100-Level Courses
INDES 130A : Visual Design Language/Computers for Industrial Design.
(1.5:3:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Spring |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Visual organization; principles and elements of design. Digital image manipulation/creation for industrial design. Raster- and vector-based programs. |
INDES 130B : Visual Design Language/Computers for Industrial Design.
(1.5:3:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Summer |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Visual organization; principles and elements of design. Digital image manipulation/creation for industrial design. Raster- and vector-based programs. |
INDES 132A : Form and Surface Development.
(1.5:3:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter Blk 1; Spring |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Exploring origin and nature of geometric and organic form. Learning to control specific surface characteristics such as highlight and finish. |
INDES 132B : Form and Surface Development.
(1.5:3:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter Blk 2; Summer |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Exploring origin and nature of geometric and organic form. Learning to control specific surface characteristics such as highlight and finish. |
INDES 133A : Visualization Methods.
(1.5:3:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall Blk 1; Spring |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Observational skills, drawing as communication, rapid visualization techniques, orthographic projection, dimensioning, perspective construction, shadows and reflections, and form construction/indication. |
INDES 133B : Visualization Methods.
(1.5:3:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter Blk 2; Summer |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Observational skills, drawing as communication, rapid visualization techniques, orthographic projection, dimensioning, perspective construction, shadows and reflections, and form construction/indication. |
200-Level Courses
INDES 214R : Tools, Materials, and Processes for Industrial Design.
(2:2:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | Industrial design core. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Manufacturing tools, processes, and materials commonly used in product design. |
INDES 231 : Presentation Methods for Industrial Design 1.
(2:2:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall |
| PREREQUISITE: | Industrial design core. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Product presentation methods emphasizing perspective, value, scale, accuracy, and color. |
INDES 232 : Industrial Design Studio 2.
(4:4:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | INDES 230 & INDES 231 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Continuation of InDes 230, emphasizing human factors and ergonomics, restrictions and possibilities of materials and manufacturing, and coherent presentation of problems, processes and ideas. |
300-Level Courses
INDES 330R : Industrial Design Studio 3.
(4:4:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall |
| PREREQUISITE: | Industrial design core. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Designer responsibilities, structured and unstructured procedures in problem solving, client relationships, functional relationships, and mechanisms and materials. |
INDES 331R : Presentation Methods for Industrial Design 3.
(2:2:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| PREREQUISITE: | Acceptance into the BFA program or instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Sketching and rendering techniques focused on surface materials and finishes. |
INDES 332R : Industrial Design Studio 4.
(4:4:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | INDES 330R |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Continuation of InDes 330R with renewed emphasis on human factors and ergonomics, plus market and user requirements and developing written briefs. |
INDES 339 : History of Products.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| PREREQUISITE: | Industrial design core. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Overview of artifacts and products; how they have influenced society from prehistory to present day. |
INDES 340 : Graphics Studies for Industrial Design 1.
(3:3:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall |
| PREREQUISITE: | BFA acceptance. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Introduction to graphic skills such as corporate identity, packaging design, logo design, and web/interface design elements. |
INDES 352 : Computer Graphics Studio 2.
(3:3:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | INDES 350 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Designing interdisciplinary group projects: workflow, team dynamics, and processes of production pipelines. |
400-Level Courses
INDES 430 : Industrial Design Studio 5.
(4:4:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall |
| PREREQUISITE: | INDES 332R |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Systems design problems from initial research and analysis to final presentation of working drawings and models, with concern for ergonomics, anthropometries, marketing, user and buyer, production, function, and structure. |
INDES 455R : Shader Programming.
(2:2:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Advanced rendering and shading techniques for attaining desired visual effects. Using shading languages for realizing both photorealistic and non-photorealistic imaging. |
INDES 475R : Transportation Design.
(3:3:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| PREREQUISITE: | Major status; instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Exploration in the aesthetics, human factors, marketing requirements, and presentation aspects unique to transportation design, emphasizing working with outside project sponsors. |