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Twin Cities Campus
Product Design MinorDESGN GARP Administration
College of Design
Product design is inherently creative and interdisciplinary, blending design, engineering, business, art, and other humanities. The program focuses on physically crafting the future in the form of new objects, systems and services. This minor will provide students with a tool set for innovation that can be applied to their major area of study.
Program Delivery
This program is available:
Admission Requirements
A GPA above 2.0 is preferred for the following:
For information about University of Minnesota admission requirements, visit the
Office of Admissions
website.
Minor Requirements
The product design minor requires a minimum of 16 credits.
Required core
Select from the following to reach 16 total credits for the minor.
ANTH 4121 - Business Anthropology
(3.0 cr)
or
CEGE 5571 {Inactive}
[GP]
(3.0-4.0 cr)
or
DES 3131 - User Experience in Design
(4.0 cr)
or
DES 3321 - Furniture Design: Exploration
(3.0 cr)
or
DES 5185 - Human Factors in Design
(3.0 cr)
or
EE 4951W - Senior Design Project
[WI]
(4.0 cr)
or
ESPM 3603 - Environmental Life Cycle Analysis
(3.0 cr)
or
GCC 5005 - Innovation for Changemakers: Design for a Disrupted World
[GP]
(3.0 cr)
or
MGMT 3015 - Introduction to Entrepreneurship
(4.0 cr)
or
MGMT 4171W - Entrepreneurship in Action I
[WI]
(4.0 cr)
or
MGMT 4172 - Entrepreneurship in Action II
(4.0 cr)
or
PDES 3170 {Inactive}
(1.0-4.0 cr)
or
PDES 2777 - Product Form and Model Making
(3.0 cr)
or
PDES 3704 - Computer-Aided Design 1: Solid Modeling and Rendering
(3.0 cr)
or
PDES 3705 - History and Future of Product Design
(3.0 cr)
or
PDES 3706 - Designing for Manufacture
(4.0 cr)
or
PDES 3715 - Design and Food
(4.0 cr)
or
PDES 4193 - Directed Study in Product Design
(1.0-4.0 cr)
or
PDES 5703 - Prototyping Methods
(4.0 cr)
or
PDES 5704 - Computer-Aided Design Methods
(3.0 cr)
or
PDES 5705 - History and Future of Product Design
(3.0 cr)
or
PDES 5706 - Designing for Manufacture
(4.0 cr)
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Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
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Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | PDes 3711/PDes 5711 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | PDes 3711/PDes 5711 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 4121/Anth 5121 |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Des 3321/DesI 3040 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | ESPM 3603/ESPM 5603 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | CEGE 5571/GCC 3005/GCC 5005 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Summer |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | IBUS 3010/MGMT 3010/MGMT 3015 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
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Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 1.0 -4.0 [max 8.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 2.0 [max 2.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 2.0 [max 2.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |