Fall 2021 Undergraduate Design Courses

Faculty: Jose Perez / Cathryn Ploehn / Kelcey Gray
Unique Number: 22045 / 22040 / 22050
Explore the vocabulary, principles and techniques of design across disciplines through project work in a studio setting.

Faculty: TBD
Unique Number: 22035
Explore the fundamental principles and methods of 2D design making, including an introduction to software.

Faculty: Monica Penick
Unique Number: 22063

Faculty: Jon Freach
Unique Number: 22060
Students will learn design methods used in practice today by professional designers. Students will develop observational research and inference-making skills, then work in teams using methods that help them investigate the physical, social, cultural, and cognitive human factors of a chosen project topic. The class will also study professional design research deliverables and learn from guests who use design methods in their work.

Faculty: Jose Perez
Unique Number: 22064
This Sketching class is for the beginner and the more advanced student. Students do not need to know how to draw well to register for this class. Professor Perez will take you through the learning process to develop the fundamental skills that you can build on and help you lose your fear of sketching. Students will gain self-confidence and learn the value of communicating visually by deconstructing complicated subjects and simplifying them to basic forms.

Faculty: Kate Catterall
Unique Number: 22070
Introduction to theories, principles, methods, and techniques for industrial design in a studio format.

Faculty: TBD
Unique Number: 22080
Lecture/seminar/studio course. Introduces cultural and aesthetic theories pertinent to design, as well as research methods for generating and prototyping ideas.

Faculty: TBD
Unique Number: 22085 / 22090 / 22095
Studio course. Explores the selection and creation of images appropriate to specific communication goals and contexts, such as promotional images, infographics, logos, instructions, and/or narratives.

Faculty: Kelcey Gray / TBD
Unique Number: 22105, 22100, 22110
Studio course. Students use typographic principles to design complex print and on-screen publications.

Faculty: Jose Perez / Kate Catterall / TBD
Unique Number: 22125 / 22120 / 22115
Studio course. Projects introduce rendering and prototyping techniques used for solving problems in three-dimensional media such as product design, packaging design, environmental graphics, and/or architectural/landscape design. In this course, students will consider design from a variety of perspectives; design as economic driver, design as agent of change, future-focused anticipatory design and design as research.

Faculty: Scott Witthoft
Unique Number: 22130
Studio-based exploration of the iterative development of low-resolution immersive environments.

Faculty: Gray Garmon
Unique Number: 22131
Multiple designers will lead short-term projects that expose students to unique perspectives about design in our current society.

Faculty: TBD
Unique Number: 22132
Develop and review a portfolio of work, guided by feedback from the instructor, group critiques, and reviews with visiting critics.

Faculty: Mk Haley
Unique Number: 22133
Students will explore real-world design challenges in a world where safety and social distancing have tightened up our interactions and technology has expanded it.

Faculty: Cathryn Ploehn
Unique Number: 22135
Explore theories, methods, and techniques for designing time-based and interactive experiences, including video, motion graphics, and web and mobile applications.

Faculty: Carma Gorman
Unique Number: 22140
Why (and when) do we still use Roman capitals? Why do we (mostly) use romans and sans serifs instead of blackletters? Why do things look the way they do, graphically speaking, in 2021? This class answers these questions by tracing the history of Latinate (Latin alphabet-based) graphic design from the dawn of writing to the age of internet memes. You’ll learn the origins of the typographic conventions, materials, and printing technologies that Latinate designers use today, and become familiar with major movements, styles, and designers in the history of Latinate graphic design.

Faculty: Jason Wilkins
Unique Number: 22145
Studio course. Projects focusing on contemporary design practice, featuring approaches and subfields not represented elsewhere in the curriculum.

Faculty: Kevin Auer
Unique Number: 22150
Studio course. Professional experience solving real-world problems, including commissioned projects, student-initiated projects, and/or pro bono projects.

Faculty: Sam Lavigne
Unique Number: 22159

Faculty: Brooke Davis
Unique Number: 22160
Introduction to theories, principles, methods, and techniques for industrial design in a studio format.

Faculty: Brooke Davis / Greg Foley / Jon Freach
Unique Number: 22170 / 22175 / 22180
Studio course. Students define their own research problem and propose appropriate design solutions, guided by feedback from desk critiques with the instructor, group critiques, and reviews with a visiting critic.

Explore the Center for Integrated Design's undergraduate and graduate course offerings for the Spring 2021 semester.