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2014-2015 University Catalog [Archived Catalogue]
Courses
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Overview Course Renumbering Course Search Course Prefix Key
Overview
The course catalogue contains information on all active courses offered by the University including: title, course number, credits, contact hours, prerequisites, offering college, priority enrollment, repeatability, and restrictions. Courses listed in the catalogue are not offered every semester. To access a listing of course sections being offered during a particular term refer to the Course Section Offerings page on the Office of the Registrar website.
Course Renumbering
Commencing with the 2013-14 academic year the University began a multi-year course renumbering.
Renumbered Course List
- Division of Liberal Arts
Many courses within the Division of Liberal Arts commencing with the Summer and Fall 2014 terms will be offered under new course numbers. Courses impacted by this change now include a reference to either the new course number or the new subject code. For example “LACR 101 (FYWT*111)” where the number in parenthesis is the new course number. Students registering for Summer 2014 coursework and beyond will do so using the new course numbers.
Course Search
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GDES 206 Introduction to Applied Visual Communication College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
This studio course introduces students to the concept of creating meaning through image, word, and composition. Students explore the relationship between perception and meaning, from the objective to the subjective. Projects are conducted both collaboratively and individually. The behaviors of research, collaboration and presentation are introduced.
Prerequisites GDES*205
Requires completion of 15 credits
Prereq. Override Available
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GDES 212 Visualizing Language I: Typographic Hierarchies College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
The course introduces students to the medium of typography. Typographic principles are investigated within the context of information design and the hierarchies of message presentation. A laboratory approach to typography examines how a designer’s choices affect a message both positively and negatively.
Requires completion of 15 credits
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GDES 220 Selected Topics in Graphic Design College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
1.5 - 3 credits undefined hours
200 level undergraduate course
This course allows for the presentation of one-time, unique studio experiences involving either specialized themes, media, classroom structures, or teaching and learning formats, for the development of projects relevant to contemporary Graphic Design issues.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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GDES 221 Descriptive Drawing College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
A freehand drawing course that teaches the student to consciously observe, analyze, understand, and represent the underlying structure and form of manmade and natural objects. Logical representation and problem-solving is emphasized. A visual vocabulary of line, shape, value, texture, and their spatial organization is developed so that drawing can be used as a method of research and invention.
Prerequisites IMAG*101 & OBJT*101 or Completion of Foundation
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GDES 222 Descriptive Drawing College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
A continuation of Descriptive Drawing GDES 221. A freehand, analytical drawing course that concentrates on organic form and objects from nature. Formal composition and visual vocabulary of line, shape, value, texture, and spatial organization are stressed. Drawing skills are developed to sketch and research visual concepts, as well as to use the medium for the invention of original images in upper-level courses.
Prerequisites GDES*221
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GDES 301 Communications Studio Context College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
This studio course explores and analyzes the rhetoric of images and how meaning is constructed and used in applied communication contexts. Students challenge assumptions, explore stereotypes, and manipulate perceived meaning framed within contemporary visual culture. The behaviors of inquiry, research, collaboration, presentation, and reflection are practiced in defined contexts.
Prerequisites GDES*202 and EMDI*202
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GDES 302 Communications Studio College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
A continuation of GDES 301, concentrating on the development of color, sensitivity, perceptual abilities, and hand skills within a communications context. A working process that develops invention through logical thought and intuition is applied to communication problems. Coursework is completed using both traditional and computer technologies. Students must have working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite and introductory experience in time-based software, be concurrently enrolled in EMDI*204, or receive instructor approval.
Prerequisites GDES 301 and EMDI 203
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GDES 305 Visual Communication I: Design in Context College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
This studio course explores and analyzes the rhetoric of images and how meaning is constructed and used in applied communication contexts. Students challenge assumptions, explore stereotypes, and manipulate perceived meaning framed within contemporary visual culture. The behaviors of inquiry, research, collaboration, presentation, and reflection are practiced in defined contexts.
Prerequisites GDES*202 and EMDI*202
Prereq. Override Available
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GDES 306 Visual Communication II: Communication Media and Strategies College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
This studio course explores issues within contemporary visual culture and examines how words and images are used to communicate, manipulate, persuade, inform, instruct, incite, exploit and sell. Working collaboratively, students identify broad issues of interest and/or concern. Through, research, observation and analysis they document their research findings, then define an individual project for further study. The behaviors of research, collaboration, analysis, and presentation are practiced in defined contexts.
Prerequisites GDES*305
Prereq. Override Available
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GDES 307 Design for Understanding College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
This studio course examines issues involved with making important information accessible and understandable to its intended audience. Real world problems of poorly presented or obscured information (communication breakdowns) are identified, analyzed and redesigned. Working with real clients, teams of two-to-four students redesign existing information for greater clarity or develop entirely new visualizations for new and useful data. A principal component of this course is to bridge the gap between the academic world and the real world.
Prerequisites GDES*305
Corequisite Course(s): EMDI*204
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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GDES 311 Typographic Systems College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
This course investigates and defines the principles of typography in a communication context. Directed research based upon typographic norms addresses the issues of informational hierarchies achievable through visual form and structure as well as the editorial and expressive potentials of typography. Coursework is completed both using traditional and computer technologies. Students must have working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, be concurrently enrolled in EMDI 202, or receive instructor approval.
Prerequisites EMDI*202 and GDES*212
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course is equated with the following courses: GDES*311, GD*306A, GRGD*311, GDES*313
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GDES 312 Typographic Systems College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
This course is an extension and continuation of Typographic Systems GDES 311. The course addresses the typographic principles of the grid, text typography, text hierarchies, and image integration, all within the context of a multipage format. Students must have working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, image scanning, and introductory experience in time-based software, be concurrently enrolled in EMDI 204, or receive instructor approval.
Prerequisites GDES*311 and EMDI*203
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course is equated with the following courses: GDES*312, GD*306B, GRGD*312
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GDES 313 Visualizing Language II: Text Strategies College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
This course focuses on the communication of continuous text through the development and design of flexible and relevant typographic systems. Students are introduced to the fundamental steps in conceiving, designing, and implementing structures for print and multimedia reading experiences. This media will range from print- to screen-based solutions with attention paid to the particular contexts of each. Through a process of analysis, research, exploration, evaluation, and design, students gain an understanding of how to integrate and harness the potentials of editorial and expressive typography.
