The Industial Design program offers a Bachelor of Design (BDes) degree. To graduate with a degree from the University of Washington, students must successfully complete at least 180 course credits. All undergraduates complete a combination of major requirements, general education requirements, and electives. This breakdown is outlined below.

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN MAJOR REQUIREMENTS (90 CREDITS)
 

Year One

ART 166 Design Foundations (5 Credits)

Year Two

ART 207 Design Drawing (5 Credits)
ART 208 Design History (5 Credits)
ART 209 Typography (5 Credits)
ART 210 Color + Composition (5 Credits)
ART 211 Introduction to Interaction Design (5 Credits)
ART 212 Human Centered Design (5 Credits)

Year Three

ART 316 Introduction to Industrial Design (5 Credits)
ART 317 Intermediate ID Studio 1 (5 Credits)
ART 318 Intermediate ID Studio 2 (5 Credits)
ART 321 ID Drawing (5 Credits)
ART 322 Materials + Manufacturing (5 Credits)
ART 323 Computer Aided Design I: Modeling and Rendering (5 Credits)

Year Four

ART 445 Computer Aided Design II: Animation and Rapid Prototyping Techniques (5 Credits)
ART 446 Advanced Industrial Design (5 Credits)
ART 447 Advanced Industrial Design (5 Credits)
ART 449 Advanced Industrial Design (5 Credits)

Art History Courses (10 Credits)

Modern Art History (5 Credits)
Select from ART H 203, 380, 381, or 384
Non-western Art History (5 Credits)
Select from ART H 205, 206, 215, 230, 311, 312, 315, 318, 330, 331, or 337

GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

English Composition (5 Credits)
Additional Writing (‘w’ courses) (10 Credits)
Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning (5 Credits)
Foreign Language (0-15 Credits)
Areas of Knowledge (75 Credits)
Visual, Literary, and Performing Arts; Individuals and Societies; Natural World

More details about General Education requirements are outlined in the Overview of Requirements for an Undergraduate Degree

ELECTIVES

In addition to the above listed general education requirements and major coursework, students take elective courses across the curriculum to supplement their education. The number of elective credits vary from student to student depending on variations in course of study. Students must take at least as many electives as complete the difference between general education requirements, major requirements, and the 180 credit minimum to graduate from the UW.

For more information about the undergraduate design majors and their requirements, please reference the major requirements chart PDF

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