Product Design

2018 - 19 Curriculum

Total credits for a BFA in Product Design: 120.0


The below degree plan is for students who entered in the 2018 - 19 academic year.

Course

Course #

Credits

FIRST-YEAR-EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
Forum I FF 111 3.0
Forum II FF 112 3.0
Drawing: Tradition and Innovation FF 161 3.0
Drawing: Contemporary Practices FF 162 3.0
Found and Focused or Surface and Screen FF 120A or FF 120B 3.0
Prototype/Situate/Fabricate or Body/World/Machine
FF 130A or FF 130B 3.0
Haptics and Optics or Cartographies
FF 140A or FF 140B 3.0
Program Elective 3.0
LIBERAL ARTS REQUIREMENTS
Art Matters AH 100 3.0
Modernism and After AH 201 3.0
Art History Elective AH 3.0
Art History Elective AH 3.0
Art History Elective AH 3.0
Critical Inquiry HMST 101 3.0
Humanistic Studies/Literature Elective (any level)   3.0
Humanistic Studies/Literature Elective (300 or 400 level)   3.0
Intellectual History I -IH1 3.0
Intellectual History II -IH2 3.0
Science/Math NSCI 3.0
Theory -TH 3.0
Academic Elective (or Writing Workshop, if required)   3.0
Academic Elective (or Writing Workshop, if required)   3.0
Product Design MAJOR REQUIREMENTS
Design Studio Fundamentals PRD 201 3.0
Design Studio: Materials and Processes PRD 202 3.0
Material Ecologies PRD 211 3.0
Human Factors and Ergonomics PRD 212 3.0
Design Ethics and Sustainability PRD 222 3.0
Design Lab I PRD 301 3.0
Design Lab II PRD 302 3.0
User-Centered Design Workshop PRD 311 3.0
Entrepreneurship Workshop PRD 312 3.0
Communication Platforms in Design PRD 321 3.0
Design Lab III PRD 401 3.0
Social Innovation Workshop PRD 411 3.0
Thesis Seminar: Megatrends PRD 451 3.0
Thesis Studio PRD 452 3.0
Studio Elective   3.0
Studio Elective   3.0
Studio Elective   3.0
Studio Elective   3.0