Prerequisites GDES*212
Prereq. Override Available
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course is equated with the following courses: GDES*311, GD*306A, GRGD*311, GDES*313
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GDES 331 Photographics I College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
Develops a designer’s methodology and viewpoint to achieve both structure and meaning in photography, and as a way to extend the range of how objects and nature can be seen and translated using photographic processes. Students use both traditional photography and digital software to create hybrid photographic images.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GDES 334 Font Design Lab College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
The emphasis of this course is on the design and production of an entire alphabet or limited set of letters to form distinct word picture as in a logotype. The work process seamlessly integrates hand and computer skills. Students rely on, expand, and also question existing conventions of the Roman alphabet. The course uses specialized type design software to make the new typefaces available in word processing or page layout environments. The course provides highly applicable professional skills.
Prerequisites GDES*203
Requires completion of 60 credits
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GDES 336 Visualizing Information College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
This elective course emphasizes the analytical understanding, purposeful structuring, and clear visual presentation of information-rich content. Issues of information design including accessibility, transparency, credibility, quantity, density, dimensionality, and utility, as well as universality and language independence are investigated. Applications including maps, guides, diagrams, instructions, timelines, charts, graphs, and tables are explored using both traditional and electronic media.
Prerequisites GDES*212 IDES*222 ILUS*220 FAPR*304 or EMDI*201
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GDES 401 Design Studio College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
A wide-ranging exploration of the connections between image and text, and symbolic and narrative imagery. These studies are supported by inquiries into semiotics, information theory, and research methodology. This course uses both traditional and computer technologies within a thorough research process. Preliminary research and definition of a self-generated degree project is undertaken by Graphic Design majors in this course. Students should have expertise in Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, and authoring and scripting skills in time-based software or receive instructor approval.
Prerequisites GDES 302, GDES 312, and EMDI 204
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GDES 402 Design Studio: Senior Project College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
A self-generated degree project involving research, proposals, complete design formulation, and final presentation. Topics are reviewed by a panel of faculty in Graphic Design; and the students are reviewed by an outside critic midway through the preliminary stages of development. This course uses both traditional and computer technologies within a thorough research process. Students should have expertise in Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, and authoring and scripting skills in time-based software or receive instructor permission.
Prerequisites GDES*401 and EMDI*204
Open to Graphic Design majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GDES 403 Problem Solving College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
Develops approaches to solving communications problems of diverse character and increasingly practical application. It assumes a high level of formal competence and places special emphasis on working within technical and time constraints by developing clear and concise thought patterns. This course uses both traditional and computer technologies within a thorough research process. Students should have expertise in Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, and authoring and scripting skills in time-based software or receive instructor approval.
Prerequisites GDES 302 and EMDI 204
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GDES 404 Problem Solving College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
A continuation of Problem Solving GDES 403. This course develops approaches to solving communications problems of broad scope and increasingly practical application. Students work within technical and time constraints while developing clear and concise thought patterns. The course assumes a high level of formal competence and places special emphasis on the development of unified visual and conceptual relationships across various formats and scale. Both traditional and computer technologies are used within a thorough research process. Students should have expertise in Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, and authoring and scripting skills in time-based software or receive instructor approval.
Prerequisites GDES 403
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GDES 405 Design Strategies: Non-linear Narratives and Audience-Based Design College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
This studio course focuses on advanced interactive communications. The behaviors of research, collaboration, and presentation are practiced within problems involving complex systems. Students investigate the increasingly collaborative relationship between designer and user, author and collaborator. Students may also be involved in creating experiences in which the audience can participate in developing and evolving content.
Prerequisites GDES*305 or GDES*307
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GDES 406 Design Strategies: Brand Identity College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
This course focuses on the creation of a brand identity system. Students are introduced to the fundamental steps in conceiving, designing, and implementing an effective brand identity. Through a systematic process of inquiry and analysis, research, competitive evaluation, strategy and design, students gain an understanding of how brand identities are constructed, disseminated, and reinforced in the marketplace.
Prerequisites GDES*405
Prereq. Override Available
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GDES 411 Advanced Typography College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
This elective course addresses typography as a primary vehicle to communicate information and as a support to images. Assignments range from informational design to expressive, content-based problems, to intuitive investigations and formal experiments. Although traditional methods of conceptualizing are used within a thorough visual process, extensive computer work is involved. Students should have expertise in Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe Photoshop.
Prerequisites GDES*311
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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GDES 490 Independent Study College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
1.5 - 6 credits undefined hours
300 level undergraduate course
Independent Study offers a matriculated student the opportunity to initiate individual research or advanced projects that are beyond the limits of the standard curriculum. Enrollment is limited, please see the Independent Study policy in the catalogue for more information.
Restricted to Undergraduate students.
This course may be repeated for credit.
This course requires permission by the offering program office.
This course may not be audited.
This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
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GDES 690 Graduate Independent Study College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
1.5 - 6 credits undefined hours
600 level graduate course
Independent Study offers a matriculated student the opportunity to initiate individual research or advanced projects that are beyond the limits of the standard curriculum. Enrollment is limited, please see the Independent Study policy in the catalogue for more information.
Restricted to graduate students.
This course may be repeated for credit.
This course requires permission by the offering program office.
This course may not be audited.
This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
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GRAD 1 Graduate Thesis Continuation College of Art, Media & Design CAMD Cross-College
0 credits undefined hours
600 level graduate course
Restricted to graduate students.
This course may be repeated for credit.
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GRAD 652 Studio and Text College of Art, Media & Design CAMD Cross-College
3 credits 90.0 hours
600 level graduate course
Focuses on the creation and development of text in the context of the visual arts - from text that generates the visual to text that is an essential part of the work. A concept-generating course, this combines the making of art and a writing workshop. Students may choose to work in any of various visual arts areas, including book arts, picture books, painting, printmaking, sculpture, photography, and multimedia.
Open to graduate students in the College of Art, Media, and Design only.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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GRAD 655 Graduate Seminar: 18th-21st Century Cultural Ideas College of Art, Media & Design CAMD Cross-College
3 credits 45.0 hours
600 level graduate course
In this interdisciplinary seminar we explore significant ideas that have changed Western cultures from the late 18th century to the present. Examples come from political, social and economic thought, aesthetics, psychology, and the sciences. We examine historic origins and changing contexts that inform a broad range of creative practices including art, design, architecture, film, media, digital culture, material culture, popular culture, museum practice, and performance.
Restricted to graduate students.
This course may be repeated for credit.
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GRAD 656 Graduate Seminar: Topics in Cultural Issues College of Art, Media & Design CAMD Cross-College
3 credits 45.0 hours
600 level graduate course
This seminar addresses interdisciplinary topics in response to the diverse range of CAMD graduate programs.
Restricted to graduate students.
This course may be repeated for credit.
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GRAD 690 Graduate Independent Study College of Art, Media & Design CAMD Cross-College
1.5 - 6 credits undefined hours
600 level graduate course
Independent Study offers a matriculated student the opportunity to initiate individual research or advanced projects that are beyond the limits of the standard curriculum. Enrollment is limited, please see the Independent Study policy in the catalogue for more information.
