are not available to PSEO students. 

• Some individual courses are open to PSEO students potentially interested in design:

  • Arch 1281: Design Fundamentals I

  • Des 1101W: Introduction to Design Thinking

  • Des 1111: Creative Problem Solving

  • LA 1201: Learning from the Landscape

  • LA 1401,: The Designed Environment

  • RM 1201: Fashion, Ethics, and Consumption

Consult with your PSEO advisor if you are planning on staying at the U of MN and majoring in something in CDES. There are occasionally situations where CDES will let PSEO students into their courses.