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Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture Courses


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Architecture

  • ARCH 6A20 - Environmental Technology 1

    Credit Hours: 1.5
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1.5   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Concurrent enrollment in ARCH 6600  and ARCH 6A22 .

    Fundamentals of environments including active and passive thermal systems, as well as electrical, plumbing, fire safety, and egress.
  • ARCH 6A21 - Environmental Technology 2

    Credit Hours: 1.5
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1.5   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARCH 6A20 and concurrent enrollment in ARCH 6601 and ARCH 6A23 .

    Fundamentals of environmental building systems including daylighting, electrical lighting, room acoustics and noise control.
  • ARCH 6A22 - Construction Technology I

    Credit Hours: 1.5
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1.5   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Concurrent Enrollment in ARCH 6600 and ARCH 6A20 .

    Fundamentals of structures including statics, mechanics and strength of materials.
  • ARCH 6A23 - Construction Technology 2

    Credit Hours: 1.5
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1.5   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARCH 6A22 and concurrent enrollment in ARCH 6601 and ARCH 6A21 .

    Fundamentals of structures including wood, steel, concrete, and composite systems.Structural elements.
  • ARCH 6A48 - Environmental Technology 3

    Credit Hours: 1.5
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1.5   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARCH 6A21 and concurrent enrollment in ARCH 6603 and ARCH 6A50 .

    Numerical design of environmental systems in buildings including systems selection, configuration,
  • ARCH 6A49 - Environmental Technology 4

    Credit Hours: 1.5
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1.5   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARCH 6A48 and concurrent enrollment in ARCH 6604 and ARCH 6A51 .

    Digital and analog modeling of technical systems at the level of complete buildings, including structure, energy, thermal systems, daylighting, and electrical lighting, utilizing computer simulation and scale model investigations. Building skins and envelopes.
  • ARCH 6A50 - Construction Technology 3

    Credit Hours: 1.5
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1.5   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARCH 6A23 and concurrent enrollment in ARCH 6603 and ARCH 6A48 .

    Numerical design of structural systems in buildings including systems selection, configuration, guideline sizing ratios, schematic planning, basic sizing calculations, and digital calculation tools at building component design scale.
  • ARCH 6A51 - Construction Technology 4

    Credit Hours: 1.5
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1.5   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARCH 6A50  and concurrent enrollment in ARCH 6604  and ARCH 6A49 .

    Digital and analog modeling of technical systems at the level of complete buildings, including
  • ARCH 6198 - Special Problems

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.

  • ARCH 6301 - Visual Studies I

    Credit Hours: 3.00
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1.0   Lab Contact Hours: 2.0
    Prerequisite: None.

    This course will provide incoming graduate students with the fundamental visual studies skills required for advanced architectural investigation. Students will be taught the fundamentals of parallel and perspective projection through analog hand-drawings and digital techniques. Lectures will ground technique in historical precedent to provide a context for the contemporary application through the assignments. Tutorials will provide in-class demonstrations and an opportunity for students to practice with the tools/techniques.
    Additional Fee: $2.00 Fee Type Lab Fee
  • ARCH 6302 - Visual Studies II

    Credit Hours: 3.00
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1.0   Lab Contact Hours: 2.0
    Prerequisite: ARCH 6301  Visual Studies I.

    Visual Studies II builds on the fundamental techniques developed in Visual Studies I extending a consideration of architectural representation to convey conceptual, analytical, and experiential information. The course exposes students to contemporary representational techniques through digital drawing, modeling and composition. Lectures will ground technique in historical precedent to provide a context for each project, while tutorials will provide in-class demonstrations and an opportunity for students to practice with the tools/techniques.
  • ARCH 6303 - Visual Studies III

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1   Lab Contact Hours: 2
    Prerequisite: ARCH 6302  Visual Studies II.

    In Visual Studies III, representation is considered not only a tool for visualization, but a generative tool for the development of material details and the fabrication of complex geometries. The course exposes students to complex surface modeling and parametric modeling techniques, while engaging digital fabrication technologies. Students will focus on precision modeling and material tolerance, while developing drawings that both explain and can be used to fabricate full scale details.
  • ARCH 6304 - Visual Studies IV

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1   Lab Contact Hours: 2
    Prerequisite: ARCH 6303  Visual Studies III.

