Undergraduate Majors

Product Design

MAJOR CURRICULUM

Total credits required for a BFA in Product Design: 120.0

If a Studio and Humanistic Studies major, a minor in the Liberal Arts, or the MAT preparatory curriculum is chosen, the total credits would be 126.0.


The below degree plan is for students entering in the 2019 - 20 academic year.

Course

Course #

Credits

First-Year-Experience Requirements
Forum I FF 111 3.0
Forum II FF 112 3.0
Drawing: Tradition and Innovation FF 161 3.0
Drawing: Contemporary Practices FF 162 3.0
Color/Design/Process or Color/Design/Pattern
FF 120A or FF 120B 3.0
Prototype/Situate/Fabricate or Body/World/Machine FF 130A or FF 130B 3.0
Haptics and Optics or Cartographies
FF 140A or FF 140B 3.0
Program Elective   3.0
Liberal Arts Requirements
Art Matters AH 100 3.0
Modernism and After AH 201 3.0
History of Modern Design AH 358 3.0
Art History Elective AH 3.0
Art History Elective AH 3.0
Frameworks: Themes in Humanistic Studies HMST 101 3.0
Humanistic Studies/Literature Elective (any level)   3.0
Humanistic Studies/Literature Elective (300 or 400 level)   3.0
Intellectual History I -IH1 3.0
Intellectual History II -IH2 3.0
Science/Math Requirement NSCI 3.0
Theory Requirement -TH 3.0
Academic Elective (or Writing Workshop, if required)   3.0
Academic Elective (or Writing Workshop, if required)   3.0
Product Design Major Requirements
Design Studio Fundamentals PRD 201 3.0
Design Studio: Materials and Production PRD 202 3.0
Material Matters PRD 211 3.0
Universal Design PRD 212 3.0
Design Ethics and Sustainability PRD 222 3.0
Design Lab I PRD 301 3.0
Design Lab II PRD 302 3.0
User-Centered Design Workshop PRD 311 3.0
Entrepreneurship Workshop PRD 312 3.0
Communication Platforms in Design PRD 321 3.0
Design Lab III PRD 401 3.0
Social Innovation Workshop PRD 411 3.0
Thesis Seminar: Megatrends PRD 451 3.0
Thesis Studio PRD 452 3.0
Internship INT 402 3.0
Studio Electives   3.0
Studio Elective   3.0
Studio Elective   3.0

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The Bunting Center 1400 W. Mount Royal Ave. 2nd Floor Baltimore, MD 21217