First-year programming includes lectures, workshops, intensive projects, and exhibitions that reinforce the curriculum’s interdisciplinary goals, develop students’ ability to think through making, and provide insights that can help students select a major.
Parsons studio resources include classrooms with Internet access and projection capabilities, work-sinks, and pinup space. Other resources include a state-of-the-art tool room for cutting and shaping a wide range of materials, a room with workbenches for fabricating projects, and a soft materials room for exploration through sewing.