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Building Systems and Codes

Gain technical experience with building codes and systems by working on a commercial building renovation. You’ll learn to coordinate holistically with a design team on structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, acoustical systems, detailing, fire ratings, zoning, and more.

Studio 3

Create a functional and imaginative workplace where your commercial client will thrive! In your final major studio, you’ll develop plans and drawings, select furniture and materials, and produce construction documents for a dynamic presentation based on your conceptual design.

Color Rendering Techniques

Create authentic versions of your designs using professional rendering techniques. Working in a variety of graphic communication mediums, you’ll increase your ability to depict effects of color, light, material, and texture in the built environment.

Survey of Sustainable Design

Solidify your personal philosophy on sustainability. You’ll examine facts and establish opinions to create a design project that applies 21st-century ideals to sustainable design and environmental issues. (This course is cross-listed with IAD 625 and GLA 630.)

Studio 1

Brandish your creativity in your first comprehensive design studio, while exploring the innovative profession of Interior Architecture and Design. Special emphasis is placed on the design process, concept generation, and spatial development. Plus, explore how factors such as circulation, accessibility, adjacencies, and design theories impact humans and the environment.

Package Design 1: 3D Thinking/Making

Apply your design skills to three-dimensional packages. You’ll build a solid foundation of the process and materials necessary to develop packages and prototype templates that account for three dimensions, material properties, and structural considerations.

Graphic Design 2: Integrating Principles

Recognize the power of design. You’ll gain more conceptual expertise and a stronger command of typography and visual language. Combined with solid craftsmanship skills, you will begin to produce projects that comprise a professional body of work.

Design Seminar/Portfolio

The portfolio is the final step in your Graphic Design program. You’ll develop a comprehensive print and digital visual system that shows off your design skills and a robust social media presence to effectively promote your strengths to the world. (This course is cross-listed with GR 700.)

Styling

Help designers and brands tell their stories. You will develop concept drawings from cultural references and assemble compelling outfits to create fashion imagery. You will put the foundations of personal, product, and editorial styling into practice.

Introduction to Visual Communication

Successful visual communication unites many diverse creative professions. You’ll gain hands-on interdisciplinary ideation and creative problem-solving experience by working on projects that emphasize collaboration and audience engagement.