Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design
Bachelor of Science in Comprehensive Design
Students on Summer 2020, Fall 2020, or Spring 2021 requirements CMPDSGNBS
Requirements
The major requires at least 41 credit hours (53 with the Addenda requirements), including the requirements listed below.
- Pathways. One (1) course:
- SOAD-A 100 Pathways: Introduction to Art, Design and Merchandising
SOAD-A 100 Pathways: Introduction to Art, Design and Merchandising
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Explores the fields of art, design, and merchandising within the contemporary landscape of creating and making. Identifies where these disciplines have mutually reinforcing values and opportunities for interdisciplinary study. Provides a common experience for art, design and merchandising students.
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- Forums of Exchange. Complete one (1) of the following options:
- Both of the following.
- Intermediate Forum. One (1) course:
- SOAD-A 201 Forum of Exchange I
SOAD-A 201 Forum of Exchange I
- Credits
- 1
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Interdisciplinary experiences serve as the foundation for discussion and written/verbal responses. Students select from a range of activities including lectures, cross-critiques, site visits, interviews, class visits, museum exhibitions, and performances to observe, question and compare art, design and merchandising disciplines.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 4 credit hours.
- Grading
- S/F grading.
- Advanced Forum. One (1) course:
- SOAD-A 401 Forum of Exchange II
SOAD-A 401 Forum of Exchange II
- Credits
- 1
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Interdisciplinary experiences in art, design and merchandising serve as the foundation for discussion and written/verbal responses. Students select from a range of activities including lectures, cross-critiques, site visits, interviews, class visits and selected exhibitions.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 4 credit hours.
- Grading
- S/F grading.
- Intermediate Forum. One (1) course:
- Project Management for Comprehensive Design. One (1) course:
- SOAD-C 281 Project Management for Comprehensive Design
SOAD-C 281 Project Management for Comprehensive Design
- Credits
- 2
- Prerequisites
- SOAD-C 280
- Description
- Covers key components of the management and execution of a creative project. Focuses on scope management, project time management, and communications.
- Both of the following.
- Comprehensive Design Sequence.
- Creative Core: 3D Design. One (1) course:
- SOAD-A 103 Creative Core: 3D Design
SOAD-A 103 Creative Core: 3D Design
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Volume, space, material, and physical force studies provide the basis for exploration of three-dimensional form; includes carving, construction, modeling, and casting using wood, plaster, Styrofoam, clay, etc.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of FINA-F 101 or SOAD-A 103.
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- Introduction to Comprehensive Design. One (1) course:
- SOAD-C 280 Introduction to Comprehensive Design
SOAD-C 280 Introduction to Comprehensive Design
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- SOAD-A 103, SOAD-A 104, or consent of instructor
- Description
- Focuses on skill building across the spectrum of modalities: drawing, physical model building, and 3D modeling. Uses human-centered design strategies to explore how human perceptions and activities affect design decisions.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of AMID-C 280 or SOAD-C 280.
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- Issues in Comprehensive Design. One (1) course:
- SOAD-C 380 Topical Issues in Comprehensive Design
SOAD-C 380 Topical Issues in Comprehensive Design
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- SOAD-C 280; or consent of instructor
- Description
- Focuses on the combination of empathy, creativity, and rationality needed to understand the context of a problem and develop solutions that fit the particular context.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 8 credit hours in AMID-C 380 and SOAD-C 380.
- Issues in Collaborative Design. One (1) course:
- SOAD-C 381 Topical Issues in Collaborative Design
SOAD-C 381 Topical Issues in Collaborative Design
- Credits
- 1–4 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- SOAD-C 380; or consent of instructor
- Description
- Employs design thinking strategies to understand challenges facing a community partner. The class will then focus on a co-design participatory approach, with project partners to offer solutions to the project. Classes may partner with regional organizations and companies.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 8 credit hours in AMID-C 381 and SOAD-C 381.
- Special Problems in Comprehensive Design. One (1) course:
- SOAD-C 480 Special Problems in Comprehensive Design
SOAD-C 480 Special Problems in Comprehensive Design
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- SOAD-C 381; or consent of instructor
- Description
- Leverages a unique combination of design thinking and strategic planning to design, prototype and test solutions to real problems faced by communities, businesses, individuals, and organizations. Provides opportunity to act as a consultant for a real client to design and propose a strategic plan, implement accepted plans, and evaluate the impact of the solution.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 6 credit hours in AMID-C 480 and SOAD-C 480.
- Intensive Seminar in Comprehensive Design. One (1) course:
- SOAD-C 481 Intensive Seminar in Comprehensive Design
SOAD-C 481 Intensive Seminar in Comprehensive Design
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- SOAD-C 380; or consent of instructor
- Description
- Provides opportunities to engage in the research, testing, and prototyping required for larger scale projects. Completed projects may range from public art to installations to furniture design. Includes discussions of materiality, fabrication, form, use, and structure as part of design and fabrication.
- Design Practice. One (1) course:
- SOAD-W 200 Design Practice
SOAD-W 200 Design Practice
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- SOAD-A 103; or consent of instructor
- Description
- Gain a working understanding of methods for thinking about problems and solutions through a human-centered approach. Explore the entire design process, including problem scoping, defining, researching, modeling, prototyping, producing, and testing, resulting in viable human-centered, transparent, and imaginative solutions.
