Oct 08, 2024  
2024 2025 Academic Catalog 
    
2024 2025 Academic Catalog

Industrial Design, B.S.

Location(s): Main Campus


Return to {$returnto_text} Return to: Programs of Study

NOTE: THIS PROGRAM IS NO LONGER ACCEPTING NEW STUDENTS OR INTERNAL TRANSFERS

Arnold Bernhard Center
Telephone: (203) 576-4034

Curriculum and Program Requirements

The four-year Industrial Design program emphasizes conceptualization, design, and production of products for personal, home, industrial, and commercial use, rang­ing from domestic and consumer products to medical, entertainment, and more. Stu­dents learn to design and develop product concepts, visualize them using the latest computer technology, and build models in a well-equipped model shop or computer lab. Students learn presentation skills to demon­strate their creative and unique solutions. Ad­vanced industrial design topics include UI/ UX, VR, ergonomics, materials and manufac­turing, and marketing.

Students take courses in sketching, model making, materials and manufacture technol­ogies, CAD (such as computer-aided design and rapid prototyping), the design process, design thinking and design history. Pack­age design, smartphones, lighting, furniture, home appliances, exhibit design, computer rendering, 3D printing, model making and more: all part of the SASD Industrial Design Curriculum.

Learning Outcomes

  1. Demonstrate ability to identify, analyze, and solve industrial design problems.
    Assessment: Portfolio projects appropri­ately respond to project briefs, and are clear, focused, expressive, and commu­nicative solutions to the stated problems.
  2. Demonstrate mastery of design tools, techniques, and concepts in industrial design.
    Assessment: Projects and portfolios that evidence craftsmanship, adherence to project parameters, and appropriate se­lection of materials, manufacturing tech­niques, and implementation.
  3. Demonstrate an understanding of the aesthetics of form development and of the history and current state of design.
    Assessment: Projects, papers, and presen­tations for art and design history courses; in studio courses, projects that appropri­ately reference historical precedents and stylistic movements in industrial design.
  4. Demonstrate proficiency in selec­tion and use of relevant technologies in design. Abilities to use available technical and industrial processes to produce a design product, and to de­sign and implement such a process.
    Assessment: Project and portfolio solu­tions are made with the appropriate tech­nology or software for the final applica­tion. Projects are planned to be feasibly reproducible by industrial/commercial means rather than by one-off or by hand.
  5. Demonstrate an understanding of the cultural and societal connections link­ing industrial design trends and pro­cesses as well as a knowledge of busi­ness practices and of the market place.
    Assessment: Projects and portfolio solu­tions that are culturally- and audience-appropriate for the problem as posed by the brief for the project
  6. Demonstrate proficiency in presenting their own work as well as discussing and constructively critiquing the work of others.
    Assessment: Active participation in class critiques; clear, thoughtful presentation of students’ own projects, ability to give, ac­cept, and incorporate feedback.

SASD’s Bachelor of Science in Industrial De­sign degree is accredited by National Associ­ation of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD), the governing body of undergraduate and graduate art and design schools.

Industrial Design Curriculum


Summary of Requirements - 127 Credit(s)


Design Foundations - 24 Credit(s)


  • 2-D Design Principles 3 Credit(s)
  • 3-D Design Principles 3 Credit(s)
  • Design Drawing I 3 Credit(s)
  • Drawing/Drafting II 3 Credit(s)
  • Design Drawing III 3 Credit(s)
  • Design Drawing IV 3 Credit(s)
  • Introduction to Computer Apps I 3 Credit(s)
  • Introduction to Computer Apps II 3 Credit(s)

Industrial Design Foundations - 43 Credit(s)


  • Materials & Manufacturing I 3 Credit(s)
  • Materials & Manufacturing II 3 Credit(s)
  • Industrial Design Electives 5 Credit(s)
  • SolidWorks I 2 Credit(s)
  • SolidWorks II 2 Credit(s)
  • SolidWorks III 2 Credit(s)
  • SolidWorks IV 2 Credit(s)
  • Product Lab Orientation 3 Credit(s)
  • 4-D Time-based Media 3 Credit(s)
  • NX C Siemens PLM 3 Credit(s)
  • NX D Siemens PLM 3 Credit(s)
  • Exhibition Design 3 Credit(s)
  • Internship 3 Credit(s)
  • Special Projects 3 Credit(s)
  • Furniture Design 3 Credit(s)

Industrial Design Studios - 18 Credit(s)


  • Industrial Design Studio I 3 Credit(s)
  • Industrial Design Studio II 3 Credit(s)
  • Industrial Design Studio III 3 Credit(s)
  • Industrial Design Studio IV 3 Credit(s)
  • Industrial Design Studio V 3 Credit(s)
  • Industrial Design Studio VI 3 Credit(s)

Art History - 12 Credit(s)


  • Survey of Art History I 3 Credit(s)
  • Survey of Art History II 3 Credit(s)
  • History of Modern Design 3 Credit(s)
  • History of Industrial Design 3 Credit(s)

UB Core - 30 Credit(s)


  • Academic Writing 3 Credit(s)
  • Math 3 Credit(s)
  • Humanities Core 3 Credit(s)
  • Humanities Core Elective 3 Credit(s)
  • Social Sciences Core 3 Credit(s)
  • Social Sciences Core Elective 3 Credit(s)
  • Natural Sciences Core 3 Credit(s)
  • Natural Sciences Core Elective 3 Credit(s)
  • First Year Seminar: Design Thinking 3 Credit(s)
  • Capstone Seminar: Design & Business 3 Credit(s)

Suggested Program - 127 Credit(s)


Second Semester - 18 Credit(s)


Third Semester - 17 Credit(s)


Fourth Semester - 15 Credit(s)


Fifth Semester - 17 Credit(s)


Sixth Semester - 15 Credit(s)


Seventh Semester - 18 Credit(s)


  • 3 Credit(s)
  • ADSN 107 - Product Lab Orientation 3 Credit(s)
  • IDDSN 450 - New Product Commercialization 3 Credit(s)
  • Humanities Core 3 Credit(s)
  • Social Sciences Core 3 Credit(s)
  • Capstone Seminar: Design & Business 3 Credit(s)

Eighth Semester - 12 Credit(s)


Return to {$returnto_text} Return to: Programs of Study