Jun 19, 2025  
Undergraduate College Catalog 2025-2026 
    
Undergraduate College Catalog 2025-2026

Design Minor


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The Design Minor provides a foundation in visual communication design, digital or physical product design to students who want to develop and add creative thinking and making skills to their liberal arts degree. Students pursuing a Design Minor learn and practice professional methods using digital tools to create artifacts and experiences that communicate via image, text, form and interaction. 

The Design Minor requires a minimum of 24 credits.  Only one class that counts towards the major can also count towards the Design Minor. Students interested in a Design Minor should plan their choice of 100-level courses carefully as prerequisites apply at the 200-level and above.

 

Eight credits in Visual Foundation courses chosen from:


Four credits in Digital Foundation courses chosen from:


Four credits in History and Culture:


Eight credits in Practice courses chosen from:


At least four credits must be at the 300-level. Prerequisites apply to the following courses.

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