Restricted to graduate students.
This course may be repeated for credit.
This course requires permission by the offering program office.
This course may not be audited.
This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
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GRAD 699 Topics: Core Studies College of Art, Media & Design CAMD Cross-College
3 credits 90.0 hours
600 level graduate course
Graduate students may register for upper-level undergraduate liberal arts courses and studio electives for graduate credit. Graduate students are expected to contribute at a higher level in the classroom and have additional assignments (readings, papers, etc.) in order to be granted graduate credit. Students are advised to select an area of study that broadens or intensifies their background in the arts, education, and related disciplines. Often this work contributes directly to the preparation of the graduate project proposal. In order to register for an upper-level undergraduate course and receive credit, the student must submit a completed special topics/independent study form to the Office of the Registrar.
This course may be completed 10 times for credit.
This course requires permission by the offering program office.
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GRAD 750 Graduate Seminar: Criticism College of Art, Media & Design CAMD Cross-College
3 credits 45.0 hours
600 level graduate course
An interdisciplinary seminar in which advanced graduate students from various disciplines in the visual arts further examine the nature of image-making with particular attention to the theories and applications of criticism.
Open to graduate students in the College of Art, Media, and Design only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GRAE 699 Topics: Art Education College of Art, Media & Design CAMD Cross-College
1.5 - 6 credits undefined hours
600 level graduate course
Graduate students may register for upper-level undergraduate liberal arts courses and studio electives for graduate credit. Graduate students are expected to contribute at a higher level in the classroom and have additional assignments (readings, papers, etc.) in order to be granted graduate credit. Students are advised to select an area of study that broadens or intensifies their background in the arts, education, and related disciplines. Often this work contributes directly to the preparation of the graduate project proposal. In order to register for an upper-level undergraduate course and receive credit, the student must submit a completed special topics/independent study form to the Office of the Registrar.
This course may be repeated for credit.
This course requires permission by the offering program office.
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GRAN 325 Storyboarding College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
600 level graduate course
The ability to create effective visual continuities represents a fundamental skill in animation and live-action filmmaking. In this class, an understanding of narrative story structure and the ability to translate words into images will be developed through exercises dealing with the specifics of shot sequence design. Storyboards will be expanded into animatic form and will include the creation of basic soundtracks.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GRAN 332 3D II: Modeling and Lighting College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
600 level graduate course
This course is designed to further develop 3D computer animation modeling, texturing, lighting, and rendering skills. Using industry-standard software, students explore and develop 3D skills with both photo-realistic and stylized graphic approaches to image creation and manipulation.
Restricted to graduate students.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GRAN 333 3D III: Character Animation College of Art, Media & Design School of Film
3 credits 90.0 hours
600 level graduate course
This course is designed to deeply increase students’ 3D computer character animation knowledge. Using industry-standard software, students build character models and skeletons, attach the models to the skeletons, and move the resulting 3D computer characters through a series of exercises as they explore and refine 3D character animation skills.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GRAN 690 Animation Graduate Independent Study College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 - 6 credits undefined hours
600 level graduate course
Independent Study offers a matriculated student the opportunity to initiate individual research or advanced projects that are beyond the limits of the standard curriculum. Enrollment is limited, please see the Independent Study policy in the catalogue for more information.
This course may be repeated for credit.
This course may not be audited.
This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
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GRAN 699 Topics: Animation College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 - 6 credits undefined hours
600 level graduate course
Graduate students may register for upper-level undergraduate liberal arts courses and studio electives for graduate credit. Graduate students are expected to contribute at a higher level in the classroom and have additional assignments (readings, papers, etc.) in order to be granted graduate credit. Students are advised to select an area of study that broadens or intensifies their background in the arts, education, and related disciplines. Often this work contributes directly to the preparation of the graduate project proposal. In order to register for an upper-level undergraduate course and receive credit, the student must submit a completed special topics/independent study form to the Office of the Registrar.
This course may be repeated for credit.
This course requires permission by the offering program office.
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GRAT 699 Topics: Art Therapy College of Art, Media & Design CAMD Cross-College
1.5 - 6 credits undefined hours
600 level graduate course
Graduate students may register for upper-level undergraduate liberal arts courses and studio electives for graduate credit. Graduate students are expected to contribute at a higher level in the classroom and have additional assignments (readings, papers, etc.) in order to be granted graduate credit. Students are advised to select an area of study that broadens or intensifies their background in the arts, education, and related disciplines. Often this work contributes directly to the preparation of the graduate project proposal. In order to register for an upper-level undergraduate course and receive credit, the student must submit a completed special topics/independent study form to the Office of the Registrar.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
This course requires permission by the offering program office.
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GRCM 312 Advanced Throwing College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
600 level graduate course
Concentration on resolving conceptual and formal issues as they relate to individual exploration on the wheel. Problems encourage uniqueness and challenge abilities. Typical issues include usage and symbolic function, serial production, the table, and site-oriented applications, and medium to large-scale use of materials. All problems stress practical as well as aesthetic resourcefulness with clay on the wheel. Senior Craft majors taking this course may choose to spend all or part of their time producing thesis work to supplement the thesis component of Crafts Projects III.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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GRCM 313 Advanced Ceramics College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
600 level graduate course
Concentration on resolving conceptual and formal issues as they relate to individual exploration. Problems encourage uniqueness and challenge abilities. Typical issues include usage and symbolic function, production, and site-oriented applications, and medium to large-scale use of materials. All problems stress practical as well as aesthetic resourcefulness. Senior Crafts majors taking this course may choose to spend all or part of their time producing thesis work to supplement the thesis component of Crafts Projects III.
Restricted to graduate students.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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GRCM 314 Advanced Ceramics College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
600 level graduate course
Concentration on resolving conceptual and formal issues as they relate to individual exploration. Problems encourage uniqueness and challenge abilities. Typical issues include usage and symbolic function, production, and site-oriented applications, and medium- to large-scale use of materials. All problems stress practical as well as aesthetic resourcefulness. Senior Crafts majors taking this course may choose to spend all or part of their time producing thesis work to supplement the thesis component of Crafts Projects III.
Restricted to graduate students.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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GRCM 699 Topics: Communication College of Art, Media & Design
1 - 6 credits undefined hours
600 level graduate course
Graduate students may register for upper-level undergraduate liberal arts courses and studio electives for graduate credit. Graduate students are expected to contribute at a higher level in the classroom and have additional assignments (readings, papers, etc.) in order to be granted graduate credit. Students are advised to select an area of study that broadens or intensifies their background in the arts, education, and related disciplines. Often this work contributes directly to the preparation of the graduate project proposal. In order to register for an upper-level undergraduate course and receive credit, the student must submit a completed special topics/independent study form to the Office of the Registrar.
