Oct 31, 2025

College Catalog 2023-2024

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College Catalog 2023-2024 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Design Major

The Design Major requires the completion of a minimum of 11 courses plus a design-related internship.

Design Core (5 courses)

Visual Foundations (choose 2)

DES 111 or ART 111 Two-Dimensional Design
DES 112 or ART 112 Three-Dimensional Design
DES 116 or ART 116 Drawing I
DES 198 Designing Interactions
DES 210 or THEA 210 Introduction to Design

Tools

DES 118 or ART 118 Digital Tools for Art and Design

Methods

DES 298 - Design Methodologies

History & Theory

DES 100 or ARTH 100 Design History and Theory

Concentration (choose 1)

Concentration: Graphic & Visual Communication

Concentration: Objects & Spaces

*Each concentration requires 3 courses in Practice and 2 courses in Theory

Practice Courses for Graphic & Visual Communication (Choose 3)

ART 230 or FNMS 230 Comics and Graphic Novels
ART 240 Photography I
ART 250 or DES 250 Graphic Design
ART 264 or FNMS 264 Animation I
ART 298 Printmaking for Social Change
ART 350 or DES 350 Graphic Design II
ART 364 or FNMS 364 Animation II
COMP 161 Web Design
FNMS 244 Visualizing Cultural Data

Practice courses for Objects & Spaces (choose 3)

ART 225 or DES 225 Industrial Design
ARTH 335 - Exhibition Design
DES 140 - Introduction to Digital Fabrication
DES 320 - Fab Academy
PHYS 298 - Mechanical and Electronic Design
THEA 205 - Stagecraft
THEA 250 - Costume Construction
THEA 302 - Introduction to Lighting Design
DES 298: Architectural Design (course in development)

Theory courses that count toward either concentration (choose 2)

Senior Capstone

DES 498: Senior Design Projects (course in development)

Internship

non-credit bearing though required for the major

Portfolio & Showcase

non credit bearing though required for the major