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Dec 26, 2024
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2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Industrial Design, B.S.
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Coordinator: Audrey Barnes
Email: barnesal@jmu.edu
Phone: (540) 568-7670
The industrial design major seeks to:
- Integrate knowledge of the visual arts with applied design technology.
- Enhance problem-solving and communication skills in the creation of design concepts.
- Develop student knowledge that optimizes the function, value and appearance of manufactured products and systems.
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Required Courses
- General Education requirements 41 Credit Hours 1
- Quantitative requirement (in addition to General Education courses) 3 Credit Hours 2
- Scientific Literacy requirement (in addition to General Education courses) 3 Credit Hours
- Major requirements (listed below) 78 Credit Hours
Total: 125 Credit Hours
Note: Students can double count up to two courses, thus reducing the total credit hours to 119. Students will need to enroll in three additional credit hours to reach the university minimum requirement of 120 credit hours.
Footnotes
1 The General Education program contains a set of requirements each student must fulfill. The number of credit hours necessary to fulfill these requirements may vary.
2 Quantitative requirements may be double-counted with elective course work in the major. Check with adviser.
Major Requirements
The industrial design major requires 78 credit hours in art, art history and art-related courses. Of these hours, 42 credits must be in INDU courses, some of which may the B.S. Natural/Social Science requirement.
Foundation Courses (15 credits)
Art and Design Electives (choose two of the following):
Required Concentration Courses (21 credits):
Elective Concentration Courses (24 credits):
Interdisciplinary Electives 9 Credit Hours
Society and Culture (choose one of the following): 3 Credit Hours
May fulfill the B.S. Natural/Social Science requirement.
Engineering and Technology
Students selecting ENGR electives must have approval from the course instructor and the INDU adviser.
Business, Marketing and Entrepreneurship (choose one):
Recommended Schedule for Majors
First Year
- General Education 12 Credit Hours
- Art Foundations 15 Credit Hours
- Elective 3 Credit Hours
Fourth Year
- Advanced Studio 6 Credit Hours
- Advanced Studio 6 Credit Hours
- Art and Design Electives 6 Credit Hours
- General Education 9 Credit Hours
- Interdisciplinary Elective: Business, Marketing and Entrepreneurship 3 Credit Hours
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