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Catalog Year: 2026 - 2027

College/School: Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts

Plan Code: ARDSNMIN

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Requirement	Minimum Grade	Credit Hours

Requirement	Minimum Grade	Credit Hours
The minor in design studies consists of 18 credit hours, of which nine credit hours must be upper division. Only courses completed with a grade of "C" (2.00 on a scale of 4.00) or better can be used to satisfy minor requirements.
ALA 100 Introduction to Environmental Design (HUAD) ALA 102 Landscapes and Sustainability (SUST) ARC 101 Architecture Project I ARC 102 Architecture Project II ARC 111 Architecture of Architecture I ARC 112 Architecture of Architecture II DSC 101 Design Awareness (HUAD) EDS 223 Design Thinking GRA 101 Designing Life GRA 111 Graphic Design History I (HUAD) GRA 112 Graphic Design History II GRA 225 Communication/Interaction Design Theory GRA 294 Topic: Illustrator GRA 294 Topic: InDesign GRA 294 Topic: Photoshop IND 242 Materials and Design IND 243 Design for Ecology and Social Equity (SUST) INT 111 Interior Design Issues and Theories (HUAD) INT 121 Introduction to Computer Modeling for Interior Design INT 123 Introduction to Computer-Aided Design and Building Information Modeling INT 131 Design and Human Behavior (SOBE) LAP 231 Introduction to Digital Applications for Designers LAP 251 Plant Materials for Sustainable Landscapes 6 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	6
APH 494 Topic: Frank Lloyd Wright APH 494 Topic: Peter Zumthor APH 494 Topic: The Image of Rome ARC 330 World and Western Architecture for Nonmajors or ARC 331 World and Western Architecture I ARC 332 World and Western Architecture II ARC 394 Special Topics ARC 431 Contemporary Architecture and Urbanism 1970 to the Present (HUAD) ARC 434 Great Cities (HUAD) ARC 436 Charles and Ray Eames ARC 494 Special Topics DSC 394 Topic: Design Entrepreneurship & Society DSC 494 Special Topics EDS 301 Sustainable Community Design and Practices (SUST) GRA 345 Design Rhetoric GRA 401 Creative Environment GRA 440 Finding Purpose IND 316 20th-Century Design I (HUAD) IND 317 20th-Century Design II (HUAD) IND 344 Human Factors in Design IND 354 Principles of Product Design INT 310 History of Interior Design I (HUAD) INT 311 History of Interior Design II (HUAD) INT 415 Latin American Design (GCSI) INT 494 Topic: Contemporary Design Issues in Europe INT 494 Topic: Design and Context LAP 311 History of Landscape Architecture (HUAD) LAP 312 Contemporary Topics in Landscape Architecture LAP 485 International Field Studies LAP 494 Special Topics LPH 494 Special Topics 12 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	12

Notes

Prerequisite courses may be needed in order to complete the requirements of this minor.

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