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.
Contact: Mark Avery
Specialist in Undergraduate Academic Affairs
School Office: 140 Art and Design Building, Champaign, 333-6632, mavery@uiuc.edu
| 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 studies2 |
| 0-12 | Foreign language3 |
| 31-43 | Total |
| Hours | Art History |
|---|---|
| 8 | Any two of: ARTH 111, 112, 113, 114, or 115 (all meet a general education requirement)4 |
| 3 | ART 211—Design History Survey |
| 3 | Advanced art history(200-level or above) |
| 14 | Total |
| Hours | Art Foundation |
|---|---|
| 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 Workshops |
| 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 + Design Technical Electives |
| Open electives (no Art courses) as needed to total 130 hours5 |
| 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 courses and requirements.
2. Six of the eight required Art History credits will also be used as general education requirements.
3. Students must complete a third-level college foreign language course or its equivalent for graduation.
4. Credit is not given for both ARTH 112 and 115.
5. Open electives are any UIUC course not used to satisfy graphic design requirements, graphic design electives, art + design electives, or general education requirements.