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  • 6.00 Credits

    Design Studios offer in-depth exploration of specific design problems. Students combine learned skills and outcomes from adjacent and previous seminars to complete course work. Studios are progressive and must be taken in sequence. Digital, physical and platform product are explored. Prerequisites: 'C-' or better in DES 3510 AND DES 3515 AND Department Consent
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course offers students an overview of the soft goods prototyping and manufacturing industry. Students will receive hand's on training and guidance for creating prototypes and patterns. This is an introductory course. No experience is required. Prerequisites: Full Major status in Design OR Department Consent
  • 0.50 Credits

    Professional practice sequence for Design majors. Prerequisites: Full Major status in Design AND Instructor Consent
  • 0.50 Credits

    Professional practice sequence for Design majors. Prerequisites: Full Major status in Design AND Instructor Consent
  • 5.00 Credits

    A deep dive studio class for students in the Design minor. This class moves through the entire design development cycle from initial concept to prototype development. Students work on real problems and develop tangible solutions. Issues of human centered research, graphic communication, concept identification, concept refinement, manufacturing and business viability will be discussed. Prerequisites: 'C' or better in DES 2615 AND DES 2630 AND Minor status in Design
  • 5.00 Credits

    Continued development of design process in the studio setting in preparation for application to the Design Major. Prerequisites: 'C-' or better in DES 3520 AND DES 3525 AND Department Consent
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course will provide a business framework for students to understand product design and development. Financial analysis methods will be demonstrated to assist development teams make the optimal engineering trade-offs in their product design. engineering economy tools for project management and standard Wall Street type business evaluation and valuation methods will be used. Prerequisites: Full Major status in Design.
  • 6.00 Credits

    Students will apply design skills necessary to define clear and compelling design briefs i.e. the identification and definition of design opportunities and aims. Methods of researching and refining design briefs in response to specific physical, socio-cultural and or environmental contexts will be explored and practiced. These skills will assist students to develop and critically interrogate their own design project themes and approaches. Prerequisites: 'C-' or better in DES 3520 AND DES 3525 AND Department Consent
  • 6.00 Credits

    This capstone studio supports design students to identify, develop, refine and resolve a design project (capstone), through a process of student-led research and design-based thinking and strategies. As the culmination of the undergraduate studio practice sequence of courses, the studio will enable each student to select and critically apply a range of design skills, including refining brief writing, various research methods, problem solving (including through / by making in selected media) and communications. Prerequisites: 'C-' or better in DES 4510 AND Full Major status in Design
  • 1.50 Credits

    This course will explore soft good (such as bags and tents) materials and manufacturing issues required to move a product from concept to product line. Industry standards, documentation, tools and techniques will be explored. Prerequisites: 'C-' or better in ARCH 2630 AND CMP 2010 AND DES 2615 AND DES 2630 AND Full Major status in Design