This course may be repeated for credit.
This course requires permission by the offering program office.
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GRCR 612 Major Studio II/Ceramics College of Art, Media & Design CAMD Cross-College
6 credits 120.0 hours
600 level graduate course
Further exploration of options, with increased awareness of theoretical issues and personal vision. Greater focus on the student’s work, with a view to completing the repertoire of skills and expression in the medium needed to undertake a thesis project.
Prerequisites GRCR*611
Open to MFA Ceramics and Studio Arts majors only.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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GRCR 690 Graduate Independent Study College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 - 6 credits undefined hours
600 level graduate course
Independent Study offers a matriculated student the opportunity to initiate individual research or advanced projects that are beyond the limits of the standard curriculum. Enrollment is limited, please see the Independent Study policy in the catalogue for more information.
Restricted to graduate students.
This course may be repeated for credit.
This course requires permission by the offering program office.
This course may not be audited.
This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
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GRCR 699 Topics: Crafts College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 - 6 credits 0.0 hours
600 level graduate course
Graduate students may register for upper-level undergraduate liberal arts courses and studio electives for graduate credit. Graduate students are expected to contribute at a higher level in the classroom and have additional assignments (readings, papers, etc.) in order to be granted graduate credit. Students are advised to select an area of study that broadens or intensifies their background in the arts, education, and related disciplines. Often this work contributes directly to the preparation of the graduate project proposal. In order to register for an upper-level undergraduate course and receive credit, the student must submit a completed special topics/independent study form to the Office of the Registrar.
This course may be repeated for credit.
This course requires permission by the offering program office.
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GRCR 711 Major Studio III/Ceramics College of Art, Media & Design CAMD Cross-College
6 credits 120.0 hours
600 level graduate course
Planning and initiation of a sustained body of mature work to be presented in a thesis exhibition following the thesis exhibition semester.
Prerequisites GRCR*612
Open to MFA Ceramics and Studio Arts majors only.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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GRDA 699 Topics: Dance College of Performing Arts School of Dance
1 - 6 credits 0.0 hours
600 level graduate course
Graduate students may register for upper-level undergraduate liberal arts courses and studio electives for graduate credit. Graduate students are expected to contribute at a higher level in the classroom and have additional assignments (readings, papers, etc.) in order to be granted graduate credit. Students are advised to select an area of study that broadens or intensifies their background in the arts, education, and related disciplines. Often this work contributes directly to the preparation of the graduate project proposal. In order to register for an upper-level undergraduate course and receive credit, the student must submit a completed special topics/independent study form to the Office of the Registrar.
This course may be repeated for credit.
This course requires permission by the offering program office.
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GREM 601 Electronic Media/Production I College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
600 level graduate course
Addresses the development of foundation computer skills in image scanning technology, desktop publishing, digital photographic technologies, and basic output procedures. Technical expertise and efficient working methodologies are applied to problems brought into the class from other design courses as well as from both individual and group-assigned projects. All software is standard to current graphic design industry practices. Meets with EMDI 201. In order to receive graduate credit, graduate students are expected to exceed undergraduate course expectations by applying the skills and competencies outlined in the syllabus to graduate-level concepts that typically relate to their major program of study. In this regard, graduate students taking this graduate elective are required to meet with the instructor prior to the start of class to determine and outline the nature of the requirements to be met.
Restricted to graduate students.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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GREM 690 Graduate Independent Study College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
1.5 - 6 credits undefined hours
600 level graduate course
Independent Study offers a matriculated student the opportunity to initiate individual research or advanced projects that are beyond the limits of the standard curriculum. Enrollment is limited, please see the Independent Study policy in the catalogue for more information.
Restricted to graduate students.
This course may be repeated for credit.
This course requires permission by the offering program office.
This course may not be audited.
This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
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GREM 699 Topics: Electronic Media College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
1.5 - 6 credits undefined hours
600 level graduate course
Graduate students may register for upper-level undergraduate liberal arts courses and studio electives for graduate credit. Graduate students are expected to contribute at a higher level in the classroom and have additional assignments (readings, papers, etc.) in order to be granted graduate credit. Students are advised to select an area of study that broadens or intensifies their background in the arts, education, and related disciplines. Often this work contributes directly to the preparation of the graduate project proposal. In order to register for an upper-level undergraduate course and receive credit, the student must submit a completed special topics/independent study form to the Office of the Registrar.
This course may be repeated for credit.
This course requires permission by the offering program office.
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GRFA 610 Major Studio I College of Art, Media & Design CAMD Cross-College
6 credits 120.0 hours
600 level graduate course
This studio course develops an initial understanding of each student’s endeavors for both students and the faculty working with them. There is a focus on each student’s studio work in terms of concepts, content, and skills, with the aim of challenging, developing and advancing their practice. It is designed to set a working standard for future independent studio sessions.
Open to Studio Art majors only.
This course may be completed 3 times for credit.
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GRFA 611 Independent Studio I College of Art, Media & Design CAMD Cross-College
3 credits 75.0 hours
600 level graduate course
Intended to assist students in establishing independent production in their major discipline while acquiring the ability to integrate studio production with the demands of off-campus life. At the conclusion of Summer I, the student and faculty mentor agree on a plan of work to be pursued during the off-campus semester, which is a continuation of work begun in the summer. The students are required to propose a direction for their investigations and have access to off-campus studio space in which to carry out the proposal. Enrollment in the Independent Studio requires a commitment of 150 hours, equivalent to 10 hours of studio activity per week during the 15-week off-campus semester. The studio mentor meets with the student five times during the semester at regular intervals, reviewing the student’s progress for a 1/2 hour session. The meetings take place at an agreed upon location (usually the student or mentors studio, or school). The last meeting is the final critique of the semester, which takes place at the Winter Critique held at the University.
Prerequisites GRCR*611, GRPT*611, or GRSC*611
Corequisite Course(s): GRFA*621
Open to Studio Art majors only.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
This course is equated with the following courses: GRFA*611, FA*691
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GRFA 612 Independent Studio II College of Art, Media & Design CAMD Cross-College
3 credits 75.0 hours
600 level graduate course
Intended to assist students in establishing independent production in their major discipline while acquiring the ability to integrate studio production with the demands of off-campus life. At the conclusion of Winter Critique I, the student and faculty mentor agree on a plan of work to be pursued during the off-campus semester, which is a continuation of work begun in the previous semester. The students are required to propose a direction for their investigations and have access to off-campus studio space in which to carry out the proposal. Enrollment in the Independent Studio requires a commitment of 150 hours, equivalent to 10 hours of studio activity per week during the 15-week off-campus semester. The studio mentor meets with the student five times during the semester at regular intervals, reviewing the student’s progress. Meetings take place at an agreed upon location (usually either the student or mentor’s studio or at school). The last meeting is the final critique of the semester, which takes place at the Spring Critique held at the University.
