Department of Design

Pre-major and pre-BFA students may schedule one informal portfolio appointment with any faculty member during his/her office hours to receive guidance regarding their portfolio prior to applying.

All students are encouraged to apply for department talent awards and other scholarships. For more information on Design Department scholarships, please see https://designdept.byu.edu/department-scholarships

Students can access their progress report through MYMAP by clicking on the 'My Progress Report' tab.

Submit a request through the Change Major link on the MyMap page.

Equipment requirements for each program can be found on the individual program MAPs (Major Academic Plans) in the catalog.

BFA or BA major students should contact the appropriate faculty member as listed below for major specific substitution or transfer equivalency requests.

• Animation: Sam Nielson (sam.nielson@byu.edu)
• Graphic Design: Linda Reynolds (lindareynolds@byu.edu)
• Illustration: David Habben (David_habben@byu.edu)
• Industrial Design: David Morgan (dcmorgan@byu.edu)
• Photo- & Lens- Based Design: Paul Adams (paulfkcc@hotmail.com)
• Product & User Experience Design/Industrial Design: David Habben (David_habben@byu.edu)
• BA in Design: Student’s assigned faculty mentor

For General Education course substitutions visit gesub.byu.edu.