2006 - 2007
Programs of Study: Undergraduate
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN


Curriculum in Industrial Design

For the Degree Bachelor of Fine Arts in Industrial Design

The curriculum in industrial design requires 130 credit hours and provides education in three-dimensional design for production, to meet the needs of people and their environment. Emphasis is placed on the awareness of the market demand for design, cognizance of methods and materials of production and their relative costs, creation of designs that are in visual harmony with their environment and that are satisfying to the consumer, and responsiveness to the changes in technology and cultural patterns.

Hours General Education Requirements1
4 Composition I
3 Advanced Composition
27 Six hours in each of the following areas: humanities and the arts, natural sciences and technology, social and behavioral sciences, quantitative reasoning and cultural studies
0-12 Foreign language2
34-46 Total

Hours Art History
8 Any two of: ARTH 111, 112, 113, 114, or 115 (all meet a general education requirement)*
3 ART 211—Design History Survey
3 Advanced art or architecture history
14 Total

Hours General Art and Design
2 ARTF 101—Contemporary Issues in Art
6 ARTF 102 and 104—Drawing, I and II
6 ARTF 103 and 105—Design, I and II
14 Total

Hours Industrial Design
6 ARTD 220 and ARTD 222—Design Workshop, I and Design Workshop, II
6 ARTD 320 and 324—Industrial Design, I and II
8 ARTD 420 and 422—Advanced Industrial Design, I and II
20 Total

Hours Electives
15-24 Art and Technical Electives, as needed to total 130 hours (see advisor)
0-6 Open electives (see college list, no Art courses)
21-24 Total

Hours Design Electives
19-27 Select from:
3
ARTD 225—Design Drawing
3
ARTD 221—Model Making I
3
ARTD 223—Model Making II
2
ARTD 321—Drawing and Rendering
3
ARTD 322—Materials and Processes I
3
ARTD 325—Materials and Processes II
2
ARTD 421—Professional Practices
1-4
ARTD 391—Special Problems in Design
2
ARTD 423—Computer Applications I
2-4
ARTD 426—Computer Applications II
3
MSE 101—Materials in Today's World
3(each)
ARTD 210, 212, 311 (by advisor consent)
3-4 (each)
ARTS 440, 444, 442 (by advisor consent)

1. See www.courses.uiuc.edu for a current listing of general education courses and requirements.

2. Students must complete a third-level college foreign language course or its equivalent.

* Credit is not given for both ARTH 112 and 115.