- Design Research, Methods, and Process. One (1) course:
- SOAD-W 250 Design Research, Methods, and Process
SOAD-W 250 Design Research, Methods, and Process
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- SOAD-W 200; or consent of instructor
- Description
- Introduction to fundamental approaches to design research, methods for exploring design situations, and the generation and application of design insights processes. Create a series of visual/textual artifacts that will help analyze and generate design for key moments in human-information interaction.
- Design in Context and Culture. One (1) course:
- SOAD-W 300 Design in Context and Culture
SOAD-W 300 Design in Context and Culture
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- SOAD-W 250; or consent of instructor
- Description
- Explore the relationships between design, context, and culture. Based on user research, create a series of cultural and context-based artifacts that will help analyze and design strategies and specific experiences within a design.
- Design of Systems. One (1) course:
- SOAD-W 350 Design of Systems
SOAD-W 350 Design of Systems
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- SOAD-W 300; or consent of instructor
- Description
- Explores "systems thinking" for designers. People are the center of the systems we create when we develop new designs. The digital and physical spaces that we design and inhabit are rapidly accelerating in complexity. This course introduces systems-level approaches to design.
- Creative Core: 3D Design. One (1) course:
- Capstone.
- Design Capstone: Research & Development. One (1) course:
- SOAD-W 400 Design Capstone
SOAD-W 400 Design Capstone
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- SOAD-W 350, SOAD-C 480, SOAD-C 481, or consent of instructor
- Description
- Capstone in the design studio sequence. Students will demonstrate a complete understanding of project production, development of an integrated design solution, and creation of an expressive and innovative solution that mediates existing conditions.
- Design Capstone: Studio Project. One (1) course:
- SOAD-W 450 Design Capstone II: Studio Project
SOAD-W 450 Design Capstone II: Studio Project
- Credits
- 1–6 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- SOAD-W 400; or consent of instructor
- Description
- Students, working individually or in teams, will complete complex projects that resolve issues of design on multiple scale levels and across systems. By the end of the course, students will demonstrate a understanding of project production, the development of an integrated design solution, and the creation of an expressive and innovative solution that mediates existing conditions.
- Design Capstone: Research & Development. One (1) course:
- Addenda Requirements*.
- Studio Art Courses. Six (6) credit hours:
- SOAD-A 101 Creative Core: Color
- SOAD-A 211 Cross-Disciplinary Workshops in Art, Design, and Merchandising
SOAD-A 101 Creative Core: Color
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Explores color's fundamental principles and formal elements; its contextual meanings and sociological connotations; and its significance within the fields of art, design and merchandising. Cultivates visual sensitivity, develops aesthetic knowledge and the production of creative work through studio practices.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of SOAD-A 101 or FINA-F 102.
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SOAD-A 211 Cross-Disciplinary Workshops in Art, Design, and Merchandising
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- A variable topic studio course that focuses on skill development and technical manipulation of materials within the specific traditions of a particular discipline. Emphasizes fundamental principles of art and design within a discipline. Designed around a variable topic such as image, time, narrative, space, materials, and markets.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum total of 12 credit hours in SOAD-A 111 and SOAD-A 211.
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- Art History Courses. Six (6) credit hours:
- Any ARTH-A 100–499
- Studio Art Courses. Six (6) credit hours:
- Major GPA, Hours, and Minimum Grade Requirements.
- Major GPA. A GPA of at least 2.000 for all courses taken in the major—including those where a grade lower than C- is earned—is required.
- Major Minimum Grade. Except for the GPA requirement, a grade of C- or higher is required for a course to count toward a requirement in the major.
- Major Upper Division Credit Hours. At least 18 credit hours in the major must be completed at the 300–499 level.
- Major Residency. At least 18 credit hours in the major must be completed in courses taken through the Indiana University Bloomington campus or an IU-administered or IU co-sponsored Overseas Study program.
Notes
Major Area Courses
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Unless otherwise noted below, the following courses are considered in the academic program and will count toward academic program requirements as appropriate:
- Any course at the 100–499 level with the
SOAD-C or SOAD-Wsubject area prefix—as well as any other subject areas that are deemed functionally equivalent - Any course contained on the course lists for the academic program requirements at the time the course is taken—as well as any other courses that are deemed functionally equivalent—except for those listed only under Addenda Requirements
- Any course directed to a non-Addenda requirement through an approved exception
- Any course at the 100–499 level with the
Exceptions to and substitutions for major requirements may be made with the approval of the unit's Director of Undergraduate Studies, subject to final approval by the College of Arts and Sciences.
The Bachelor of Science degree requires at least 120 credit hours, to include the following:
- College of Arts and Sciences Credit Hours. At least 100 credit hours must come from College of Arts and Sciences disciplines.
- Upper Division Courses. At least 36 credit hours (of the 120) must be at the 300–499 level.
- College Residency. Following completion of the 60th credit hour toward degree, at least 36 credit hours of College of Arts and Sciences coursework must be completed through the Indiana University Bloomington campus or an IU-administered or IU co-sponsored Overseas Study program.
- College GPA. A College grade point average (GPA) of at least 2.000 is required.
- CASE Requirements. The following College of Arts and Sciences Education (CASE) requirements must be completed:
- CASE Foundations
- CASE Breadth of Inquiry
- CASE Culture Studies
- CASE Critical Approaches: 1 course
- CASE Foreign Language: Proficiency in a single foreign language through the first semester of the second year of college-level coursework
- CASE Intensive Writing: 1 course
- CASE Public Oral Communication: 1 course
- Major. Completion of the major as outlined in the Major Requirements section above.
Most students must also successfully complete the Indiana University Bloomington General Education program.