Fall 2025 Courses
DES 304: Design 1
Mode: In-Person
Room: ART 3.218
Schedule: TTH 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: Jose Perez
Explore the vocabulary, principles and techniques of design across disciplines through project work in a studio setting.
DES 304: Design 1
Mode: In-Person
Room: ART 1.202
Schedule: TTH 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: Cathryn Ploehn
Explore the vocabulary, principles and techniques of design across disciplines through project work in a studio setting.
DES 304: Design 1
Mode: In-Person
Room: ART 1.204
Schedule: TTH 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: Wen (Vivian) Ye
Explore the vocabulary, principles and techniques of design across disciplines through project work in a studio setting.
DES 115C: Sketching
Mode: In-Person
Room: AHG 1.310
Schedule: M 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Session: Second
Instructor: Jose Perez
Introduction to elements, techniques, processes, and tools for sketching in design practice. Explore sketching as a way to convey ideas.
DES 102C: Intro to 2D
Mode: In-Person
Room: AHG 1.308
Schedule: TH 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: Kelcey Gray
Explore the fundamental principles and methods of 2D design making, including an introduction to software.
DES 110C: Intro to Design Research
Mode: In-Person
Room: AHG 1.310
Schedule: M 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Session: First
Instructor: Jon Freach
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.
DES 113: Intro to Design History
Mode: In-Person
Room: AHG 1.308
Schedule: M 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: Ariel del Vecchio
Introduction to the history of design, with a focus on key themes and ideas.
DES 113: Intro to Design History
Mode: In-Person
Room: AHG 1.308
Schedule: M 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: Ariel del Vecchio
Introduction to the history of design, with a focus on key themes and ideas.
DES 309: Intro to Design
Mode: In-Person
Room: ART 3.218
Schedule: MW 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: Wen (Vivian) Ye
Studio course. Introduction to the design process, including research, ideation, prototyping, critique, and iteration. Projects also introduce the vocabulary, principles, strategies, techniques, and conventions of drawing and rendering used by design professionals.
DES 131: Portfolio and Performance Review [Sophomore Review]
Mode: In-Person
Room: AHG 1.310
Schedule: M 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: Cathryn Ploehn
Develop and review a portfolio of work, guided by feedback from the instructor, group critiques, and reviews with visiting critics.
DES 131: Portfolio and Performance Review [Sophomore Review]
Mode: In-Person
Room: ART 3.218
Schedule: W 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: Cathryn Ploehn
Develop and review a portfolio of work, guided by feedback from the instructor, group critiques, and reviews with visiting critics.
DES 321: Images in Communication
Mode: In-Person
Room: AHG 1.310
Schedule: MW 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: Kevin Auer
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.
DES 321: Images in Communication
Mode: In-Person
Room: AHG 1.310
Schedule: TTH 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: Carley Law
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.
DES 321: Images in Communication
Mode: In-Person
Room: AHG 1.308
Schedule: MW 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: Carley Law
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.
DES 323: Color in Theory and Practice
Mode: In-Person
Room: ART 1.406
Schedule: TTH 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: Carma Gorman
Explore contemporary color notation systems and color management techniques. Survey economic, health and safety, environmental, cultural, legal, political, and other ethical considerations pertinent to using color.
DES 325: Typography I
Mode: In-Person
Room: ART 1.202
Schedule: MW 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: Kelcey Gray
Studio course. Students use typographic principles to design complex print and on-screen publications.
DES 325: Typography I
Mode: In-Person
Room: ART 1.204
Schedule: MW 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: Carley Law
Studio course. Students use typographic principles to design complex print and on-screen publications.
DES 325: Typography I
Mode: In-Person
Room: AHG 1.310
Schedule: TTH 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: Jeanette Abbink
Studio course. Students use typographic principles to design complex print and on-screen publications.
DES 326: Objects and Spaces
Mode: In-Person
Room: ART 3.218
Schedule: TTH 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: Jose Perez
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.
