Design Major: Systems, Services & Experiences concentration

Design Core (5 courses)

Visual Foundations (choose 2)

• ART 111 Two-Dimensional Design   
• ART 112 Three-Dimensional Design   
• ART 116 Drawing I  
• DES 160 Designing Interactions  
• DES 210 Introduction to Stage Design   

Tools

• DES 118 Digital Tools for Art & Design  

Methods 

• DES 260 Human-Centered Design  

History and Theory

• DES 100 Design History and Theory  

Systems, Services & Experiences Concentration Requirements

• DES 398 Designing Products and Services (Course in development)

Theory courses (choose 2)

• ARTH 120 Introduction to American Art and Design  
• ARTH 121 Introduction to Modern Architecture and Design  
• ARTH 132 Introduction to Contemporary Art and Design  
• ARTH 212 African Art and Design  
• ARTH 230 Introduction to Museum Studies  
• ARTH 240 Art of the Avant-Gardes, 1900-1945: France, Germany, Italy and Russia  
• ARTH 250 Modernism and Mass Culture in France, 1848-1914  
• ARTH 263 African American Art and Design  
• ARTH 298 Museums in the Digital Age  
• ARTH 330 Picturing New York: Art and Design  
• ARTH 334 Exhibiting Africa: Past & Present  
• DES 298 History: Furniture & Interiors  
• DMC 198 Information and Communication Technologies  
• ECON 252 Urban Economics  
• ECON 254 Urban and Regional Planning   
• FNMS 231 Introduction to New Media  
• DMC 331 Digital Culture  
• MGMT 355 Digital Marketing  
• PHIL 236 Aesthetics  
• SOC 202 Research Methods in Sociology  
• THEA 202 Beginning Directing  

Cross listed courses also accepted

Senior Capstone

• DES 498: Senior Design Projects (course in development) 

Internship

Non-credit bearing though required for the major. Can be fulfilled by successfully completing DES 398 - Design Studio: Intro to Professional Practice.

Portfolio

Non-credit bearing though required for the major.