    Visual Studies IV engages in advanced exploration of digital media, with fluid transitions between documentation and speculation in 2D, 3D, static and dynamic media. Students will develop workflows that synthesize their advanced methods modeling, analysis and translation of data through visualized through multiple forms of temporal and composite media. Lectures focus on a diverse body of historic and contemporary visual discourse.
  • ARCH 6324 - High Rise Structures

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARCH 6327  or equivalent.

    Structural design concepts and systems for tall buildings.
  • ARCH 6329 - Building Systems Integration

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARCH 6327 , ARCH 6328  and 6366

    Architectural and technical integration of traditional and innovative building systems.
  • ARCH 6331 - Computer Aided Design in Arch

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: None.

    Introduction to basic computer-aided design concepts, terminology and microcomputer applications.
  • ARCH 6333 - Adv Computer Modeling in Arch

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARCH 6330 or 6331 or equivalent.

    Advanced techniques in computer-aided modeling and visualization.
  • ARCH 6335 - Computer Visualizatn for Arch

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARCH 6333  or equivalent

    Advanced techniques in computer-aided modeling and visualization of architectural models, including computer animation.
  • ARCH 6336 - Digital Presentation in Arch

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Digital Presentation in Arch
  • ARCH 6338 - Graphic Realization in Design

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARCH 6331  ; ARCH 6601 or consent of instructor.

    Integration of digital and manual graphic tools with verbal presentation to communicate design
  • ARCH 6340 - Architectural History Survey I

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2   Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: graduate standing.

    Survey of the history of eastern and western architecture and art from Egypt to1750 with attention to cultural, philosophical and technical forces that influence them.
    Additional Fee: $2.00 Fee Type Lab Fee
  • ARCH 6341 - Architectural History Survey II

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2   Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: graduate standing

    Survey of the history of eastern and western architecture and art from 1750 to the present with attention to cultural, philosophical and technical forces that influence them.
  • ARCH 6342 - Shape of the City

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARCH 6340  ; ARCH 6341  or equivalent.

    Readings from Henry James, Jane Jacobs, J.B. Jackson, Reyner Banham and others about American cities as topographical , cultural and social phenomena, with analytical writing projects on Houston.
  • ARCH 6343 - Latin America Architecture

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARCH 6340  ; ARCH 6341  or equivalent.

    Exploration of the development and significance of Latin American architecture. Study of Pre-Hispanic, colonial and modern built environments with an emphasis on mapping the creation and transfer of culture.
  • ARCH 6347 - Evolution of Architectural Interiors

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARCH 6340  ; ARCH 6341 

    the evolution of interior architectural spaces through the contributions of architects, designers, decorators, industrial designers, and editors. the house as a design laboratory and the integrated interior.
  • ARCH 6351 - Criticism in Architecture

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARCH 6450 ; 6451

    Critical writing based on selected reading in architecture.
  • ARCH 6352 - Wright, Mies, and Corbusier

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARCH 6340  ; ARCH 6341  or equivalent.

    Search for the struth studying Wright, Mies, and Corbusier from the perspective of historic precedents, as well as observing the effect of their work on architecture.
  • ARCH 6353 - Postmodern Arch Since 1950

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARCH 6450 ; 6451

    the theory and development of architectural design of the most recent times. Studies in architectural pluralism since 1950.
  • ARCH 6354 - The Culture of Architecture

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARCH 6340  ; ARCH 6341 

    An investigation of how architects learn, think, and work in our own time and times past. Special emphasis is given to the Modern Movement and its critics and to the thought and production of influential architects and theorists including Alberti, Palladio, Ruskin, Viollet-le-Duc, Gaudet, Loos, Le Corbusier and Venturi, and Scott Brown.
  • ARCH 6355 - Houston Architecture

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARCH 6340  and 6341

    Survey of Houston architecture, past and present
  • ARCH 6356 - City as Palimpsest: Paris

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARCH 6340  ; ARCH 6341 

    Parisian architecture and urban development from the Roman period to present via the metaphor of palimpsest.
  • ARCH 6357 - Contemporary Theory and Critical Practice

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: None.

    The objective of this seminar is to outline a map of contemporary architectural practice and to develop tools for scrutinizing that map, through formal reading, understanding (and speculating on) popular culture and politics, and building a general grasp of the recent history of architectural thinking.
  • ARCH 6358 - History of Asian Art and Architecture

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARCH 6340  and 6341

    Architectural history, methodology, art and the cultural forces that shaped the Eastern tradition.
  • ARCH 6359 - Modern Architecture & Urbanism

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARCH 6340 , 6341 or equivalent.

