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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Product Design B.S.
Sample Plan: Product Design BS Sample Plan
Total Credits: 121.0
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Year 1 - Fall Semester: 17.0 cr
MATH 1271 - Calculus I : 4.0 cr : MATH
DES 2701 - Creative Design Methods : 3.0 cr
PDES 2702 - Concept Sketching : 3.0 cr
PDES 2777 - Product Form and Model Making : 3.0 cr
PHYS 1101W - Introductory College Physics I : 4.0 cr : PHYS, WI
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
Freshman Composition :4.0 cr
ANTH 1003W - Understanding Cultures : 4.0 cr : SOCS, GP, WI
PDES 2703 - Concept Visualization and Presentation 1 : 3.0 cr
PHYS 1102W - Introductory College Physics II : 4.0 cr : PHYS, WI
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
CSCI 1103 - Introduction to Computer Programming in Java : 4.0 cr
DES 3201 - Career and Internship Preparation for Design : 1.0 cr
ME 2011 - Introduction to Engineering : 4.0 cr
PDES 2704 - Concept Visualization and Presentation 2 : 3.0 cr
PDES 2771 - Product Design Studio 1 : 4.0 cr
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
PDES 2772 - Product Design Studio 2 : 4.0 cr
PDES 3704 - Computer-Aided Design 1: Solid Modeling and Rendering : 3.0 cr
PDES 3196 - Product Design Internship : 2.0 cr
LE (Arts/Humanities) :3.0 cr
LE (Biological Sciences) :4.0 cr
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
DES 3131 - User Experience in Design : 4.0 cr
MGMT 3015 - Introduction to Entrepreneurship : 4.0 cr
PDES 3706 - Designing for Manufacture : 4.0 cr
PDES 3771 - Product Design Studio 3 : 4.0 cr
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
ANTH 4121 - Business Anthropology : 3.0 cr
MGMT 4080W - Applied Technology Entrepreneurship : 4.0 cr : WI
PDES 3196 - Product Design Internship : 2.0 cr
PDES 3711 - Product Innovation Lab : 4.0 cr
LE (Technology and Society) :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
PDES 4701W - Product Design Studio 4 : 4.0 cr : WI
CEGE 5571 - Acara Global Venture Design: Grand Challenges : 3.0 cr : GP
LE (Historical Perspectives) :3.0 cr
LE (Diversity and Soc Justice US) :3.0 cr
Elective :2.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 10.0 cr
PDES 4702W - Capstone Design Studio : 4.0 cr : WI
LE (Environment) :3.0 cr
LE (Literature) :3.0 cr