Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Appalachian is one of 17 campuses in the University of North Carolina System. Appalachian enrolls more than 19,000 students and offers more than 150 undergraduate and graduate majors. The department of Applied Design is dedicated to fostering excellence in design education, design research, and professional placement. It balances theoretical and pragmatic approaches while exploring an awareness of impact of design decisions on the global community. Its mission is to provoke an educational foundation that prepares students to enter the design profession and become leaders in the design community.

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