Internships
The general purpose of an internship is to give you practical experience applying the theory and content of course work in your field. Internships are typically considered a capstone experience, taken toward the latter half of your academic career.
Career Opportunities
Our Industrial Design program prepares students for entry-level positions in a variety of career paths. Options related to either furniture or product design may be pursued with specializations including areas such as contract furniture, electronics, exhibit footwear, housewares, lighting, medical or toys. The Bachelor of Science in Industrial Design degree affords graduates a wide variety of career opportunities, based on their individual interests, skills, talents and motivations. Following is a partial list of companies where our interns and graduates have worked in recent years:
GoPro | Touchstone 3D | Dorel Juvenile |
Chrome Hearts | Hugh's Handsbuilt | Toshiba |
Joe Gibbs Racing | Kikkerland | Nike |
Pensole | Bernhardt Design | LIAT (Jasper Library Furniture) |
Intel | Skookum Digital Works | Cree Inc. |
Westfield Outdoors | Hunter Fan Company | WestRock |
ECR Software | Newell Rubbermaid - Irwin Tools | Milwaukee Electronic Tool Corp. |
Techtronic Industries | Husqvarna | Enventy's |
TOMY Toys | Mesa Home Products | Bubba Brands Inc. |