The undergraduate program at Art Center differs from many other schools of art and design in that students here choose a major when they apply and begin doing focused work in that area in their very first term. Courses in each major are complemented, however, by a sequence of integrated introductory courses that address traditional art and design skills. These classes are designed to meet the needs of each of the nine major departments in five categories: design fundamentals, drawing and painting, communications design, lettering and basic typography and rendering and technical drawing.