| Subject | Number | Title | Hours | Catalog Description |
| DES | 110 | Design Colloquium | 1 hours. | This course introduces students to the breadth and the depth of design theory of practice. This course broadens students' view of design. Extensive computer use required. Field trips required at a nominal fee. |
| DES | 120 | 2D Form Studio | 4 hours. | Introduction to fundamentals of graphic composition (symbols, images, and letterforms) with emphasis on observation, process, hierarchy and abstraction. Previously listed as AD 110. Extensive computer use required. Course Schedule Information: To be registered properly, students must enroll in one Lecture and one Laboratory. |
| DES | 130 | 3D Form Studio | 4 hours. | Introduction to the fundamentals of three-dimensional form-making, design thinking and design process. Emphasis on conceptual visualization and physical and digital fabrication. Previously listed as AD 120. Extensive computer use required.Course Schedule Information: To be registered properly, students must enroll in one Lecture and one Laboratory. |
| DES | 140 | Design Drawing | 4 hours. | Introduction to the fundamentals of drawing in the context of design studies. One, two, and three-point perspective for objects and environments as well as application of light and shadow. Extensive computer use required. Course Schedule Information: To be registered properly, students must enroll in one Lecture and one Laboratory. |
| DES | 150 | Introduction to New Media Arts | 4 hours. | Introduction to the fundamentals of design theory and process in digital media. Utilizes current technologies to explore basics of motion graphics and interaction design. Previously listed as AD 205. Note: Extensive computer use required.Course Schedule Information: To be registered properly, students must enroll in one Lecture and one Laboratory. |
| DES | 160 | Design Photography | 4 hours. | Introduction to photography used in the context of design studies. Familiarity with the camera, studio, digital techniques and software programs in the contacts of observation, composition, and meaning. Extensive computer use required. Course Schedule Information: To be registered properly, students must enroll in one Lecture and one Laboratory. |
| DES | 170 | Color Theory | 4 hours. | Introduction to color theory, aesthetics, and systems with emphasis on the definition, replication, and interaction of color in design applications across various media. Extensive computer use required. Course Schedule Information: To be registered properly, students must enroll in one Lecture and one Laboratory. |
| DES | 208 | Typography I: Form | 4 hours. | Introduction to the aesthetics and mechanics of typographic form and usage. Study of typographic measurement system; recognition and classification; alignment, hierarchy and legibility. Previously listed as AD 219. Note: Extensive computer use required. Prerequisite: Completion of the design foundation program. Course Schedule Information: To be registered properly, students must enroll in one Lecture and one Laboratory. |
| DES | 209 | Typography II: Systems | 4 hours. | The connections beteween material and immaterial space in typographic systems. Introduction to micro and macro typographic patterns with emphasis on theory and practice of grids, proportions, formats, and part to whole. Previously listed as AD 314. Prerequisite: DES 208. Course Schedule Information: To be registered properly, students must enroll in one Lecture and one Laboratory. |
| DES | 220 | Form and Image Studio | 4 hours. | Principles of creation, comparison and sequencing of symbols, letterforms, and images. Study of materials and processes in visual communication and image-making for theoretical and practical application. Previously listed as AD 210. Note: Extensive computer use required.Course Schedule Information: To be registered properly, students must enroll in one Lecture and one Laboratory. |
| DES | 222 | Human Experience in Design | 4 hours. | Introduction to the relationship design has to people, both in terms of process and execution. Structured around understanding the five human factors: social, cognitive, emotional, physical, and cultural. Extensive computer use required. Course Schedule Information: To be registered properly, students must enroll in one Lecture and one Laboratory. |
| DES | 230 | Industrial Design II | 4 hours. | Furthers knowledge of design process through focused exercises emphasizing formal aspects of design and product semantics. Understanding design through making and specific fabrication materials and methods. Previously listed as AD 220.Note: Extensive computer use required. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or above and completion of the design foundation program. Course Schedule Information: To be registered properly, students must enroll in one Lecture and one Laboratory. |
