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Design, Plan of Study
Plan of Study grids for the majors in the College of Design:
Architecture, B.Arch.
| First Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Sem. Hrs. | Spring | Sem. Hrs. |
| DSN S 102 or DSN S 131 | 4 | DSN S 102 or DSN S 131 | 4 |
| DSN S 183 | 3 | DSN S 183 or ENGL 150 | 3 |
| DSN S 110 or DSN S 115 | 0.5-1 | PHYS 111 | 4 |
| ENGL 150 | 3 | Social Science/Humnity Elective | 3 |
| MATH 142 | 3 | LIB 160 | 1 |
| Social Science/Humanity Elective | 3 | ||
| 16.5-17 | 15 | ||
| Second Year | |||
| Fall | Sem. Hrs. | Spring | Sem. Hrs. |
| ARCH 201 | 6 | ARCH 202 | 6 |
| ARCH 245 | 3 | ARCH 341 | 5 |
| ARCH 221 | 3 | ARCH 222 | 3 |
| ARCH 230 | 3 | Social Science/Humanity Elective | 3 |
| ENGL 250 | 3 | ||
| 18 | 17 | ||
| Third Year | |||
| Fall | Sem. Hrs. | Spring | Sem. Hrs. |
| Social Science/Humanity Elective | 3 | ARCH 302 | 6 |
| ARCH 343 | 5 | ||
| SAC Elective Non-Wester Opton) | 3 | ||
| General Elective | 3 | ||
| 3 | 17 | ||
| Fourth Year | |||
| Fall | Sem. Hrs. | Spring | Sem. Hrs. |
| ARCH 401 | 6 | ARCH 402 | 6 |
| ARCH 445 | 3 | SAC Elective | 3 |
| ARCH 482 | 3 | SAC Elective | 3 |
| SAC Elective (Reading,Writing & Research Option) | 3 | General Elective | 3 |
| University Communication Elective | 3 | ||
| 18 | 15 | ||
| Fifth Year | |||
| Fall | Sem. Hrs. | Spring | Sem. Hrs. |
| ARCH 403 | 6 | ARCH 404 or DSN S 446/546 | 6 |
| SAC Elective | 3 | Professional Elective | 3 |
| General Elective | 3 | General Elective | 3 |
| General Elective | 3 | Genearal Elective | 3 |
| General Elective | 3 | ||
| 18 | 15 | ||
| Total credit hours: 152.5-153 | |||
Admission into the Bachelor of Architecture Program requires the completion of at least 30.0 credits, including the following courses: DSN S 102, 131, 183, 110 or 115, 6 credits of Social Sciences/Humanities, 6 credits Math/Science, ENGL 150 (or test-out credit) LIB 160. A portfolio review and essay will also be significant factors. |
Art and Design, B.A., B.F.A.
Community and Regional PlanninG. B.S.
