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Undergraduate Majors

Product Design

MAJOR CURRICULUM

Total credits required for a BFA in Product Design: 120.0


The below degree plan is for students entering in the 2023-24 academic year.

Course

Course #

Credits

FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
Modernisms AH 101 3.0
Ways of Writing HMST 101 3.0
Forum I FF 111 3.0
Forum II FF 112 3.0
Drawing (Fundamentals) FF 160 3.0
Fabrication (3D)  FF 130 3.0
Color Design (2D)
FF 120 3.0
New Media (4D)  FF 140 3.0
Program Electives   6.0
LIBERAL ARTS REQUIREMENTS
Ways of Seeing AH 205 3.0
History of Modern Design AH 358 3.0
Art History Elective AH 3.0
Art History Elective AH 3.0
History/ Politics Elective*   3.0
Literature/Creative Writing Elective*   3.0
Societies/Cultures Elective*   3.0
Philosophy/ Religion Elective*   3.0
Science Elective*   3.0
Humanistic Studies Elective*   3.0
Academic Elective   3.0
Academic Elective   3.0
* Within these categories, at least one course must carry the DEIG designation; two must must be taken at the 300 level; and one must be taken at the 400 level.

 

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 for Circular Economy PRD 223 3.0
Design Lab I PRD 301 3.0
User-Centered Design Workshop PRD 311 3.0
Communication Platforms in Design PRD 321 3.0
Design Lab II PRD 302 3.0
Entrepreneurship Workshop PRD 312 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 1   3.0
Studio Elective 2   3.0
Studio Elective 3   3.0
Studio Elective 4   3.0
Total for the Product Design Major:    90

 

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Location

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