    Study and analysis of works ( built and un-built) themes, protagonists, and writings on modern architecture, urbanism, and design after 1945.
  • ARCH 6360 - Practice of Arch

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Case studies and analysis of issues facing the profession: Ethics, morality, intent, criticism, liability, etc. the intent is to approach office practice through issues rather than through documents; and exploration of present and future mission of the profession.
  • ARCH 6361 - Integrated Practice: Material Representation and Detailing

    Credit Hours: 3.00
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1.0   Lab Contact Hours: 2.0
    Prerequisite: ARCH 6604 .

    This course will facilitate understanding of various building assembly systems and the limitations of material qualities, joints, and tolerances to aid selection for design proposals. Further we will explore common areas of envelope failure and considerations for conditions within homogeneous assemblages such as openings and other penetrations. Historic and theoretical background will be provided as context to material selection and use.
  • ARCH 6365 - Architecture of the Middle Ages

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARCH 6340 ;ARCH 6341 

    Western European archtecture of the Middle Ages (ca. 300-1500), investigated through the medium of the built environment and through texts that reveal aspects of medieval culture, aesthetics, philosophy, and building techniques.
  • ARCH 6366 - Materials and Methods

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARCH 6325 , ARCH 6326 

    Materials and methods of construction, including construction systems, advanced and emerging technologies, scheduling and budgeting.
  • ARCH 6367 - Case Studies in Sustainable Architecture

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARCH 6327 , 6328 and 6366

    Green Revolution, sustainability, and ecological restoration. Sustainability measurements including biomimcry, ecological footprint, embodied energy and full cost accounting, Building components sustainability by CSI division. LEED certification overview.
  • ARCH 6368 - Sustainability Workshop

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate Standing in architecture.

    Scenarios in sustainable design including performance rating standards, base case performance, precedents, deisgn targets, development and evaluation of design strategies for sustainable site, water, envelope, lighting, energy and life cycle considerations.
  • ARCH 6369 - Architecture of the Chapel

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARCH 6340 ;ARCH 6341 

    Architectural history of the chapel building type from its origins to the present, divided into illustrated lectures, short readings, and student presentations and papers on individual buildings.
  • ARCH 6373 - Urban Environments

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARCH 6340 ;ARCH 6341 

    An examination of the social, economic, cultural, and political development of cities including the diverse needs, values, and social and spatial patterns that characterize different cultures and individuals and the implication of this diversity for the societal roles and responsibilities of architects.
  • ARCH 6374 - World Cities

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: None

    Critical exploration of cites of the world from different geographical, chronological and disciplinary persepctive. Development of analytical tools for understanding complex urban phenomena.
  • ARCH 6375 - Capitalism, Architecture, and the City

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARCH 6340 ;ARCH 6341 

    Exploration o determinants of urban form throughout history.
  • ARCH 6376 - Urban Determinants

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Economic, political, social and physical factors that become the design determinants of urban environments.
  • ARCH 6378 - Hist Preservation

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARCH 6450 and ARCH 6451 , or equivalent or permission of the instructor.

    theory, methods of research, and practice of the preservation of historic buildings and resources.
  • ARCH 6380 - Architecture Plus Film

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Concurrent enrollment in ARCH 6603 

    Exploration of the cross-fertilization between architecture and film. Investigation of the nature of filmic and virtual space versus physical space.
  • ARCH 6393 - Master’s Project Preparation

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: ARCH 6604  or Level III admission

    Preparation of Master’s Project proposal, project program, and associated research.
  • ARCH 6397 - Sel Tpcs-Arc/Urbn Desgn

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Topics vary.
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit with permission of the Director of Graduate Studies.