Prerequisites GRFA*611
Corequisite Course(s): GRFA*622
Open to Studio Art majors only.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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GRFA 613 Graduate Drawing College of Art, Media & Design CAMD Cross-College
3 credits 72.0 hours
600 level graduate course
Advanced studio develops and expands the student’s visual language and skills while challenging their conceptual approach to drawing by examining and applying the use of materials and methods having historic and cultural origins.
Open to Studio Art majors only.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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GRFA 614 Studio Topics: College of Art, Media & Design CAMD Cross-College
3 credits 75.0 hours
600 level graduate course
This course brings together students from each of the major disciplines to explore studio issues common to all visual arts.
Prerequisites GRFA*613
Open to Studio Art majors only.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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GRFA 615 Major Studio I College of Art, Media & Design CAMD Cross-College
6 credits 120.0 hours
600 level graduate course
This course delves further into the exploration of options that are present within each student’s work, with increased awareness of theoretical issues and personal vision. There is greater focus in the direction of their pursuits, with a view to fulfilling the repertoire of skills and expression in the medium needed to undertake a thesis project.
Prerequisites Take GRFA*610;
This course may be completed 3 times for credit.
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GRFA 621 Independent Writing Project I College of Art, Media & Design CAMD Cross-College
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
600 level graduate course
The Independent Writing Project is a corequisite of the Independent Studio I and II, and is intended to inform the student’s ongoing Independent Studio investigations undertaken during the fall and spring off-campus semesters. The student proposes an area of research intended as a continued examination of topics introduced during the previous summer seminars, Structure and Metaphor or Art and Society. The student is encouraged to explore through writing the range of issues emanating from seminar reading and discussion and the relationship of these external influences to the development of themes and directions being explored in the studio work.
Prerequisites GRAD*655 or GRAD*656
Open to Studio Art majors only.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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GRFA 622 Independent Writing Project II College of Art, Media & Design CAMD Cross-College
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
600 level graduate course
The Independent Writing Project is a corequisite of the Independent Studio I and II, and is intended to inform the student’s ongoing Independent Studio investigations undertaken during the fall and spring off-campus semesters. The student proposes an area of research intended as a continued examination of topics introduced during the previous summer seminars, Structure and Metaphor or Art and Society. The student is encouraged to explore through writing the range of issues emanating from seminar reading and discussion and the relationship of these external influences to the development of themes and directions being explored in the studio work.
Prerequisites GRFA*621
Open to Studio Art majors only.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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GRFA 690 Graduate Independent Study College of Art, Media & Design CAMD Cross-College
1.5 - 6 credits undefined hours
600 level graduate course
Independent Study offers a matriculated student the opportunity to initiate individual research or advanced projects that are beyond the limits of the standard curriculum. Enrollment is limited, please see the Independent Study policy in the catalogue for more information.
Restricted to graduate students.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
This course requires permission by the offering program office.
This course may not be audited.
This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
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GRFA 699 Topics: Fine Arts College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 - 6 credits 0.0 hours
600 level graduate course
Graduate students may register for upper-level undergraduate liberal arts courses and studio electives for graduate credit. Graduate students are expected to contribute at a higher level in the classroom and have additional assignments (readings, papers, etc.) in order to be granted graduate credit. Students are advised to select an area of study that broadens or intensifies their background in the arts, education, and related disciplines. Often this work contributes directly to the preparation of the graduate project proposal. In order to register for an upper-level undergraduate course and receive credit, the student must submit a completed special topics/independent study form to the Office of the Registrar.
This course may be repeated for credit.
This course requires permission by the offering program office.
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GRFA 710 Major Studio III College of Art, Media & Design CAMD Cross-College
6 credits 120.0 hours
600 level graduate course
This course moves into the planning and initiation of each student’s thesis exhibition at the end of the fall semester.
Prerequisites Take GRFA*610 GRFA*615;
This course may be completed 3 times for credit.
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GRFA 740 Professional Practices College of Art, Media & Design CAMD Cross-College
3 credits 45.0 hours
600 level graduate course
This course is designed to familiarize students with methods, practices, and professional standards in preparation for the Thesis Exhibition and eventual entry into the visual arts professions.
Open to Studio Art majors only.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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GRFA 781 Thesis Writing Project I College of Art, Media & Design CAMD Cross-College
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
600 level graduate course
The Thesis Writing Project is a corequisite of Thesis Preparation I, and takes place during the fall off-campus semester. Research for the Thesis Writing Project is intended to inform the student’s second-year Independent Studio activity, which focuses on identifying and developing potential directions for the thesis exhibition and written thesis. The student is expected to consider issues raised during the previous summer’s seminar that are particularly relevant to the more focused direction of their studio work. The student independently formulates a proposal and bibliography for a formal paper to be based upon the more developed direction of their work. The range of issues considered for further investigation may include aesthetic, conceptual, technical, or visual culture issues as well as the relationship of the major work to other disciplines.
Prerequisites GRFA*622
Corequisite Course(s): GRFA*783
Open to Studio Art majors only.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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GRFA 782 Thesis Writing Project II College of Art, Media & Design CAMD Cross-College
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
600 level graduate course
The Thesis Writing Project is a corequisite of Thesis Preparation II, and takes place during the spring off-campus semesters. Research for the Thesis Writing Project is intended to inform the student’s second-year Independent Studio activity, which focuses on identifying and developing potential directions for the thesis exhibition and written thesis. The student is expected to consider issues raised during the previous summer’s seminar that are particularly relevant to the more focused direction of their studio work. The student independently formulates a proposal and bibliography for a formal paper to be based upon the more developed direction of their work. The range of issues considered for further investigation may include aesthetic, conceptual, technical, or visual culture issues as well as the relationship of the major work to other disciplines.
Prerequisites GRFA*781
Corequisite Course(s): GRFA*784
Open to Studio Art majors only.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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GRFA 783 Thesis Preparation I College of Art, Media & Design CAMD Cross-College
3 credits 75.0 hours
600 level graduate course
Following the successful completion of Summer II and the MFA Candidacy Review, the student is declared a thesis candidate by the graduate faculty. They begin independently producing a body of work intended for eventual presentation in a thesis exhibition following the successful completion of Summer III. In consultation with their studio mentor, the student submits Thesis Preparation Plan I, identifying and describing a direction of investigation to be undertaken during the fall semester. The student is expected to identify specific issues to be addressed: intended focus of the work, considerations of technique, materials, scale, location, etc. The student must propose a personal timetable for accomplishing the thesis and identify the sources that will be used in preparation for the exhibition. Enrollment in Thesis Preparation I requires a commitment of 150 hours, equivalent to 10 hours of studio activity per week during the 15-week, off-campus semester.
