First-Year Curriculum
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Program Contacts
Juanli Carrión, Program Director
Michael Verbos, Associate Director
Gyun Hur, Associate Director
Your first year at Parsons is a time of exploration and discovery that prepares you for your major, the rest of your education, and even life after Parsons. The two semesters bring together making and reflecting on your studio work, immersing you in a range of art and design concepts, skills, and critical practices. You learn to apply systems thinking and problem-solving methods to the creative challenges before you. All bachelor’s students at Parsons follow a first-year curriculum, which provides a rigorous and dynamic launchpad for the rest of your creative life at the school.
Parsons’ first-year curriculum, which focuses on critically engaged approaches to art, design, and strategic thinking, provides a common experience for all incoming students. All students take most of the required courses together, with some variation for BFA and BBA students depending on their degree type. First-year students at Parsons can tailor their study path within those requirements by selecting from thematic options available for many of the required courses.
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