| First Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Sem. Hrs. | Spring | Sem. Hrs. |
| DSN S 102 | 4 | DSN S 131 | 4 |
| DSN S 183 | 3 | C R P 270 | 3 |
| DSN S 115 | 0.5 | LIB 160 | 1 |
| English/Communications | 3 | English/Communications | 3 |
| Soc. Science/Humanities | 3 | Math/Science | 3 |
| Math/Science | 3 | Elective | 3 |
| 16.5 | 17 | ||
| Second Year | |||
| Fall | Sem. Hrs. | Spring | Sem. Hrs. |
| C R P 253 | 3 | C R P 274 | 3 |
| C R P 272 | 3 | STAT 101 | 4 |
| Math/Science | 3 | Soc. Science/Humanities | 6 |
| Soc. Science/Humanities | 3 | Planning Related Elective | 3 |
| Elective | 6 | ||
| 18 | 16 | ||
| Third Year | |||
| Fall | Sem. Hrs. | Spring | Sem. Hrs. |
| C R P 332 | 4 | C R P 383 | 3 |
| Core Planning Elective | 3 | C R P 391 | 1 |
| Soc. Science/Humanities | 6 | Core Planning Elective | 3 |
| SP CM 212 | 3 | Planning Related Elective | 3 |
| Soc. Science/Humanities | 3 | ||
| Elective | 3 | ||
| 16 | 16 | ||
| Fourth Year | |||
| Fall | Sem. Hrs. | Spring | Sem. Hrs. |
| C R P 492 | 3 | C R P 432 | 4 |
| Core Planning Elective | 3 | C R P 494 | 3 |
| Planning Related Elective | 3 | C R P 498 | 1 |
| ENGL 309 or 314 | 3 | Core Planning Elective | 3 |
| Soc. Science/Humanities | 3 | Soc. Science/Humanities | 3 |
| Elective | 1 | ||
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Total credit hours: 129.5 | |||
DESIGN, B.DESIGN
| First Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Sem. Hrs. | ||
| DSN S 102 | 4 | ||
| DSN S 115 | 0.5 | ||
| DSN S 131 | 4 | ||
| DSN S 183 | 3 | ||
| Minor/Elective | 3 | ||
| General Education | 16 | ||
| 30.5 | |||
| Second Year | |||
| Fall | Sem. Hrs. | Spring | Sem. Hrs. |
| DES 230X Design Thinking | 3 | DES 250X Forum | 2 |
| DSN S 232 | 3 | DES 240X Studio 1 | 4 |
| History/Theory/Criticism | 3 | History/Theory/Criticism | 3 |
| General Education | 6 | Communications | 6 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Third Year | |||
| Fall | Sem. Hrs. | Spring | Sem. Hrs. |
| DES 250X Forum | 2 | DES 250X Forum | 2 |
| DES 340X Studio II | 4 | DES 340X Studio II | 4 |
| History/Theory/Criticism | 3 | History/Theory/Criticism | 3 |
| Design Skills | 3 | Design Skills | 3 |
| Minor/Elective | 3 | Minor/Elective | 3 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Fourth Year | |||
| Fall | Sem. Hrs. | Spring | Sem. Hrs. |
| DES 491X Porfolio | 4 | DES 495X Capstone | 4 |
| Design Skills | 3 | Minor/Elective | 6 |
| Minor/Elective | 6 | General Education | 6 |
| General Education | 3 | ||
| 16 | 16 | ||
| Total credit hours: 122.5 | |||
Graphic Design, B.F.A.
| First Year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Sem. Hrs. | Spring | Sem. Hrs. | ||
| DSN S 102 or DSN S 131 | 4 | DSN S 102 or DSN S 131 | 4 | ||
| DSN S 183 or General Education | 3 | DSN S 183 or General Education | 3 | ||
| DSN S 110 or DSN S 115 | 0.5-1.0 | ENGL 150 or General Education | 3 | ||
| ENGL 150 or General Education | 3 | General Education | 3 | ||
| General Education | 3 | General Education | 3 | ||
| General Education | 3 | LIB 160 | 1 | ||
| 16.5-17 | 17 | ||||
| Second Year | |||||
| Fall | Sem. Hrs. | Spring | Sem. Hrs. | ||