Corequisite Course(s): GRFA*781
Open to Studio Art majors only.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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GRFA 784 Thesis Preparation II College of Art, Media & Design CAMD Cross-College
3 credits 75.0 hours
600 level graduate course
In consultation with the studio mentor, thesis candidates propose further development of directions begun in studio work the previous semester by submitting Thesis Preparation Plan II for the spring semester to the mentor.
Prerequisites GRFA*783
Corequisite Course(s): GRFA*782
Open to Studio Art majors only.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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GRFA 785 MFA Thesis Exhibition College of Art, Media & Design CAMD Cross-College
6 credits 120.0 hours
600 level graduate course
The MFA degree certifies that the artist has attained a high level of competence and independent judgment in the discipline and is qualified to stand with his/her mentors as a master artist. The thesis exhibition and accompanying written statement are intended to serve as a demonstration of this mastery. During the final semester, criticism-based research is undertaken as a continuation of the summer seminar in Criticism and is intended to assist the MFA candidate in completing the written component of the thesis requirements.
Prerequisites GRCR*711, GRPT*711, or GRSC*711
Open to Studio Art majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GRFB 311 Advanced Fibers Mixed Media College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
600 level graduate course
Through a series of developmental assignments with a conceptual emphasis and by using acquired knowledge from previous semesters, students are encouraged to explore forms that reveal the inherent physical qualities and potential image-making possibilities of fabric. Loom-woven and mixed-media fabric techniques are used as appropriate, depending on the student’s interest in the development of a diverse range of two-dimensional constructions, sculptural forms, costume, etc.
Restricted to graduate students.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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GRFB 312 Advanced Fibers Mixed Media College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
600 level graduate course
Through a series of developmental assignments with a conceptual emphasis and by using acquired knowledge from previous semesters, students are encouraged to explore forms that reveal the inherent physical qualities and potential image-making possibilities of fabric. Loom-woven and mixed-media fabric techniques are used as appropriate, depending on the student’s interest in the development of a diverse range of two-dimensional constructions, sculptural forms, costume, etc.
Restricted to graduate students.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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GRFL 690 Film Graduate Independent Study College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 - 6 credits undefined hours
600 level graduate course
Independent Study offers a matriculated student the opportunity to initiate individual research or advanced projects that are beyond the limits of the standard curriculum. Enrollment is limited, please see the Independent Study policy in the catalogue for more information.
This course may be repeated for credit.
This course may not be audited.
This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
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GRFL 699 Topics: Film College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 - 6 credits undefined hours
600 level graduate course
Graduate students may register for upper-level undergraduate liberal arts courses and studio electives for graduate credit. Graduate students are expected to contribute at a higher level in the classroom and have additional assignments (readings, papers, etc.) in order to be granted graduate credit. Students are advised to select an area of study that broadens or intensifies their background in the arts, education, and related disciplines. Often this work contributes directly to the preparation of the graduate project proposal. In order to register for an upper-level undergraduate course and receive credit, the student must submit a completed special topics/independent study form to the Office of the Registrar.
This course may be repeated for credit.
This course requires permission by the offering program office.
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GRGD 311 Typographic Systems College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
600 level graduate course
This course investigates and defines the principles of typography in a communication context. Directed research based upon typographic norms addresses the issues of informational hierarchies achievable through visual form and structure as well as the editorial and expressive potentials of typography. Coursework is completed both using traditional and computer technologies. Students must have working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, be concurrently enrolled in EMDI 202, or receive instructor approval.
Restricted to graduate students.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course is equated with the following courses: GDES*311, GD*306A, GRGD*311, GDES*313
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GRGD 312 Typographic Systems College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
600 level graduate course
This course is an extension and continuation of Typographic Systems GDES 311. The course addresses the typographic principles of the grid, text typography, text hierarchies, and image integration, all within the context of a multipage format. Students must have working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, image scanning, and introductory experience in time-based software, be concurrently enrolled in EMDI 204, or receive instructor approval.
Restricted to graduate students.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course is equated with the following courses: GDES*312, GD*306B, GRGD*312
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GRGD 331 Photographics I College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
600 level graduate course
Develops a designer’s methodology and viewpoint to achieve both structure and meaning in photography, and as a way to extend the range of how objects and nature can be seen and translated using photographic processes. Students use both traditional photography and digital software to create hybrid photographic images.
Restricted to graduate students.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GRGD 336 Visualizing Information College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
600 level graduate course
This elective course emphasizes the analytical understanding, purposeful structuring, and clear visual presentation of information-rich content. Issues of information design including accessibility, transparency, credibility, quantity, density, dimensionality, and utility, as well as universality and language independence are investigated. Applications including maps, guides, diagrams, instructions, timelines, charts, graphs, and tables are explored using both traditional and electronic media.
Prerequisites GRPR*304 GRPR*601 or GRPR*616;
Restricted to graduate students.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GRGD 411 Advanced Typography College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
3 credits 90.0 hours
600 level graduate course
This elective course addresses typography as a primary vehicle to communicate information and as a support to images. Assignments range from informational design to expressive, content-based problems, to intuitive investigations and formal experiments. Although traditional methods of conceptualizing are used within a thorough visual process, extensive computer work is involved. Students should have expertise in Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe Photoshop.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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GRGD 699 Topics: Graphic Design College of Art, Media & Design School of Design
1.5 - 6 credits undefined hours
600 level graduate course
Graduate students may register for upper-level undergraduate liberal arts courses and studio electives for graduate credit. Graduate students are expected to contribute at a higher level in the classroom and have additional assignments (readings, papers, etc.) in order to be granted graduate credit. Students are advised to select an area of study that broadens or intensifies their background in the arts, education, and related disciplines. Often this work contributes directly to the preparation of the graduate project proposal. In order to register for an upper-level undergraduate course and receive credit, the student must submit a completed special topics/independent study form to the Office of the Registrar.
This course may be repeated for credit.
This course requires permission by the offering program office.
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GRGL 311 Glass Studio College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
600 level graduate course
Glass is considered as an expressive medium, and development toward a personal style is encouraged. Students work with hot glass in advanced offhand work, blowing into molds, casting, and enameling, as well as advanced stained glass work and incorporation of blown and cast pieces into two- and three-dimensional structures.
Restricted to graduate students.
This course may be completed 4 times for credit.
