Minor in Product Design
About the Minor
Students in this minor—through a combination of three studio courses and four applied lecture courses—learn to combine skills in creative problem solving with a visual and human-centered product design process. Students develop product concepts and collaborate on the development of product ideas, including the creation and integration of new technologies, sustainability, health-care and socially responsible design, all of which are beneficial for design professionals.
The minor is specifically created to offer students a unique multi-disciplinary studio experience. Students will develop skills in the rapid visualization of ideas, creative problem solving, transformative design thinking and an understanding of the product development process in a collaborative setting. This minor is offered to all students having an interest in developing product ideas, including students from the College of Engineering, the LeBow College of Business, and the School of Biomedical Engineering as well as College of Media Arts and Design students who would like to add a product focus to their design degree.
Academic requirements
To be eligible for the minor in Product Design, a student must have completed a minimum of 30.0 undergraduate credits, have declared a major, and have a minimum GPA of 2.7. No prerequisite courses are required. Students may be encouraged to augment or prepare for this minor. A Spring/Summer co-op cycle is needed to enroll in required minor courses and the program will assist students to make a co-op cycle switch if necessary. Only upon review by the faculty advisor for the minor will students with design credits from other institutions or departments be allowed to apply these to the requirements.
Program Requirements
Required courses | ||
PROD 101 | History and Analysis of Product Design | 3.0 |
PROD 210 | Introduction to Product Design | 3.0 |
PROD 215 | Design Thinking in Product Design | 4.0 |
PROD 235 | Applied Design Visualization | 3.0 |
Select one of the following: | 3.0 | |
Applied Making I | ||
Maker Workshop | ||
Select two of the following: | 8.0 | |
Product Design Form Studio | ||
Product Design Process Studio | ||
Smart Product Design | ||
Interdisciplinary Product Design Studio | ||
Total Credits | 24.0 |
Additional Information
For more information and to set up an initial minor advising meeting, contact Alexandra Schmidt-Ullrich, Co-Director for Product Design, as435@drexel.edu .