| ARTGR 270 | 3 | ARTGR 271 | 3 | ||
| ARTGR 275 | 2 | ARTGR 276 | 2 | ||
| ART H 280 | 3 | ART H 281 | 3 | ||
| ARTGR 281 | 3 | ARTIS, ARTID, LA or ARCH studio or ART GR 272X | 3 | ||
| ARTIS, ARTID, LA, or ARCH Studio or ART GR 272X | 3 | ENGL 250 or General Education | 3 | ||
| General Education | 3 | ||||
| 17 | 14 | ||||
| Third Year | |||||
| Fall | Sem. Hrs. | Spring | Sem. Hrs. | Summer | Sem. Hrs. |
| ARTGR 370 | 3 | ARTGR 371 | 3 | ARTGR 480 (or) | |
| ARTGR 387 | 3 | ART GR Option | 3 | ART 495G | 3 |
| ARTGR Option | 3 | ARTGR 372 | 3 | Students who elect to participate in the Rome Program need to take additional 3 elective credits to reach the 123.5 needed to graduate. | |
| ARTIS, ARTID, LA, or ARCH Studio | 3 | ART or DSN History | 3 | ||
| General Education | 3 | ARTGR 377 | 1 | ||
| DSN S 301 | 1 | ||||
| ART 494G | 1 | ||||
| Elective: ROME, Italian | 1 | ||||
| General Education | 3 | ||||
| 15 | 19 | 3 | |||
| Fourth Year | |||||
| Fall | Sem. Hrs. | Spring | Sem. Hrs. | ||
| ARTGR 470 | 3 | ARTGR 471 | 5 | ||
| ARTGR Option | 3 | ARTGR 481 | 3 | ||
| ART & DESIGN History | 3 | ARTIS, ARTID, LA, or ARCH Studio or General Ed | 3 | ||
| ARTIS, ARTID, LA or ARCH Studio or General Ed | 3 | Elective | 1-3 | ||
| General Education | 3 | undefined | |||
| 15 | 12-14 | ||||
| Total credit hours: 128.5-131 | |||||
Admission into the BFA in Graphic Design Program is based on departmental resources and will be determined by overall cumulative grade point average following completion of 29.5 credits including DSN S 120, 131, ENGL 150 or 250, and other general education requirements. A portfolio review and essay will also be significant factors. |
Industrial Design
| First Year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Sem. Hrs. | Spring | Sem. Hrs. | ||
| DSN S 102 or DSN S 131 | 4 | DSN S 102 or DSN S 131 | 4 | ||
| DSN S 183 or General Education | 3 | DSN S 183 or General Education | 3 | ||
| ENGL 150 or General Education | 3 | ENGL 150 or General Education | 3 | ||
| DSN S 110 or DSN S 115 | 0.5-1.0 | General Education | 3 | ||
| General Education | 3 | General Education | 3 | ||
| General Education | 3 | LIB 160 | 1 | ||
| 16.5-17 | 17 | ||||
| Second Year | |||||
| Fall | Sem. Hrs. | Spring | Sem. Hrs. | ||
| IND D 201 | 6 | IND D 202 | 6 | ||
| IND D 231 | 3 | IND D 232 | 3 | ||
| ART H 288X | 3 | ARTGR 388 | 3 | ||
| Gen Ed | 3 | ENGL 250 | |||
| ENGL 250 or General Education | 3 | ||||
| 15 | 15 | ||||
| Third Year | |||||
| Fall | Sem. Hrs. | Spring | Sem. Hrs. | Summer | Sem. Hrs. |
| IND D 301 | 6 | IND D option studio | 3 | Study Abroad | 6 |
| IND D 332 | 3 | IND D 341 | 3 | Elective | 3 |
| IND D 334 | 3 | Elective | 3 | ||
| IND D 351 | 1 | Elective | 3 | ||
| ARTID 251 | 3 | Gen Ed or Elective | 3 | ||
| 16 | 15 | 9 | |||
| Fourth Year | |||||
| Fall | Sem. Hrs. | Spring | Sem. Hrs. | ||
| IND D option studio | 6 | IND D 499 | 6 | ||
| Elective | 3 | IND D 543 | 3 | ||
| Elective | 3 | Elective | 3 | ||
| Gen Ed or Elective | 3 | Gen Ed or Elective | 3 | ||
| 15 | 15 | ||||
| Total credit hours: 133.5-134 | |||||
Integrated Studio Arts. B.F.A.
