Minor in Product Design
23.0 credits
Students in this minor—through a combination of three studio courses and four applied lecture courses—learn to combine skills in creative problem solving with a visual product design process. Students develop product concepts and collaborate on the development of product ideas, including the creation and integration of new technologies, sustainability, health-care and socially responsible design, all of which are beneficial for design professionals.
The minor is specifically created to offer students a unique multi-disciplinary studio experience. Students will develop skills in the rapid visualization of ideas, creative problem solving, transformative design thinking and an understanding of the product development process in a collaborative setting. This minor is offered to all students having an interest in developing product ideas, including students from the College of Engineering, the LeBow College of Business, and the School of Biomedical Engineering as well as College of Media Arts and Design students who would like to add a product focus to their design degree.
Academic requirements
To be eligible for the minor in Product Design, a student must have completed a minimum of 30.0 undergraduate credits, have declared a major, and have a minimum GPA of 2.7. The academic requirement of 23.0 credits for the minor must be completed at or before the time of graduation.
No pre-requisite courses are required. Students may be encouraged to augment or prepare for this minor. However, only the seven required courses that comprise the minor will be applied to the 23.0 required credits. Only upon review by the faculty advisor for the minor will students with design credits from other institutions or departments be allowed to apply these to the requirements.
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| PROD 101 | History and Analysis of Product Design | 3.0 | ||
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| PROD 205 | Applied Making I | 3.0 | ||
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| PROD 210 | Introduction to Product Design | 3.0 | ||
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| PROD 215 | Design Thinking in Product Design | 4.0 | ||
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| PROD 230 | Product Design Process Studio | 4.0 | ||
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| PROD 235 | Applied Design Visualization | 3.0 | ||
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| PROD 340 | Interdisciplinary Product Design Studio | 4.0 | ||
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