Innovation, Design, and the Arts GE Minor

Unleash your creativity and problem-solving skills with a hands-on program that explores the intersection of technology and aesthetics, focusing on historical, cultural, technological, and artistic concepts. You’ll expand your creative and innovative potential while gaining skills to think outside the box.

Designed to seamlessly integrate into your college experience, this general education (GE) minor allows you to count GE courses toward both your GE requirements and the minor. Perfect for any major, this minor equips you with the ability to approach challenges creatively, a skill that translates to any career path.

Boost Creativity and Innovative Thinking

The innovation, design, and the arts GE minor equips you with skills that will help you thrive in fields requiring creativity, design, and innovation. You will develop:

• Aesthetic judgment and technological proficiency
• Creative problem-solving techniques
• Design thinking methodologies
• Knowledge of historical and cultural influences on innovation
• The ability to collaborate across disciplines

These essential skills are invaluable in industries like marketing, media, product design, and the arts, providing you with a competitive edge in roles that demand fresh ideas and transformative thinking.

Add a Creative Edge to Your Degree

This minor complements any major by fostering innovative approaches and creative vision. Majors to consider:

• Art
• Business Administration
• Communication Studies
• Communication Design
• Computer Animation and Game Development
• Mechatronic Engineering
• Journalism
• Media Arts
• Music
• Theatre Arts

Pairing this minor with a major focused on technology, communication, or the arts can prepare you for careers in design, media production, user experience, or creative leadership roles. Enrich your college experience with skills that are in high demand across a range of industries.