| First Year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Sem. Hrs. | Spring | Sem. Hrs. | ||
| DSN S 102 or DSN S 131 | 4 | DSN S 102 or DSN S 131 | 4 | ||
| DSN S 183 or General Education | 3 | DSN S 183 or General Education | 3 | ||
| ENGL 150 or General Education | 3 | ENGL 150 or General Education | 3 | ||
| DSN S 110 or DSN S 115 | 0.5-1 | General Education | 3 | ||
| General Education | 3 | General Education | 3 | ||
| General Education | 3 | LIB 160 | 1 | ||
| 16.5-17 | 17 | ||||
| Second Year | |||||
| Fall | Sem. Hrs. | Spring | Sem. Hrs. | ||
| ARTIS 202 | 2 | ARTIS 206 | 2 | ||
| ARTIS 203 | 2 | ARTIS 210 | 2 | ||
| ARTIS 204 | 2 | ARTIS 213 | 2 | ||
| ART H 280 | 3 | ARTIS 214 | 2 | ||
| ARTIS 212 | 2 | ART H 281 | 3 | ||
| ENGL 250 or General Education | 3 | ARTIS 208 | 3 | ||
| ENGL 250 or General Education | 3 | ||||
| 14 | 17 | ||||
| Third Year | |||||
| Fall | Sem. Hrs. | Spring | Sem. Hrs. | Summer | Sem. Hrs. |
| ARTIS 310 | 3 | ARTIS Studio Option | 3 | ARTIS 480 or ART 495G | 3 |
| ARTIS Studio Option | 3 | ARTIS Studio Option | 3 | ||
| ARTIS Studio Option | 3 | ARTIS Studio Option | 3 | ||
| ART H 300 level or above | 3 | ART H 300 level or above | 3 | ||
| General Education | 3 | ARTIS 399 | 2 | ||
| DSN S 301 | 0-1 | ||||
| 15 | 14-15 | 3 | |||
| Fourth Year | |||||
| Fall | Sem. Hrs. | Spring | Sem. Hrs. | ||
| ARTIS Studio Option | 3 | ARTIS Studio Option | 3 | ||
| ARTIS Studio Option | 3 | ARTIS Studio Option | 3 | ||
| ART H 300 level or above | 3 | ARTIS 499 | 1 | ||
| General Education | 3 | General Education | 3 | ||
| Elective | 3 | Elective | 3 | ||
| Elective | 1 | ||||
| 15 | 14 | ||||
| Total credit hours: 125.5-127 | |||||
Admission into the BFA in Integrated Studio Arts requires the completion of 30.0 credits including the following courses DSN S 102, 131, 183, 110 or 115, 6 credits in Social Science/Humanities, 6 credits Math/Science, ENGL 150, LIB 160. A portfolio review and essay will also be significant factors. |
Interior Design, B.F.A.
| Freshman | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Sem. Hrs. | Spring | Sem. Hrs. | ||
| DSN S 102 or DSN S 131 | 4 | DSN S 102 or DSN S 131 | 4 | ||
| DSN S 115 | 0.5 | DSN S 183 or Gen Edu | 3 | ||
| DSN S 183 or Gen Edu | 3 | ENGL 250 or Gen Edu | 3 | ||
| ENGL 150 | 3 | Gen Edu | 3 | ||
| Gen Edu | 3 | Gen Edu | 3 | ||
| Gen Edu | 3 | LIB 160 | 1 | ||
| 16.5 | 17 | ||||
| Sophomore | |||||
| Fall | Sem. Hrs. | Spring | Sem. Hrs. | ||
| ARTID 250 | 2 | ARTID 263 | 3 | ||
| ARTID 251 | 3 | ARTID 259 | 0 | ||
| ARTID 261 | 3 | ARTID 267 | 4 | ||
| ARTID 265 | 4 | ARTID 351 | 3 | ||
| ARTID 350 | 3 | ARTID 355 | 3 | ||
| ENGL 250 or Gen Edu | 3 | ARTID 360 | 0.5 | ||
| (ART 494I-Rome Preg) | 1 | ||||
| (DSN S 492 Sec1-Rome Prep) | 1 | ||||
| (DSN S 301-Rome Prep) | 1 | ||||
