Curriculum
Suggested Course Map
Download the Interactive Design Program Requirements Sequence Chart for a suggested sequence of courses that applies to students matriculating in fall 2012 and spring 2013.
Core Studio
- Drawing 1
- 3 units
- 2D, 3D & 4D
- 9 units
Interaction Design Major Requirements
- Interaction Design 1–6
- 18 units
- Time Studio 1–3
- 9 units
- Visual Design
- 3 units
- Design Research
- 3 units
- IXD: Interdisciplinary Studio
- 6 units
- Internship
- 3 units
- Senior Thesis 1 & 2
- 6 units
Additional Studio Requirements (outside the major)
- Interdisciplinary Studio
- 3 units
- Diversity Studies Studio
- 3 units
- Studio Electives
- 9 units
75 total units
Humanities & Sciences Requirements
- English 1: Language Dynamics
- 3 units
- English 2: Literature and Writing
- 3 units
- Introduction to the Arts: Antiquity to Early Modern
- 3 units
- Introduction to the Modern Arts
- 3 units
- Visual Studies Seminar (300 level)
- 3 units
- Media History: Interaction Design
- 3 units
- Visual Studies Electives (recommended: Games History)
- 3 units
- Science (recommended: Design Physics)
- 3 units
- Computer Programming
- 3 units
- Cognitive Science
- 3 units
- Foundations in Critical Studies
- 3 units
- Cultural History
- 3 units
- Methods of Knowledge Seminar
- 3 units
- Literature Seminar (304 level)
- 3 units
- Diversity Studies Seminar
- 3 units
- Humanities & Science Electives
- 6 units
51 total units
These are degree requirements for students matriculated in fall 2012 and spring 2013.