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GRID 501 Business Planning and Practices College of Art, Media & Design CAMD Cross-College
3 credits 45.0 hours
500 level graduate course
Based on the principles of human-center design, this course introduces students in the arts and media to the principles of business - idea development, marketing, finances, and presentation skills - and develops competencies in strategic thinking problem solving, goal setting, time management, presentation skills, business writing, and financial literacy. Over the course of the semester students research, develop and prototype their ideas forming them into viable ventures. The course also introduces students to the various organizational structures used in business - small and large, start-up and established. The course culminates with public presentations and judging with the best proposals being eligible for a venture grant or participation in a summer incubator program.
Restricted to Graduate students and Undergraduate Seniors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GRID 506 Cognitive Science of Interaction Design College of Art, Media & Design CAMD Cross-College
3 credits 45.0 hours
500 level graduate course
The goal of this course is to address complexity of interaction between human beings and designed systems, environments or objects. This includes a wide range of practical applications - from designing or iPhone apps and interactive installations to designing of “smart clothes” and neural interfaces. In the first part of the course students will be introduced to basic concepts and vocabulary of the fields of cognitive science and psychology relating to interaction design. The main topics covered in the course will be cognitive science research findings related to information input and processing theory, perception and cognition, information appliances and interface design. In the second part of the course students will apply their knowledge of cognitive science concepts and human-centered design theory to specific projects assigned to them in collaboration with the main design studio and their personal interest.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GRID 508 Design Research and Synthesis College of Art, Media & Design CAMD Cross-College
3 credits 45.0 hours
500 level graduate course
This course is focused on design research as it applies in a human-centered design context. Through readings, presentations, and discussions students learn to distinguish and articulate different research strategies, review methods and ways of making sense of data collected. Making sense of complexity by doing and devising actions based on abductive thinking produce meaningful argument that support decision making and iterative design development. Special emphasis is placed on ethnography, communication theory, and interventions in organizational systems and cultures.
Restricted to Graduate students and Undergraduate Seniors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GRID 540 Design for Sustainability College of Art, Media & Design CAMD Cross-College
3 credits 45.0 hours
500 level graduate course
This graduate seminar provides students with frameworks and methodologies for designing products, services, and systems that comply with the principles of social, ecological, and economic sustainability. Readings, discussions, and lectures by faculty and sustainability experts help students develop a holistic systems view and understanding of ecological impacts as a factor for design decisions. Students will research and study the work of a number of sustainability experts to help position and inform their own developing design practice. Particular focus is put on design for manufacturing innovation, especially in regards to digital and distributed manufacturing technologies.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GRID 550 Product Lifecycles and Flows College of Art, Media & Design CAMD Cross-College
1.5 credits 30.0 hours
500 level graduate course
This graduate seminar explores the systems within which products are designed, manufactured, distributed, and marketed. Through readings, discussions, and lectures by faculty and industry professionals, as well as site visits to fabricators, distributors, and design studios, students learn about the rapidly evolving industrial landscape. Case studies of innovative product design, manufacturing culture, and economic models, and especially the impact of new technologies on the process of design and fabrication of products, provide students with several frameworks for contemporary product design: from understanding complex material and energy flows across economies, to the different stages a product passes through during its lifecycle, to the need for optimization of material cycles from virgin to finished material, to part or component, from product to waste product. Special focus is given to industrial ecology as a system for describing and designing sustainable ecologies.
Priority enrollment to MID majors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GRID 603 Design Studio I College of Art, Media & Design CAMD Cross-College
3 credits 90.0 hours
600 level graduate course
This studio is structured around collaboration with businesses, for- and not-for-profit organizations and community. Projects focus on organizational development, service design and design for user-experience. Studio teams combine first and second year MID students. As first-year students are introduced to the human-centered design process and methodology, second year students take on the leadership role as team managers and facilitators. There is a strong emphasis on design research and synthesis, clear and highly visual communication, and the prototyping and practice is additionally supported through Design Methods I and II (GRID 604 and 704).
Corequisite Course(s): GRID*604
Open to Masters of Industrial Design majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GRID 604 Design Methods I College of Art, Media & Design CAMD Cross-College
3 credits 90.0 hours
600 level graduate course
As a complement to the studio course (GRID 603), this course helps to develop the skills and methods required to realize successful design projects. Put into practice, these “tools” enable and support a design process that is increasingly shared with other disciplines, facilitates collective learning, and produces actionable strategies for change. Special emphasis is placed on participant field research, system mapping, the development of design-orientated scenarios and the ability to communicate design thinking and concepts in a clear and compelling way. Content of the coursework comes directly from the studio projects.
Corequisite Course(s): GRID*603
Open to Masters of Industrial Design majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GRID 605 Design Studio II College of Art, Media & Design CAMD Cross-College
3 credits 90.0 hours
600 level graduate course
This design studio offers the opportunity to launch individual or group design projects that are not connected to the ongoing industry partnerships. Projects are framed through critical issues, connected to the ongoing industry partnerships, and take into consideration personal interests of the individual student. The primary goal of this course is to increasingly strengthen the student’s ability to engage and advance critical issues through demonstrating and testing design concepts that can lead to products, systems and/or services. Students will be able to gauge their personal strengths and weaknesses, and orient/position themselves for the subsequent summer internship.
Open to Masters of Industrial Design majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GRID 606 Design Methods II College of Art, Media & Design CAMD Cross-College
3 credits 90.0 hours
600 level graduate course
As a complement to the Design Studio II course (GRID 605), this course builds on the introduction to the design process, its tools and methods, to further develop the skills and methods in GRID 604 in the previous semester. The course further develops field research methods and principles (e.g. Universal Design, Human Factors) and refines mapping, modeling and presentation techniques. This course also supports students’ portfolio development and self-promotion in order to secure an appropriate internship for the summer.
Prerequisites GRID*604
Open to Masters of Industrial Design majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GRID 610 Prototyping Studio College of Art, Media & Design CAMD Cross-College
3 credits 90.0 hours
600 level graduate course
The major multidisciplinary studio where human-centered design process, development, and production are emphasized through the integration of critical issues that inform product design and in collaboration with one of the program’s strategic industry partners. Issues discussed and explored through making are: human experience and lifestyles; cultural and political issues; ergonomics; poetics; semantics; interactivity; imagery and form. The design process will consider above issues in the formulation of a design program; conceptual abstract studies; physical and material investigations; simulated and physical representation; and the application of manufacturing processes. Mechanical and digital fabrication and prototyping tools are used to create physical models and outputs in a range of fidelities and formats. In this studio, first year graduate students will be introduced to the program’s design culture and second year graduate students will have the opportunity to further improve their abilities to apply the design process while acting in a leadership role.
