Total credits for a BFA in Product Design: 120.0
Current students should log into MyMICA or contact their Advisor for their personalized degree plan. If an integrated 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 who entered in the 2018 - 19 academic year.
Course |
Course # |
Credits |
FIRST-YEAR-EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS |
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| 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 |
| Found and Focused or Surface and Screen | 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 |
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| Art Matters | AH 100 | 3.0 |
| Modernism and After | AH 201 | 3.0 |
| Art History Elective | AH | 3.0 |
| Art History Elective | AH | 3.0 |
| Art History Elective | AH | 3.0 |
| Critical Inquiry | 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 | NSCI | 3.0 |
| Theory | -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 |
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| Design Studio Fundamentals | PRD 201 | 3.0 |
| Design Studio: Materials and Processes | PRD 202 | 3.0 |
| Material Ecologies | PRD 211 | 3.0 |
| Human Factors and Ergonomics | 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 |
| Studio Elective | 3.0 | |
| Studio Elective | 3.0 | |
| Studio Elective | 3.0 | |
| Studio Elective | 3.0 | |