UNDERGRADUATE  CURRICULUM

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Curriculum

First Year F S Critical Reading & Writing I & II 3 3 Perspectives in World Art & Design I & II   3   3 Design I: Design Elements and Visual Tools 5 - Design II: Imaging for Designers - 3 Department Seminar I: Intro to Design & Management 3 - Department Seminar II: Design in Everyday Experience   -   3 Department Elective** - 3 Intro to Social Theory 3 - Algebra/Natural Science* - 3 Total 17 18	Sophomore Year F S Intro to Microeconomics 3 - Intro to Macroeconomics - 3 Statistics 3 - Marketing I - 3 Department Seminar III: Innovation 3 - Design III & IV 3 2 Business Ethics - 3 History of Design 3 - Liberal Arts Elective* - 3 Department Electives** 3 3 Total 18 17
Junior Year F S Design Research Methods 3 - Design Development - 3 Business Models & Planning - 3 Managing Creative Projects & Teams   3   - Financial Management 3 - Art History/Design Studies Elective   -   3 Department Seminar IV: Economics & Ethics of Sustainable Design 3 - Internship - 1 Department Electives** 3 3 Liberal Arts Electives* 3 3 Total 18 16	Senior Year F S Business Law 3 - International Business - 3 Strategic Management 3 - Advanced Topics in Design & Management - 3 Senior Seminar & Thesis I & II 3 3 Liberal Arts Electives* 3 3 Department Electives** 3 3 Total 15 15
TOTAL CREDITS 134

* Liberal Arts electives are distributed across the Humanities, Social Sciences and Natural Sciences. Two of these electives must be drawn from the university wide elective courses. Students who do not demonstrate proficiency in Algebra will be required to take this course in the spring semester of their first year. Students are required to fulfill 3 credits in the Humanities and 6 credits in Social Sciences. **Department electives may be used to take courses in other design departments and/or in particular areas of study, such as: Fashion, Interiors and Lifestyle Marketing; Advertising and Graphic Design; Design Entrepreneurship and Innovation; and Smart Products and Digital Technologies.