It's very interesting. You actually get to make things with your hands, not just do equations and sh**. I am personally pursuing automotive design after graduation, but we have designed furniture, lighting, and tons of consumer products (too many to list). The STB was for an independent study class I took for welding with a professor who built his own car (he had the Guinness Book world record for a while back in the mid 80's with 98mpg for fuel economy). Right now I'm on a design team with some guys from VT (both ID and engineering), people from Utah, Switzerland, Mexico, Germany, and Japan designing a car for General Motors. It's a forced induction 2.4L front engine, rear drive, 6 speed sports coupe thats slated to weigh around 1,800 lbs. They probably won't produce it, but it'll look great on my resume. Basically you have to pursue what kinda design you wanna get into. The GM project has destroyed my schedule, cuz I have two other projects goin on at the same time...but its worth it to me because it might get me into the industry I want.
In short, it's a very interesting major that lets you be creative and actually produce things. I couldn't imagine myself in any other major. Good luck man.
) Mainly for mustang money, mods, etc
fun stuff,