Open to Masters of Industrial Design majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GRID 614 Materials and Processes Seminar College of Art, Media & Design CAMD Cross-College
3 credits 45.0 hours
600 level graduate course
A writing-intensive course introducing the student to the nature of materials used in industrial products and the various processes by which they are formed. Films, lectures, and field trips familiarize students with wood, metal, and plastic materials as well as processes such as injection molding, laser cutting, and stereolithography. Emphasis is placed on the study of material characteristics and the appropriate use of forming methods. Introduction to technical information, specification writing, and professional communications. Meets with IDES*232. In order to receive graduate credit, graduate students are expected to exceed undergraduate course expectations by applying the skills and competencies outlined in the syllabus to graduate level concepts that will typically relate to their major program of study. In this regard, graduate students taking this graduate elective are required to meet with the instructor prior to the start of class to determine and outline the nature of the requirements to be met.
Open to graduate students in the College of Art, Media, and Design only.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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GRID 624 Architectonics College of Art, Media & Design CAMD Cross-College
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
600 level graduate course
An elective course intended as a multidisciplinary forum for the investigation, appreciation, and design of architectural space, structures, and systems. Using in-class exercises as a laboratory for creative and collaborative exchange, students learn and apply alternative design processes, design vocabulary, user-centered experience, and design. This course develops concepts and analytical studies of objects/spaces through various 2D and 3D drawing/modeling techniques and culminates in an actual built/altered environment. Meets with IDES 371. In order to receive graduate credit, graduate students are expected to exceed undergraduate course expectations by applying the skills and competencies outlined in the syllabus to graduate-level concepts that typically relate to their major program of study. In this regard, graduate students taking this graduate elective are required to meet with the instructor prior to the start of class to determine and outline the nature of the requirements to be met.
Open to graduate students in the College of Art, Media, and Design only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GRID 626 Team Building College of Art, Media & Design CAMD Cross-College
3 credits 45.0 hours
600 level graduate course
Through a combination of readings, discussion, and participation in thematic events, as well as the study of their own behavior, students learn about the nature of authority and responsibility, anxiety, communications, the evolution of norms and the underlying assumptions that often govern team development. Students will also learn how a task with a specific deadline and collective responsibility for a product affects team dynamics and is effected by them.
Open to Masters of Industrial Design majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GRID 690 Graudate Independent Study College of Art, Media & Design CAMD Cross-College
1.5 - 6 credits undefined hours
600 level graduate course
Independent Study offers a matriculated student the opportunity to initiate individual research or advanced projects that are beyond the limits of the standard curriculum. Enrollment is limited, please see the Independent Study policy in the catalogue for more information.
Restricted to graduate students.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course requires permission by the offering program office.
This course may not be audited.
This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
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GRID 699 Topics: Industrial Design College of Art, Media & Design CAMD Cross-College
1.5 - 6 credits undefined hours
600 level graduate course
Graduate students may register for upper-level undergraduate liberal arts courses and studio electives for graduate credit. Graduate students are expected to contribute at a higher level in the classroom and have additional assignments (readings, papers, etc.) in order to be granted graduate credit. Students are advised to select an area of study that broadens or intensifies their background in the arts, education, and related disciplines. Often this work contributes directly to the preparation of the graduate project proposal. In order to register for an upper-level undergraduate course and receive credit, the student must submit a completed special topics/independent study form to the Office of the Registrar.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course requires permission by the offering program office.
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GRID 703 Advanced Design Studio College of Art, Media & Design CAMD Cross-College
3 credits 90.0 hours
600 level graduate course
This studio is structured around collaborations with businesses, for- and not-for-profit organizations and community. Projects focus on organizational development, service design and design for user-experience. Studio teams combine first and second year MID students. As first-year students are introduced to human centered design process and methodology, second year students take on a leadership role as team managers and facilitators. There is a strong emphasis on design research and synthesis, clear and highly visual communication, and the prototyping and iteration of design concepts based on user input and feed-back. The development of design skills and studio practice is additionally supported through Design Methods I and II (GRID604 and GRID704).
Corequisite Course(s): GRID*704
Open to Masters of Industrial Design majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GRID 704 Advanced Design Methods College of Art, Media & Design CAMD Cross-College
3 credits 90.0 hours
600 level graduate course
Building on the design methods classes offered during the first year, the laboratory offers a series of tutorials in order to round out students’ particular skill sets. This course will further support professional networking through development of student’s portfolio websites and other outreach projects.
Prerequisites GRID*606
Open to Masters of Industrial Design majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GRID 710 Advanced Prototyping Studio College of Art, Media & Design CAMD Cross-College
3 credits 90.0 hours
600 level graduate course
The advanced multidisciplinary studio where human-centered design process, development, and production are emphasized through the integration of critical issues that inform product design and in collaboration with one of the program’s strategic industry partners. As an advanced studio, this course builds upon concepts and techniques introduced in GRID 610 Prototyping Studio and other 1st year graduate level courses. Issues discussed and refined through making are: human experience and lifestyles; cultural and political issues; ergonomics; poetics; semantics; interactivity; imagery and form. The design process will consider above issues in the formulation of a design program; conceptual abstract studies; physical and material investigations; simulated and physical representation; and the application of manufacturing processes. Mechanical and digital fabrication and prototyping tools are used to create physical models and outputs in a range of fidelities and formats. In this studio students will have the opportunity to further advance and refine their design capabilities while acting in a leadership role on the project teams.
Prerequisites GRID*610
Open to Masters of Industrial Design majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GRID 711 Thesis Preparation College of Art, Media & Design CAMD Cross-College
3 credits 45.0 hours
600 level graduate course
This graduate seminar addresses the individual professional interests of each degree candidate as they relate to the student’s thesis project. Informed by a range of design research methods and sensemaking actions, students will establish an argument, strategy, and timeline for the development and completion of a thesis project while identifying the broader socioeconomic context where they intervene as designers. The product of this course is the declaration of the thesis project topic with supporting research, the thesis action plan, and the composition of the thesis committee.
Corequisite Course(s): GRID*702, GRID*785
Open to Masters of Industrial Design majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GRID 712 Design Entrepreneurship College of Art, Media & Design CAMD Cross-College
3 credits 45.0 hours
600 level graduate course
This course will help students to develop the tools that take ideas from inception to business plan, to put their ideas into idioms that make sense to industry, and to create the viable means for connecting new product and service development to sustainable outcomes. This course will explore new business incubation, microbusiness practices, emerging models of design consultancies, and, practices of innovation in a global economy.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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GRID 721 Thesis Project College of Art, Media & Design CAMD Cross-College
6 credits 180.0 hours
600 level graduate course
A tutorial providing the opportunity for individual candidates to shape and present the outcome of their programs of study in a manner that directly reflects their career objectives. Projects may be carried out independently, under industry sponsorship, or as part of a research project, based on a plan produced and approved through the thesis director.
Open to Masters of Industrial Design majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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