Graduate Catalog | 2005-2007
College of Fine Arts

Design

Graduate Courses

The faculty has approval to offer the following courses in the academic years 2005-2006 and 2006-2007; however, not all courses are taught each semester or summer session. Students should consult the Course Schedule to determine which courses and topics will be offered during a particular semester or summer session. The Course Schedule may also reflect changes made to the course inventory after the publication of this catalog.

Unless otherwise stated below, each course meets for three lecture hours a week for one semester.

DES | Design

380. Core Course in Design. Introduction to design process, research, and methodologies. Eight laboratory hours a week for one semester. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in design, or graduate standing and consent of instructor or the graduate adviser.

381. Core Laboratory 1. Practice laboratory for a variety of design methodologies. Eight laboratory hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in design, or graduate standing and consent of instructor or the graduate adviser.

382. Critique Studio 1. Context and structured dialogue regarding areas of, and the student's own direction in, graduate research. Eight laboratory hours a week for one semester. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in design, or graduate standing and consent of instructor or the graduate adviser.

383. Graduate Projects. Independent study. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in design, or graduate standing and consent of instructor or the graduate adviser.

391. Core Laboratory 2. Provides students with the opportunity to test and expand their ideas through implementation of design research in a teaching, exhibition, or publishing environment. Eight laboratory hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in design, or graduate standing and consent of instructor or the graduate adviser.

392. Critique Studio 2. Structured dialogue regarding areas of, and the student's own direction in, graduate research. Eight laboratory hours a week for one semester. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in design, or graduate standing and consent of instructor or the graduate adviser.

394. Advanced Issues in Design. Eight laboratory hours a week for one semester. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in design, or graduate standing and consent of instructor or the graduate adviser.

398R. Master's Report. The equivalent of three lecture hours a week for one semester. Offered on the credit/no credit basis only. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in design and consent of instructor or the graduate adviser.

398S. Master's Exhibition. The equivalent of three lecture hours a week for one semester. Offered on the credit/no credit basis only. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in design and consent of instructor or the graduate adviser.

398T. Supervised Teaching in Design. Training and teaching under the close supervision of the course instructor for one semester; group meetings with the instructor, individual consultations, and reports throughout the teaching period. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in design, or graduate standing and appointment as a teaching assistant.