Courses

Degree Requirements | (120 Credits Required)

 

Liberal Arts Curriculum | (66 credits)

Each liberal arts major is designed as a four-year plan of study and includes three courses: Major, Core, and Elective. Most students take five courses per semester, with some of each type.

Professional academic advisors meet individually with each of our students regularly to help with course selection, educational planning, and career development and help students find additional resources on campus.

 

Departmental/Program Major Courses (54 credits)

Art & Design Required Courses (9 credits)

  • AD 10500 – Design I
  • AD 10600 – Design II
  • AD 11300 – Basic Drawing AD
Art History courses (9 credits)

Choose one course from the following options:        

  • AD 38500 – History Of Interior Design
  • AD 39500 – History Of Design

Choose two courses from the following options:

  • AD 22600 – History Of Art To 1400 AD
  • AD 22700 – History Of Art Since 1400
  • AD 38300 – Modern Art
  • AD 38400 – Contemporary Art
  • AD 38500 – History of Interior Design
  • AD 39500 – History of Design

 

Design-oriented Studio Courses (15 +6, 21 credits)

Choose one sequence of courses from the following options:

Industrial Design

  • AD 14600 – Design Drawing I
  • AD 21500 – Materials and Processes I
  • AD 23500 – Materials and Processes II
  • AD 24600 – Design Drawing II
  • AD 25600 – Presentation Techniques
  • AD 12500 – Introduction to Interior Design
  • AD 20500 – Design III or TECH 12000 – Design Thinking In Technology

Interior Design 

  • AD 12500 – Introduction to Interior Design
  • AD 13000 – Interior Design Communication
  • AD 23000 – Interior Design I
  • AD 24000 – Interior Drafting and Drawings
  • AD 25000 – Interior Design II
  • AD 14600 – Design Drawing I
  • AD 20500 – Design III or TECH 12000 – Design Thinking In Technology

Visual Communication Design

  • AD 20500 – Design III
  • AD 20600 – Studio In Visual Communication Design
  • AD 22800 – Visual Communication Design Computing I
  • AD 22900 – Visual Communication Design Computing II
  • TECH 22000 – Designing Technology For People, or
  • TECH 34000 – Prototyping For People: Thinking Strategically & Making Decisions.
  • AD 14600 – Design Drawing I
  • AD 12500 – Introduction to Interior Design

 

Marketing and Entrepreneurship (9 credits)

Choose one sequence of courses from the two options:

Marketing and Management

  • MGMT 20000 – Introductory Accounting or MGMT 212 - Business Accounting (available in summer)
  • MGMT 25400 – Legal Foundations of Business (available in summer)
  • MGMT 29300 – Diversity in the Workplace (available in summer)
  • MGMT 29400 – Navigating Gender In The Workplace (available in Fall)
  • MGMT 30500 – Business Statistics (available in summer)
  • MGMT 32300 – Principles of Marketing (available in summer) or MGMT 32400 – Marketing Management
  • MGMT 39100 – Strategic Thinking And Decision-Making (available in Fall)
  • MGMT 43000 – Professional Selling (Pre-req. MGMT 32400 C or higher)
  • MGMT 42500 – Marketing Research (Pre-req. MGMT 32400 and MGMT 30500)

Entrepreneurship

  • ENTR 20000 – Introduction to Entrepreneurship and Innovation
  • ENTR 31000 – Marketing and Management for New Ventures (Pre-req. ENTR 20000) or ENTR 31500 – Business Planning for Social Entrepreneurship (Pre-req. ENTR 20000)
  • ENTR 48000 – Entrepreneurship Capstone (Pre-req. ENTR 20000, ENTR 31000/31500)

 

Art & Design Selective Courses (6 credits)
  • AD 11400 – Drawing II
  • AD 11700 – Black And White Photography
  • AD 11900 – Color Photography
  • AD 20000 – Beginning Painting
  • AD 20200 – Introduction To Art Education
  • AD 21300 – Life Drawing I
  • AD 23300 – Electronic Media Studio
  • AD 24200 – Ceramics I
  • AD 26200 – Jewelry And Metalwork I
  • AD 26500 – Relief Printmaking
  • AD 26600 – Silkscreen Printmaking
  • AD 27000 – Constructed Textiles
  • AD 27500 – Beginning Sculpture

 

Program Requirements

Fall 1st Year | 15 Credits

  • AD 10500 – Design I
  • AD 11300 – Basic Drawing
  • AD 22600 – History Of Art To 1400
  • Written Communication - Credit Hours: 3.00-4.00
  • World Language Level I - Credit Hours: 3.00

Spring 1st Year | 15 Credits

  • AD 10600 – Design II
  • AD 22700 – History of Art Since 1400
  • Major Requirement C: Design-oriented Studio Courses – Credit Hours: 3.00
  • Oral Communication – Credit Hours: 3.00
  • World Language Level II – Credit Hours: 3.00

Fall 2nd Year | 15 Credits

  • AD 39500 – History of Design
  • Major Requirement C: Design-oriented Studio Courses – Credit Hours: 6.00
  • World Language Level III – Credit Hours: 3.00
  • Quantitative Reasoning – Credit Hours: 3.00

Spring 2nd Year | 15 Credits

  • Major Requirement C: Design-oriented Studio Courses – Credit Hours: 6.00
  • Major Requirement E: Art & Design Selective Courses – Credit Hours: 3.00
  • World Language Level IV – Credit Hours: 3.00
  • Behavioral/Social Science – Credit Hours: 3.00

Fall 3rd Year | 15 Credits

  • Major Requirement C: Design-oriented Studio Courses – Credit Hours: 3.00
  • Major Requirement D: Marketing and Entrepreneurship – Credit Hours: 3.00
  • Major Requirement E: Art & Design Selective Courses – Credit Hours: 3.00
  • Humanities – Credit Hours: 3.00
  • Information Literacy – Credit Hours: 3.00

Spring 3rd Year | 15 Credits

  • Major Requirement C: Design-oriented Studio Courses – Credit Hours: 3.00
  • Major Requirement D: Marketing and Entrepreneurship – Credit Hours: 3.00
  • Science 1 – Credit Hours: 3.00
  • Elective – Credit Hours: 3.00
  • Elective – Credit Hours: 3.00

Fall 4th Year | 15 Credits

  • Major Requirement D: Marketing and Entrepreneurship – Credit Hours: 3.00
  • Science 2 – Credit Hours: 3.00
  • Elective – Credit Hours: 3.00
  • Elective – Credit Hours: 3.00
  • Elective – Credit Hours: 3.00

Spring 4th Year | 15 Credits

  • Science, Technology, and Society – Credit Hours: 3.00
  • Elective – Credit Hours: 3.00
  • Elective – Credit Hours: 3.00
  • Elective – Credit Hours: 3.00
  • Elective – Credit Hours: 3.00