  • ARCH 6398 - Special Problems

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
  • ARCH 6600 - Architecture Design Studio I

    Credit Hours: 6.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 4   Lab Contact Hours: 6
    Prerequisite: Graduate Architecture standing and concurrent enrollment in 6320

    Introduction to architecture and basic design concepts through a series of projects that develop individual cognitive design tools and skills. Introduction to analog and digital forms of representation.
    Additional Fee: $2.00 Fee Type Lab Fee
  • ARCH 6601 - Architecture Design Studio II

    Credit Hours: 6.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 4   Lab Contact Hours: 6
    Prerequisite: ARCH 6600  and concurrent enrollment in ARCH 6321 

    Further development of cognitive design tools and skills. Expanding use of analog and digital tools. Introduction to organizational structures with problems of growth, change, aggregation and metamorphosis at various scales.
  • ARCH 6602 - Arch Design/Build Workshop

    Credit Hours: 6.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 4   Lab Contact Hours: 6
    Prerequisite: ARCH 6601 

    Design and construction of a site specific climate-influenced building project.
  • ARCH 6603 - Architecture Design Studio III

    Credit Hours: 6.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 4   Lab Contact Hours: 6
    Prerequisite: Concurrent enrollment in ARCH 6348 . Credit for ARCH 6602 or acceptance into Level II

    Design projects exploring the roles of content, construction and context in architecture. Expanding on different approaches to architectural solutions through application of rotational instruction.
    Additional Fee: $2.00 Fee Type Lab Fee
  • ARCH 6604 - Architecture Design Studio IV

    Credit Hours: 6.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 4   Lab Contact Hours: 6
    Prerequisite: ARCH 6603  and concurrent enrollment in ARCH 6349 

    Design projects comprehensively exploring critical issues of architecture within an urban context. Integration and continuous feed-back on project with information from ARCH 6349 Technology 4.
  • ARCH 7600 - Architecture Design Studio V

    Credit Hours: 6.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 4   Lab Contact Hours: 6
    Prerequisite: ARCH 6604 or acceptance into Level III.

    Design studio in which actual or hypothetical projects with interdisciplinary bases are undertaken with faculty as project coordinators. Alternatively, students may choose to pursue independent design studies. the selection of a topic for independent study must be approved by the Level III Coordinator.
    Additional Fee: $2.00 Fee Type Lab Fee
  • ARCH 7601 - Architecture Design Studio VI

    Credit Hours: 6.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 4   Lab Contact Hours: 6
    Prerequisite: ARCH 6604 or acceptance into Level III. Continuation of a project undertaken in ARCH 7600 , or another advanced design topic approved by the Level III Coordinator.

    Continuation of a project undertaken in ARCH 7600 , or another advanced design topic approved by the Level III Coordinator.
    Additional Fee: $2.00 Fee Type Lab Fee
  • ARCH 7603 - Master’s Project

    Credit Hours: 6.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 4   Lab Contact Hours: 6
    Prerequisite: ARCH 6604 or Level III admission.

    Independent final project directed toward adding to the general body of knowledge in architecture. Requires approval of the Director of Graduate Studies.
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit.

Curricular Practical Training

  • CPTA 6100 - Curricular Practical Training

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 1

Industrial Design

  • INDS 6197 - Selected Topics

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: approval of Director of Industrial Design and instructor.

    Selected Topics
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit as topic varies.

  • INDS 6198 - Independent Study

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: approval of Director of Industrial Design and instructor.

    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit.

  • INDS 6298 - Independent Study

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: approval of Director of Industrial Design and instructor.

    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit.

  • INDS 6310 - Visual Thinking

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Major in Industrial Design, or consent of instructor.

    Visual thinking and visualization processes using diverse materials and media.
  • INDS 6311 - Digital Sketch Techniques

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: INDS 6310 , or consent of instructor.

    Visual thinking and visualization precesses using digital media and computer sketch tablets. Emphasis on creative workflow management and enhancing efficiencies in the ideation process.
  • INDS 6320 - Materials and Methods

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2   Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: Major in Industrial Design, or consent of instructor.

    Understanding large volume production, material specification and manufacturing processes common in the industrial design field.
    Additional Fee: $2.00 Fee Type Lab Fee
  • INDS 6322 - Visual Communication

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2   Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: Major in Industrial Design, or consent of instructor.

    Visual language and creative design problem solving with two dimensional software programs.
  • INDS 6326 - Design History II

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Major in Industrial Design, or consent of instructor.

    Contemporary design and art with an emphasis on the influence of cultural, philosophical, and technical forces.
  • INDS 6329 - Computer Aided Industrial Design I

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2   Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: Major in Industrial Design, or consent of instructor.

    Introduction to the process and methodology of computer aided industrial design utilizing SolidWorks and Keyshot software as learning tools.
  • INDS 6330 - Computer Aided Industrial Design II

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2   Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: INDS 6329  or consent of instructor.

