BFA Industrial Design

Bachelor of Fine Arts 2024 through2025

Industrial Design

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Curriculum Requirements

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First Year

Liberal Studies Requirements
  • LSP 110 Discover Chicago
    OR LSP 111 Explore Chicago
  • MAT 120 Quantitative Reasoning
  • WRD 103 Composition and Rhetoric I
  • WRD 104 Composition and Rhetoric II
  • 1 Art & Literature
  • 1 Historical Inquiry

Note: 18 credit hours should be taken in two quarters this year

Second Year

  • CSC 241 Introduction to Computer Science I
  • EXP 210 Design and Fabrication for Physical Space Workshop (2 credit hours)
  • EXP 250 Hardware Design Basics Workshop (2 credit hours)
  • GD 200 Graphic Design: Form
  • ID 105 Found Objects / Creative Reuse
  • ID 210 Processes and Materials1 (2 credit hours)
  • ID 210 Processes and Materials1 (2 credit hours)
  • ID 250 Drawing Techniques for Industrial Design
  • MAT 131 Precalculus and Trigonometry
  • PHY 120 How Things Work
  • UXD 101 Design Principles for User Experience Design
  • UXD 210 Introduction to User Experience Design
Liberal Studies Requirements
  • LSP 200 Seminar on Race, Power, and Resistance
  • 1 Philosophical Inquiry
  • 1 Social, Cultural and Behavioral Inquiry

Note: 18 credit hours should be taken in two quarters this year

Third Year

  • CSC 242 Introduction to Computer Science II
  • ENV 151 Introduction to Sustainability
  • EXP 350 Designing for the Internet of Things
  • ID 210 Processes and Materials1 (2 credit hours)
  • ID 210 Processes and Materials1 (2 credit hours)
  • ID 210 Processes and Materials1 (2 credit hours)
  • ID 300 History of Industrial Design
  • ID 350 Human Factors - How Users AffECT Design
  • ID 391 Industrial Design Studio I2
  • ID 391 Industrial Design Studio I2
  • PHY 110 Basic Electronics: Principles and Techniques
  • Four (4) credit hours of Major Electives (see description below)
Liberal Studies Requirements
  • 1 Religious Dimensions
  • Experiential Learning

Note: 18 credit hours should be taken in two quarters this year

Fourth Year

  • ID 392 Industrial Design Studio II3
  • ID 392 Industrial Design Studio II3
  • ID 392 Industrial Design Studio II3
  • ID 395 Special Topics in Industrial Design
  • ID 396 Industrial Design Senior Capstone
  • MGT 300 Principles of Management
    OR MKT 301 Principles of Marketing
  • MGT 370 Business Plan Development
    OR MGT 373 Creativity and Entrepreneurship
    OR MKT 352 New Product Development
    OR MGT 390 Innovation and Technology
  • Eight (8) credit hours of Major Electives (see description below)
Liberal Studies Requirements
  • 1 Arts & Literature
  • 1 Scientific Inquiry Lab

Note: 18 credit hours should be taken in two quarters this year



1 ID 210 is a 2-credit hour repeatable course and must be taken 5 times total for this major (twice in the second year and 3 times in the third year)

2 ID 391 is a 4-credit hour repeatable course and must be taken 2 times total for this major (fall, winter and spring of the third year)

3 ID 392 is a 4-credit hour repeatable course and must be taken 3 times total for this major (fall, winter and spring of the fourth year)

Major Electives

12 major elective credit hours are required. Any ID, EXP, PHY, ANI, or ART class can be taken for major elective credit. Students must earn a grade of C- or higher in all major elective courses.

Open Electives

Open Elective Credit Hours are required to meet the minimum graduation requirements of 208 hours. Open electives may be taken from any unit at DePaul.

Liberal Studies

The Liberal Studies program is the general education portion of the curriculum at DePaul University. Students must earn a grade of D or better in all courses taken to satisfy these requirements. The only exception is the Capstone course which is considered also a major requirement and WRD 103 and WRD 104 in which students need to earn a C- or better.

Students may choose to take some CDM courses that carry Liberal Studies credit but they cannot double count them if they are part of the major requirements. A complete list of courses that carry Liberal Studies credit can be found on the Liberal Studies website along with an overview of the Liberal Studies requirements for this program. Students can search for courses that satisfy a particular Liberal Studies requirement on campusconnect.

Although students are free to take course requirements in any order they choose, provided they have mastered the course-specific prerequisites, it is strongly recommended that students follow these year-by-year suggestions, especially regarding the first-year major courses.

Courses offered in the student's primary major cannot be taken to fulfill LSP Domain requirements.

Degree Requirements

Students in this degree must meet the following requirements

  • complete a minimum of 208 credit hours (generally 54 courses)
  • Earn a grade of C- or higher in WRD 103, WRD 104, and all Major and Minor courses
  • Earn a grade of D or higher in all other Liberal Studies and Open Elective courses
  • maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher

Students who earn a cumulative DePaul University GPA

  • between 3.500 and 3.699 will graduate cum laude
  • between 3.700 and 3.849 will graduate magna cum laude
  • of at least 3.850 will graduate summa cum laude

For DePaul's policy on repeat courses and a complete list of academic policies see the DePaul Undergraduate Handbook in the Course Catalog.