Design Minor

The Design Minor requires a minimum of 20 credits. Only one class that counts towards your major can also count towards your Design Minor.

Students who are declared Visual Art, Film and New Media, and/or Theatre Majors must complete an additional course (4 credits) in Design Focused or Visual Foundation courses.

Visual Foundations (choose 1)

DES 111 or ART 111 Two-Dimensional Design
DES 112 or ART 112 Three-Dimensional Design
DES 118 or ART 118 Digital Tools for Art and Design
DES 198 Designing Interactions
DES 210 or THEA 210 Introduction to Stage Design

Design Focused courses (choose 4)

4 courses, from either the Visual Foundations (above) or Design Focused (below). At least one must be at the 300-level

ART 230 - Comics and Graphic Novels
ART 240 - Photography I
ART 264 or FNMS 264 Animation l
ART 364 - Animation II
ARTH 230 - Introduction to Museum Studies
ARTH 334 - Exhibiting Africa: Past & Present
ARTH 335 - Exhibition Design
DES 100 or ARTH 100 Design History and Theory
DES 116 or ART 116 Drawing I
DES 120 or ARTH 120 Introduction to American Art and Design
DES 121 or ARTH 121 Introduction to Modern Architecture and Design
DES 140 Introduction to Digital Fabrication
DES 225 or ART 225 Industrial Design
DES 210 or THEA 210 Introduction to Stage Design
DES 250 or ART 250 Graphic Design I
DES 298 Design Methodologies
DES 320 Fab Academy
DES 350 or ART 350 Graphic Design II
COMP 161 - Web Design
FNMS 244 - Visualizing Cultural Data
DMC 331 - Digital Culture
MGMT 355 - Digital Marketing
PHYS 298 - Mechanical and Electronic Design
THEA 250 - Costume Construction
THEA 302 - Introduction to Lighting Design