| DES | 231 | Industrial Design III | 4 hours. | Emphasis on connecting skills learned in previous ID courses through the design of small, simple objects. Iterative work with digital and physical tools within constrained criteria. Previously listed as AD 221. Note: Extensive computer use required. Field trips required at a nominal fee. Prerequisites: DES 230 and sophomore standing or above; or consent of instructor. Course Schedule information: To be registered properly, students must enroll in one Lecture and one Laboratory. |
| DES | 235 | History of Design I: 1760-1925 | 3 hours. | Survey of industrial and graphic design from the Industrial Revolution to 1925. Same as AH 235. Prerequisite(s): 3 hours of Art History at the 100-level or consent of the instructor. |
| DES | 236 | History of Design II: 1925 to the Present | 3 hours. | Survey of industrial and graphic design from 1925 to the present. Same as AH 236. Prerequisite(s): 3 hours of Art History at the 100-level or consent of the instructor. Recommended background: AH 235 or DES 235. |
| DES | 240 | Visualization I | 4 hours. | Freehand sketch intensive studio with focus on rapid conceptional visualization. Previously listed as AD 223. Note: Extensive computer use required. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or above. Course Schedule Information: To be registered properly, students must enroll in one Lecture and one Laboratory. |
| DES | 241 | Visualization II | 4 hours. | Introduction to digital design tools building expertise and comfort with prominent digital illustration software programs and hardware platforms. Previously listed as AD 425. Note Extensive computer use required. Prerequisites: DES 240 and sophomore standing or above. Course Schedule Information: To be registered properly, students must enroll in one Lecture and one Laboratory. |
| DES | 250 | Digital Media Design II | 4 hours. | Expands basic principles of interaction design and motion graphics with emphasis on motion literacy. Introduction to user-interface design and web-based publishing. Previously listed as AD 211. Note: Extensive computer use required.Course Schedule Information: To be registered properly, students must enroll in one Lecture and one Laboratory. |
| DES | 251 | Digital Media Design III: Motion Design | 4 hours. | Advanced narrative and storytelling through motion. Expands motion literacy into narrative sequence planning, animation design process, and multi-media technologies. Previously listed as AD 317. Note: Extensive computer use required. Prerequisite: DES 250. Course Schedule Information: To be registered properly, students must enroll in one Lecture and one Laboratory. |
| DES | 318 | Typography III: Dimension | 4 hours. | Explores physical dimensions of typography as a medium and resource for graphic design applications. Three dimensional objects and environments are constructed, then translated into two dimensions. Previously listed as AD 315. Note: Extensive computer use required. Prerequisite: DES 209. Course Schedule Information: To be registered properly, students must enroll in one Lecture and one Laboratory. |
| DES | 319 | Typography IV: Expression | 4 hours. | Textual investigations of typographic form of expression with an emphasis on composition (contrast, rhythm, tension), non-linearity, visual argumentation, dimensions, and the interplay between digital and analog operations. Extensive computer use required. Prerequisite: DES 318. Course Schedule Information: To be registered properly, students must enroll in one Lecture and one Laboratory. |
| DES | 322 | Design Research Methods | 4 hours. | Overview of the role of research in design process and development with emphasis on research support in identifying new opportunities, concept definition, realization, and refinement. Extensive computer use required. Prerequisites: DES 222 and junior standing or above. Course Schedule Information: To be registered properly, students must enroll in one Lecture and one Laboratory. |
| DES | 326 | Materials and Methods | 4 hours. | Introduction to the vocabulary and processes involved in mass production with emphasis on major materials and manufacturing methods, design control drawings and basic principles of sustainable design. Previously listed as AD 326. Note: Extensive computer use required. Field trips required at a nominal fee. Prerequisites: DES 330 and junior standing or above, or consent of the instructor. Course Schedule Information: To be registered properly, students must enroll in one Lecture and one Laboratory. |