    Development of advanced modeling, rendering and animation techniques for rapid, high-quality design visualization.
    Additional Fee: $2.00 Fee Type Lab Fee
  • INDS 6333 - Human Factors

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Major in Industrial Design, or consent of instructor.

    Survey of anthropometry, perception, and man-machine interface. Focused on the use and application of human factors to case studies.
  • INDS 6335 - Design Research Methods

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Major in Industrial Design, or consent of instructor.

    Human-centered methods of design research. Formulating, analyzing and synthesizing information into applications through the design process.
  • INDS 6336 - Design Interaction

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2   Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: Major in Industrial Design, or consent of instructor.

    Fundamentals of interaction and experience design. Emphasis on human-machine interaction, programmable interfaces, and the application of digital technology to physical objects and environments.
  • INDS 6337 - Physical Computing

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Major in Industrial Design, or consent of instructor.

    Practical exploration of physically interactive technology including tangible interfaces and communication between objects. Investigation of various aspects of smart object design, expressive behaviors, interactive environments, and contexts of use.
  • INDS 6338 - E-Portfolio

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2   Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: Major in Industrial Design, or consent of instructor.

    Establish a portfolio strategy, action plan and skill evaluation to gain employment in the industrial design field. Create a consistent visual language and identity for content across interactive digital and print media.
    Additional Fee: $2.00 Fee Type Lab Fee
  • INDS 6339 - Design Practice and Business

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Major in Industrial Design, or consent of instructor.

    Comprehensive aspects of design practice including planning and managing design projects. Legal and ethical issues associated with the design practice and product development.
  • INDS 6340 - Advanced Design Materials

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1   Lab Contact Hours: 6
    Prerequisite: INDS 2360 and 2361 or equivalents.

    Material exploration, research, experimentation and fabrication techniques that incorporate both hands on and digital fabrication tools. Investigation of design possibilities with creative use of materials that express contemporary needs.
  • INDS 6345 - Advanced Human Factors

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2   Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: INDS 3360 or consent of instructor.

    Advanced concepts in human factors, usability engineering, and user experience design. Computer simulation, wire-framing, rapid prototyping, scale model investigations and user testing are explored and applied to complex design projects.
  • INDS 6350 - Design Studies

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Industrial Design Program or approval of instructor.

    Introduction to the theory and practice of industrial design in the contemporary world. Topics include design processes and methodologies, principles of digital technology, sustainability, UX, service design, other emerging issues which broaden and deepen designers’ thinking and abilities.
  • INDS 6355 - Integrated Design Research

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1   Lab Contact Hours: 6
    Prerequisite: INDS 6350 and INDS 6360 .

    Examination of new concepts and methods of innovative design development. Research projects exploring an integrated perspective on the design research and processes. Prepares students in the MS ID program for their thesis project.
    Note: Prepares students in the MS ID program for their thesis project.
  • INDS 6360 - Industrial Design Studio

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1   Lab Contact Hours: 6
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Industrial Design.

    Students explore a variety of advanced topics and skills with industry partners for design-driven entrepreneurial opportunities. Interdisciplinary experts and external reviewers give students an opportunity to develop an analytical and critical language for the creation and evaluation of product systems.
    Additional Fee: $2.00 Fee Type Lab Fee
  • INDS 6361 - Industrial Design Studio II

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1   Lab Contact Hours: 6
    Prerequisite: INDS 6360  , or consent of instructor.

    Advanced studio experience associated with health care and entrepreneurship. Interdisciplinary experts and external reviewers give students an opportunity to develop critical thinking and evaluation of product systems.
  • INDS 6397 - Selected Topics

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Approval of Director of Industrial Design and instructor.

    Topics vary.
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit.

  • INDS 6398 - Independent Study

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: approval of Director of Industrial Design and instructor.

    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit.

  • INDS 7300 - Design Thesis I

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1   Lab Contact Hours: 6
    Prerequisite: INDS 6355 and approval of Director of Industrial Design.

    Students work with a faculty adviser (or advisors) to conceive, plan, and develop a thesis project emphasizing reseach methods and execution of design research.
    Additional Fee: $2.00 Fee Type Lab Fee
  • INDS 7301 - Design Thesis II

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1   Lab Contact Hours: 6
    Prerequisite: INDS 7300 and approval of Director of Industrial Design.

    A continuation of INDS 7300 Design thesis I with further development, mid-term review, and final public presentation of the thesis project.
    Additional Fee: $2.00 Fee Type Lab Fee