Design Courses

DES 326: Objects and Spaces

Mode: In-Person
Room: ART 3.218
Schedule: TTH 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: Wen (Vivian) Ye

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.

DES 334C: Interaction Design

Mode: In-Person
Room: ART 3.218
Schedule: TTH 2:00 PM -5:00 PM
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: TBD

Explore theories, methods, and techniques for designing time-based and interactive experiences, including video, motion graphics, and web and mobile applications.

DES 334C: Interaction Design

Mode: In-Person
Room: ART 3.218
Schedule: MW 2:00 PM -5:00 PM
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: Jiabao Li

Explore theories, methods, and techniques for designing time-based and interactive experiences, including video, motion graphics, and web and mobile applications.

DES 336: History of Design

Mode: In-Person
Room: AHG 1.308
Schedule: MW 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: Monica Penick

Surveys the history of graphic and/or industrial design from c.1450 to the present, with an emphasis on the last 150 years.

DES 260: Design Internship/Design Practicum

Mode: In-Person
Room: AHG 1.310
Schedule: M 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: Kate Canales

Introduces students to ethical standards and professional practices in design; allows completion of an approved professional internship.

DES 260: Design Internship/Design Practicum

Mode: In-Person
Room: AHG 1.308
Schedule: M 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: Kate Canales

Introduces students to ethical standards and professional practices in design; allows completion of an approved professional internship.

DES 160I: Internship in Design - WB

Mode: Online
Schedule: M 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: Kate Canales

Participate in a professional design internship in a field of interest

DES 346: Project Studio / wkrm

Mode: In-Person
Room: ART 1.406
Schedule: TTH 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: Jon Freach

Professional experience solving real-world problems, including commissioned projects, student-initiated projects, and/or pro bono projects.

DES 347: Publication Studio (Letterpress)

Mode: In-Person
Room: ART 2.212
Schedule: F 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: Kevin Auer

Advanced publishing projects in print and/or digital media

DES 340C: Identity Systems I

Mode: In-Person
Room: ART 1.202
Schedule: MW 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: Carley Law

Examine the relationship between business and graphic design to simplify, unify, and amplify a brand's identity in a studio format.

DES 335: Typography II

Mode: In-Person
Room: AHG 1.310
Schedule: MW 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: Carley Law

Students use typographic principles to design complex print and on-screen publications

DES 130T: Exploring Materials

Mode: In-Person
Room: ART 3.218
Schedule: M 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Session: First Session (1/12 - 2/16)
Instructor: Keila Z. Pérez Quiñones

DES 330T: Typography and Games

Mode: In-Person
Room: DFA 4.112
Schedule: TH 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: Kelcey Gray, Jessie Contour

Examine typography in games and the ways type can inform both game visuals and mechanics. Explore type design approaches and game design through workshops, critiques, and lectures

DES 330T: Civic Service Design

Mode: In-Person
Room: AHG 1.308
Schedule: W 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: Jon Freach

Explore how cities deliver services to residents through public works, safety, transportation, education, and recreation. Apply observational research methods and service design techniques through three progressively complex projects in real public settings. Develop service blueprints that map user experiences and backstage processes to design improved civic service solutions for community spaces.

DES 350: Digital Fabrication for Design

Mode: In-Person
Room: ART 1.202
Schedule: MW 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: Jose Perez

In this immersive digital fabrication class, students will explore an array of tools and software, from 3D modeling, laser cutting, CNC machining, and 3D printing, to design and create projects that merge creativity with cutting-edge technology.

DES 353: Ecological Interaction Design

Mode: In-Person
Room: AHG 1.310
Schedule: W 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: Cathryn Ploehn

Explore applied methods and poetics of designing interfaces and interactions for (and with) ecology. Vegetize your design approach using sensors, embodiment, permaculture, botanical simulation, data visualization, and more. Design either technical (code) or non technical (code-free) projects for real-world ecological communities.

DES 330T: Speculative Futures: BioDesign

Mode: In-Person
Room: ART 1.406
Schedule: W 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: Jiabao Li

Explore the intersection of art, design, and biotechnology to examine how living systems can be creatively and ethically engaged through new materials, tools, and methods. Investigate contemporary bio-art practices, speculative design, and the social, ecological, and political implications of engineering life.

DES 330T: Design Lab Print Studio

Mode: In-Person
Room: Design Lab - ART 2.212
Schedule: T 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: Henry Smith

Print Studio is an exploration of printmaking basics across new and old technology, while encouraging students to push the boundaries of the concept of “print.”

DES 375: Capstone Design Exhibition

Mode: In-Person
Room: AHG 1.308
Schedule: TTH 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: Keila Z. Pérez Quiñones

Students collaboratively curate, design, and install a senior BFA exhibition, and publish collateral materials that publicly showcase their capstone projects.

DES 375: Capstone Design Exhibition

Mode: In-Person
Room: AHG 1.310
Schedule: TTH 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: Gray Garmon

Students collaboratively curate, design, and install a senior BFA exhibition, and publish collateral materials that publicly showcase their capstone projects.

DES 375: Capstone Design Exhibition

Mode: In-Person
Room: ART 1.406
Schedule: TTH 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: Wen (Vivian) Ye

Students collaboratively curate, design, and install a senior BFA exhibition, and publish collateral materials that publicly showcase their capstone projects.

DES 376: Independent Study: Design

Session: Full Semester

Student-defined projects completed under faculty supervision.

DES 330T: Color Literacy

Mode: In-Person
Room: DFA 4.112
Schedule: T 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: Honoria Starbuck

Approach color education as a multidisciplinary system of connections between science, art and design, industry, technology, and culture.

DES 330T: Themed Entertainment Design

Mode: In-Person
Room: DFA 4.112
Schedule: TTH 12:30 - 2:00 PM
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: Mk Haley

Explore best practices behind the design of themed entertainment experiences through a variety of lectures, group projects, and individual study.