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Design Technology

Look around your surroundings and consider the opportunities. Consider your favorite hobbies, toys, and necessities. It all had to be designed. Do you want to know the secrets of good design? The Design Technology Program will show you how you can become a valuable member of a process engineering team. You'll learn how to design solutions for modifying new or existing buildings, developing innovative commercial products, creating compelling animations and technical brochures, or carving complex machine parts from simple blocks of wood. Choose from one of four specialties — Architectural, Mechanical, Graphics or CAD-CAM — and you'll be on your way to an exciting career in an in-demand field.

Sample careers in this field: Designer, Drafter, Graphic Designer, Surveyor

For information on Design Technology contact:
Rob Townsend, Program Chair
(260) 480-4239
rtownsen@ivytech.edu

Design Technology Concentrations

GENERAL EDUCATION -- 20 CREDITS
    Fundamentals of Public Speaking 3
    English Composition 3
    Life Skills Elective 1
    Intermediate Algebra 3
    and  
    Geometry/Trigonometry 3
    or  
    Algebra/Trigonometry I 3
    or  
    Algebra/Trigonometry II 3
    or  
    College Algebra 4
    and  
    Trigonometry 2
    or  
    College Algebra 3
    and  
    Trigonometry with Analytic Geometry 3
    Physics I 4
    Humanities/Social Sciences Elective 3-4
PROFESSIONAL / TECHNICAL CORE -- 18 CREDITS
    Technical Graphics 3
    CAD Fundamentals 3
    Descriptive Geometry 3
    Advanced CAD 3
    Statics 3
    Portfolio Preparation 3
CONCENTRATION -- 12 CREDITS
REGIONALLY DETERMINED --  (Limit = 12)
TOTAL CREDITS 62
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"I now have a career, not just a job. My career has accelerated at a rapid pace since being a student at Ivy Tech."
Kevin Grady
Design Tech., '00
Associate Product Designer, Intl. Truck & Engine Corp.