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Jul 10, 2025
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DRAFT Advising Handbook 2025-2026
Industrial Design
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Industrial Design
Academic Bulletin
Area of Study: Visual and Performing Arts
Programs: Major
Suggested Schedule for Industrial Design majors:
| 4-Year Plan |
1st Semester |
2nd Semester |
Either Semester |
| First Year |
SWS 105 |
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Most students should take SWS 105 in the Fall
ART 142
ART 165 or 162
ART 151 |
| Sophomore |
ART 242 or 243 |
ART 242 or 243 |
Begin Speculative Design, Interaction Design, or
Sustainable Design track requirements |
| Junior |
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ART 580 (Junior Seminar) |
Continue Speculative Design, Interaction Design, or
Sustainable Design track requirements |
| Senior |
ART 600 (Sr, Project)
Complete Speculative Design, Interaction Design, or
Sustainable Design track requirements |
ART 610 (Sr. Project) |
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Comments:
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There is a significant science component to this major (6 courses) that should be started early in the student’s program, because track-specific classes are often hierarchical and strictly sequenced. See the track-specific pathways below.
Speculative Design Track (SPxD)
- ART 115 - Art History & the Birth of the Museum OR COMM 120 - Introduction to Media Culture
- ART 187 - Introduction to Electronic Art
- ART 287 - Art and Science at the Intersection of Culture OR ART 262 - Ceramics II OR ART 265 - Sculpture II
- ART 250 - Contemporary Strategies in Art OR HIST 170 - Public History
- ART 342- Design Form) OR ART 388 - Art/Science Special Topics
Interaction Design Track (IdX)
- CMPSC 100 - Computational Expression
- CMPSC 101 - Data Structures
- CMPSC 102 - Data Abstraction
- CMPSC 203 - Software Engineering
- CMPSC (406) 303 - Internet of Things OR CMPSC (303) 310 - Artificial Intelligence OR CMPSC (304) 311 - Robotics
- *Parentheses indicate course numbers being revised by Computer Science
Sustainable Design Track (SdX)
- ENVSC 110 - Intro to Environmental Science
- ENVSC 210 - Environmental Research Methods
- ENVSC 285 - Quantitative Sustainability
- ENVSC 352 - Environmental Justice OR ENVSC 427 - Culture, Power, Environment
- ENVSC 380 - Climate and Energy Policy
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