Dec 12, 2024

2018-2019 Undergraduate Bulletin

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Industrial Design, B.F.A. Sequence

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Suggested Four Year Program Plan

Total Program Credits: 120

*Prefixes ART, ARTH, and DES require a grade of “C or better”.

First Year (30 credits)

Fall Semester (15 credits)

ART-100 Drawing I (3 cr.)
ART-101 Two-Dimensional Design Foundations (3 cr.)
ARTH-223 Survey of Art–Ancient Through Medieval (3 cr.)
ETECH-110 Materials and Manufacturing Processes (3 cr.)
ENGL-101 Composition 1 (3 cr.) or
ENGL-111 Honors Composition 1 (3 cr.)

Spring Semester (15 credits)

ART-103 Three-Dimensional Design Foundations (3 cr.)
ART-200 Drawing II (3 cr.)
ARTH-224 Survey of Art-Renaissance Through 20th Century (3 cr.)
ENGL-102 Composition 2 (3 cr.)
ENGL-112 Freshman English–Honors II (3 cr.)
ENGL-113 Honors Composition 2: Honors Seminar (3 cr.)
Course Selective-1 : Analytical Reasoning and Natural Sciences (3 cr.)

Second Year (30 credits)

Fall Semester (15 credits)

DES-205 Design Drawing and Concept Visualization (3 cr.)
DES-220 Introduction To 2D Digital Imaging (3 cr.)
DES-231 Industrial Design 1: Product Form and Visualization (3 cr.)
ETECH-256 Engineering Graphics Fundamentals and Solid Modeling (3 cr.)
ARTH-319 History of Design (3 cr.)

Spring Semester (15 credits)

COMST-100 Fundamentals of Speech (3 cr.)
DES-232 Industrial Design 2: Ergonomics (3 cr.)
DES-310 Graphic Design I (3 cr.)
DES-405 Advanced Design Drawing (3 cr.)
PHOTO-130 Introduction to Still and Moving Image Photography (3 cr.)

Third Year (31 credits)

Fall Semester (16 credits)

ETECH-202 Welding and Casting Processes (3 cr.) or
ETECH-204 Polymer Processes (3 cr.)
DES-331 Industrial Design 3: Product Interface Design (3 cr.)
ETECH-266 Engineering Graphics Surface Modeling & Rendering (3 cr.)
Course Selective-1 : Art Studio Selective (3 cr.)
Course Selective-2 : Analytical Reasoning and Natural Sciences (4 cr.)

Spring Semester (15 credits)

ART-211 Contemporary Sculptural Practices I (3 cr.)
DES-332 Industrial Design 4: Design for Manufacture (3 cr.)
Course Selective-3 : Art History Selective (3 cr.)
Course Selective-4 : Art Studio Selective (3 cr.)
Course Selective-5 : Analytical Reasoning and Natural Sciences (3 cr.)

Fourth Year (29 credits)

Fall Semester (15 credits)

DES-431 ID5: Industrial Design Senior Studio I (3 cr.)
Course Selective-1 : Social and Behavioral Sciences (3 cr.)
Course Selective-2 : Social Responsibility and Ethical Reasoning (3 cr.)
Course Selective-3 : General Education Selective (3 cr.)
Course Selective-4 : Art Studio Selective (3 cr.)

Spring Semester (14 credits)

DES-150 Introduction to Sustainable Design and Development (3 cr.)
DES-432 ID6: Industrial Design Senior Studio II (3 cr.)
Course Selective-5 : Art Studio Selective (3 cr.)
Course Selective-6 : Social and Behavioral Sciences (3 cr.)
Course Selective-7 : DES-X97/X49 Co-op or Field Experience (2 cr.)
***may be taken over semester or during breaks