| 18 | 16.5 | ||||
| Junior | |||||
| Fall | Sem. Hrs. | Spring | Sem. Hrs. | Summer | Sem. Hrs. |
| ARTID 353 | 3 | ARTID 352 | 3 | ARTID 460 | 3 |
| ARTID 356 or Gen Design Edu | 3 | ARTID 360 | 0.5 | ||
| ARTID 359 | 0 | ARTID 367 | 4 | ||
| ARTID 365 | 4 | Gen Design Edu | 3 | ||
| Studio/Bus Option | 3 | Gen Edu | 6 | ||
| Gen Design Edu or Gen Edu | 3 | ||||
| 16 | 16.5 | 3 | |||
| Senior | |||||
| Fall | Sem. Hrs. | Spring | Sem. Hrs. | ||
| ARTID 356 or Elective | 3 | ARTID 461 | 3 | ||
| ARTID 459 | 0 | ARTID 467 or DSN S 546 | 4-6 | ||
| ARTID 465 | 4 | ARTID 469 or Gen Edu | 3 | ||
| ARTID 469 or Gen Edu | 3 | Gen Edu | 3 | ||
| Studio/Bus Option | 3 | Elective | 3 | ||
| Gen Edu | 3 | ||||
| 16 | 16-18 | ||||
| Total credit hours: 135.5-137.5 | |||||
Landscape Architecture, B.L.A.
| First Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Sem. Hrs. | Spring | Sem. Hrs. |
| DSN S 102 or DSN S 131 | 4 | DSN S 131 or DSN S 102 | 4 |
| DSN S 183 | 3 | Soc. Sciences/Humanities Elective | 3 |
| DSN S 115 | 0.5 | Math/Science Elective | 3 |
| ENGL 150 or 250 | 3 | LIB 160 | 1 |
| Soc. Sciences/Humanities Elective | 3 | Elective (Optional for pre-professional year; not required for program application. If not taken in first year, add 3 cr. to a subsequent semester to meet the 150.0 credit total) | 3 |
| Math/Science Elective | 3 | ||
| 16.5 | 14 | ||
| Second Year | |||
| Fall | Sem. Hrs. | Spring | Sem. Hrs. |
| L A 201 | 6 | L A 202 | 6 |
| L A 221 | 3 | L A 274 | 3 |
| L A 241 | 1 | L A 222 | 3 |
| L A 272 | 3 | Elective | 3 |
| L A 281 | 3 | ||
| 16 | 15 | ||
| Third Year | |||
| Fall | Sem. Hrs. | Spring | Sem. Hrs. |
| L A 301 | 6 | L A 302 | 6 |
| L A 381 | 3 | L A 341 | 1 |
| L A 373 | 3 | L A 371 | 3 |
| NREM 120 | 3 | Social Science/Humanities Electives | 3 |
| ENGL 250 | 3 | Math/Science Elective | 3 |
| 18 | 16 | ||
| Fourth Year | |||
| Fall | Sem. Hrs. | Spring | Sem. Hrs. |
| L A 402 | 6 | One of the following: | |
| L A 481 | 3 | L A 444A | 0 |
| Social Science/Humanities Elective | 3 | L A 444B | 0 |
| LA electives | 3 | L A 444C | 0 |
| Communications (300 level English) | 3 | ||
| 18 | 0 | ||
| Fifth Year | |||
| Fall | Sem. Hrs. | Spring | Sem. Hrs. |
| L A 401 | 6 | LA 404 or LA 405 | 6 |
| LA Electives | 4 | L A 441 | 2 |
| Social Science/Humanities Elective (300 level) | 3 | L A 482 | 3 |
| LA Electives | 3 | Electives/LA Electives | 7 |
| 16 | 18 | ||
| Total credit hours: 147.5 | |||
Additionally: Each student needs to take 3 credits of a US Diversity (usually covered by LA 272) and 3 credits of an International Perspectives course (usually covered by LA 373). Students also need to take at least 6 credits of 300 level or above in the combined areas of communication, science, math, humanities, and social science (6 total from all the areas). |