| DES | 330 | Industrial Design IV | 4 hours. | Introduction to specialty areas of concentration, including visual brand language, service design, and design for sustainability and social responsibility. Builds upon foundational skills through projects. Previously listed as AD 320. Note: Extensive computer use required.Field trips required at a nominal fee. Prerequisites: DES 231 and junior standing or above, or consent of the instructor. Course Schedule Information: To be registered properly, students must enroll in one Lecture and one Laboratory. |
| DES | 331 | Industrial Design V | 4 hours. | Design thinking and mastery of design process with opportunity for collaborative work in small teams focused on client-based project. Previously listed as AD 321. Note: Extensive computer use required. Prerequisites: DES 330 and junior standing or above, or consent of the instructor. Course Schedule Information: To be registered properly, students must enroll in one Lecture and one Laboratory. |
| DES | 350 | Digital Medica Design IV: Advanced Interactive Design | 4 hours. | Advanced interactive design with emphasis on web-based applications. Previously listed as AD 414. Note: Extensive computer use required. Prerequisite: DES 315. Course Schedule Information: To be registered properly, students must enroll in one Lecture and one Laboratory. |
| DES | 351 | Social Media Design | 4 hours. | Advanced interactive design with emphasis on web-based applications. Extensive computer use required. Prerequisite: DES 251.Course Schedule Information: To be registered properly, students must enroll in one Lecture and one Laboratory. |
| DES | 400 | Independent Study in Graphic Design | 1 TO 5 hours. | Supervised independent study in graphic design. May be repeated for a maximum of 8 hours for undergraduate students or 10 hours for graduate students. Previously listed as AD 418. Note: Extensive computer use required. Prerequisites: Senior standing or above and consent of instructor. Taken by faculty invitation only. |
| DES | 410 | Senior Design Colloquium I | 1 hours. | Advanced overview of design practice. Includes lectures representing current and emerging forms of commercial and social practice. Previously listed as AD 415. Prerequisites: DES 319 or DES 322, and senior standing or above, and consent of instructor. |
| DES | 411 | Senior Design Colloquium II | 1 hours. | This course is a continuation of DES 410 which introduces students to the breadth and depth of design theory and practice. The course focuses on the student's individual skills, interests and possibilities for professional engagement. Prerequisite: DES 410. |
| DES | 420 | Professional Practice Project I | 0 TO 5 hours. | Year-long course sequence option allowing students to engage in an interdisciplinary professional project with a commercial or communit concern. Emphasis on teamwork and client interaction. Previously listed as AD 411. Prerequisite: DES 319 or DES 322. Course Schedule Information: To be registered properly, students must enroll in one Lecture and one Laboratory. |
| DES | 421 | Professional Practice Project II | 4 hours. | Year-long course sequence option allowing students to engage in an interdisciplinary professional project with a commercial or community concern. Emphasis on teamwork and client interaction. Note: Extensive computer use required. Prerequisite: DES 420. Course Schedule Information: To be registered properly, student must enroll in one Lecture and one Laboratory. |
| DES | 430 | Interdisciplinary Product Development I | 4 hours. | Introduces cross-functional team-based work focusing on problem identification and use-centered research methods in the fuzzy front end of new product development. Previously listed as AD 420. Prerequisite: DES 319 or DES 322 and senior standing or above. Course Schedule Information : To be registered properly, students must enroll in one Lecture and one Laboratory. |
| DES | 431 | Interdisciplinary Product Design II | 4 hours. | Continues cross-functiuonal team-based work focused on problem identification and user-centered research methods in the fuzzy front end of new product development. Previously listed as AD 421. Prerequisites: DES 430 and senior standing or above. Course Schedule Information: To be registered properly, students must enroll in one Lecture and one Laboratory. |