DES 326: Objects and Spaces
Mode: In-Person
Room: ART 3.218
Schedule: TTH 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: Kate Catterall
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.
DES 337.1: History of Graphic Design
Mode: In-Person
Room: AHG 1.308
Schedule: TTH 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: Carma Gorman
Lectures and discussions focusing on specialized or advanced topics in the history of design. Survey the history of graphic design from c.3000 BCE to the present, with an emphasis on the last 200 year
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
Mode: In-Person
Room: ART 2.212
Schedule: F 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: Kevin Auer
Studio course. Advanced publishing projects in print and/or digital media.
DES 130T: Digital Fabrication
Mode: In-Person
Room: ART 2.402
Schedule: M 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: Jose Perez
Designers will use CAD software and digital tools to abbreviate the process from concept to physical artifact. Students will utilize additive and subtractive manufacturing processes such as 3d printing, laser cutting, and CNC machining to increase the fidelity of their projects.
DES 130T: Artificial Intelligence Playground
Mode: In-Person
Room: ART 1.202
Schedule: W 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Session: Third
Instructor: Jiabao Li
This fun and intensive five-week course explores the cutting edge of AI in design, creativity, and emerging technologies. Students will gain hands-on experience with how to generate (almost) anything, experiment with AI-human collaboration, and critically examine ethical considerations.
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 330T: Design Lab Print Studio
Mode: In-Person
Room: 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 330T: Play Design Lab
Mode: In-Person
Room: ART 1.406
Schedule: W 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: Keila Pérez Quiñones
Explore the emerging field of play design and its potential to create better conditions in our rapidly changing societies. Examine how play can contribute to the development of social and creative processes exploring boundary lines of a practice in designing for play and designing through play. Gain a deeper understanding of play design theory as well as embodied experiences of play to inform design choices in projects.
DES 330T: Collab Lab: Designing in Teams
Mode: In-Person
Room: ART 1.202
Schedule: M 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: Kate Canales
In this project-based course students will learn and practice techniques that maximize participation on great creative teams
DES 330T: Design, Race, and Culture
Mode: In-Person
Room: ART 3.218
Schedule: W 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: Michael Ray Charles
DES 334C: Interaction Design
Mode: In-Person
Room: ART 1.202
Schedule: TTH 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: Cathryn Ploehn
Explore theories, methods, and techniques for designing time-based and interactive experiences, including video, motion graphics, and web and mobile applications.
DES 374: Capstone
Mode: In-Person
Room: AHG 1.310
Schedule: TTH 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: Tasheka Arceneaux-Sutton
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.
DES 374: Capstone
Mode: In-Person
Room: ART 1.406
Schedule: TTH 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: Keila Pérez Quiñones
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.
DES 374: Capstone
Mode: In-Person
Room: ART 1.406
Schedule: TTH 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: Keila Pérez Quiñones
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.
DES 374: Capstone
Mode: In-Person
Room: ART 1.406
Schedule: MW 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Session: Full Semester
Instructor: Gray Garmon
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.
DES 376: Independent Study
Mode: In-Person
Session: Full Semester
Students pursue individual projects under the supervision of a faculty member, allowing for a deep dive into a specialized area of interest within design.
DES 330T: Themed Entertainment Design
Mode: In-Person
Schedule: MW 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Session: Full Semester
Explore best practices behind the design of themed entertainment experiences through a variety of lectures, group projects, and individual study.
DES 330T: Live Art Now
Mode: In-Person
Schedule: T 2:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Session: Full Semester
Study Live Art Now: an on-going rehearsal for artists invested in the wildly ambitious project of imagining and building new possibilities and worlds together across disciplines, genres, and difference. Recommended for theatre makers, dancers, visual artists, musicians, and designers curious about creating work out of the concert hall, beyond the black box, and outside the white cube.
DES 330T: Prototyping Products
Mode: In-Person
Schedule: TH 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Session: Full Semester
Navigating Your Courses
We offer a wide range of topic courses that may evolve or change each semester. Consult with your advisor, faculty, or department leadership if you have any questions prior to registration.