| DES | 432 | Interaction Design | 4 hours. | Design thinking and mastery of design process with opportunity for collaborative work in small teams focused on client-based project. Previously listed as AD 413. Prerequisite: Junior standing or above. Course Schedule Information: To be registered properly, students must enroll in one Lecture and one Laboratory. |
| DES | 440 | Design Thinking and Leadership I | 4 hours. | Year-long course sequence option allowing students to engage in an interdisciplinary professional project involving design research and civic or social engagement. Emphasis on teamwork, advocacy and presentation. Note: Extensive computer use required. Prerequisites: DES 319 or DES 322. Course Schedule Information: To be registered properly, students must enroll in one Lecture and one Laboratory. |
| DES | 441 | Design Thinking and Leadership II | 4 hours. | Year-long course sequence option allowing students to engage in an interdisciplinary professional project involving design research and civic or social engagement. Emphasis on teamwork, advocacy and presentation. Note: Extensive computer use required. Prerequisite: DES 440. Course Schedule Information: To be registered properly, students must enroll in one Lecture and one Laboratory. |
| DES | 452 | Informational Aesthetics I | 4 hours. | Introduction to information visualization and programming in the context of art and design. Project oriented course using computer code and custom software for information analysis, representation and creative expression. Same as ART 452. 4 hours. May be repeated to a maximum of 8 hours. Previously listed as AD 452. Extensive computer use required. Prerequisite(s): DES 319 or DES 322 and sophomore standing or above; or consent of the instructor. |
| DES | 453 | Informational Aesthetics II | 4 hours. | Intermediate course emphasizing the database as cultural form. Creative projects and research in information aesthetics through date driven two, three and four dimensional visualizations and custom computer interfaces. Same as ART 453. 4 hours. May be repeated for a maximum of 8 hours. Previously listed as AD 453. Extensive computer use required. Prerequisite(s): DES 452 or ART 452 and junior standing or above; or consent of instructor. |
| DES | 470 | Industrial Design Thesis I | 4 hours. | Research and design of student-selected topic. Accumulated knowledge and skills are utilized to develop a year-long capstone project providing opportunity to develop a specific focus within design. Previously listed as AD 423. Prerequisites: DES 236 and DES 331 and senior standing or above. Course Schedule Information: To be registered properly, students must enroll in one Lecture and one Laboratory. |
| DES | 471 | Industrial Design Thesis II | 4 hours. | Research and design of student-selected topic. Accumulated knowledge and skills are utilized to develop a year-long capstone project providing opportunity to develop a specific focus within design. Note: Extensive computer use required. Prerequisites: DES 470 and senior standing or above. Course Schedule Information: To be registered properly, students must enroll in one Lecture and one Laboratory. |
| DES | 480 | Graphic Design Thesis I | 4 hours. | Exploration, deduction and design of student-selected research topic. Accumulated knowledge and skills are utilized to develop a year-long capstone project. Previously listed as AD 412. Prerequisites: DES 236 and DES 319. Course Schedule Information: To be properly registered, students must enroll in one Lecture and one Laboratory. |
| DES | 481 | Graphic Design Thesis II | 4 hours. | Exploration, deduction and design of student-selected research topic. Accumulated knowledge and skills are utilized to develop a year-long capstone project. Note: Extensive computer use required. Prerequisite: DES 480. Course Schedule Information: To be registered properly, students must enroll in one Lecture and one Laboratory. |
| DES | 499 | Design Internship | 1 hours. | Academic learning is coupled with professional experience in an off-campus design studio or department. Co-operative education placement is arranged by the student. May be repeated for a maximum of 3 hours. Previously listed as AD 499. Note: Requirements of organization offering internship: understanding/agreement that a student intern is a design professional in training (not a volunteer, not a freelancer), positions are paid (at or above federal minimum wage), student is seeking professional experience (not a portfolio piece), setting is a design department or student environment (the student is not the only designer on site), 15 hours per week expected, 20 hours per week maximum. Prerequisite: Approval of the Department. |