Design Degrees Online

Program Requirements
Students will be required to complete a set of five (5) core courses that provide them with a broad understanding of key aspects of the Roman Catholic tradition–scripture, history, theology, ethics and spirituality. As well, students will complete five (5) elective courses and a master’s-level research paper or project.

Course Requirements
Core Courses

Students will be required to complete the following set of five (5) core courses:

CT 601: The Books of the Church
CT 602: The History of Catholicism
CT 603: Foundations of Theology
CT 604: Catholic Moral Life and Thought
CT 605: The Prayer Life of the Church: Spirituality and Liturgy

Elective Courses
Students in the MCT program must complete five (5) elective courses.

The following is a list of possible courses that will be available:
CT 610: Catholic Sacramental Life
CT 611: Catholic Perspectives on Ecology
CT 612: Special Topics in Catholic Theology
CT 613: The Catholic Imagination in Art and Literature
CT 614: Catholicism and Education
CT 615: Catholic Social Ethics
CT 616: Gender Ethics in Roman Catholicism
CT 617: Contemporary Bioethics: Issues of Life and Death
CT 618: The Catholic Church in Canada

Other Elective Courses
This is a list of possible elective courses that will be taught by St. Jerome’s University faculty. Students in this MCT program may also choose electives from appropriate graduate-level theology courses offered at another university such as Conrad Grebel University College. The maximum number of courses that can be taken from another university is three.

Students must obtain a minimum overall average of B or 75 in all courses.
Research Paper or Project Requirements [CT 606]

Students are expected to complete a master’s-level research paper, 35-50 pages [8750-12,500 words] or complete a discipline or profession-related research project. The nature of the research project will be determined in consultation with the Director of the program.

Normally, students will begin to work on their paper or project after the completion of the 10 courses that are required in the program.

The paper/project will be evaluated by two faculty members: the supervisor and one other faculty member who teaches in the core of the program.

A conversation focusing on the research paper or project shall normally take place between the student, the supervising faculty member, the second reader, and the Graduate Program Director (or designate). This provides the student with an opportunity to present and discuss the research undertaken in the paper or project.

Students must obtain a minimum grade of B or 75 for the paper or project.

Modes of Delivery
To meet the needs of part-time students, the modes of delivery of the courses will be many. For example:

(i) courses can be taught during regular semesters but offered in the evening, e.g., one evening per week for 12 weeks, 3 hours per evening;

(ii) courses can be taught in a two-week intensive period, 4 hours per day, 5 days per week.

Check Course Registration and Schedule for information on upcoming courses.

As well, because the program is meeting the needs of a wide geographical area, courses will be taught off-site when feasible.

Completion of the Program
The five electives in this program can be taken in any order provided that any course prerequisites have been met. It is expected that at least one elective, and typically more, will be offered every term.

Normally, the research paper/project will be started only when the coursework is completed.

Students wishing to take two courses every term can complete their course work requirement in six consecutive terms. Students wishing to take one course every term can complete their course work requirement in ten consecutive terms. Given the students that are expected to take this MCT program, interruptions due to professional or personal commitments are anticipated.

Typically, students should be able to complete their course requirements in four years, five years when allowing for significant interruption. The research paper/project is expected to take one year to complete. Hence, there is every reason to believe that students can complete all of their degree requirements in a maximum of seven years.

The Certificate in Jewelry program offers students the instruction and opportunity to create their own designs in metal. Required courses will teach basic and advanced fabrication skills, casting techniques, basic stone setting, and the use of color, connections, clasps, and the history and de-sign of jewelry. Additionally, students will acquire the technical skills required to create jewelry, and will experiment with alternative approaches to art jewelry and jewelry’s function. Elective courses offer students the chance to use more in-depth advanced techniques, enabling the transla-tion of ideas into works of art. Emphasis is placed on individual designs for the beginning through the advanced classes.

Five (5) required courses:
JE1200 Introduction to Jewelry
JE1210 Introduction to Jewelry II
JE 2200 Intermediate Jewelry
JE1350 Casting Techniques
JE3200 Advanced Jewelry Studio

Five (5) elective courses may be chosen from the following:
JE1250 Experimental Enameling
JE2250 Wearable Experimental Metals
JE2300 Jewelry As Sculpture
JE2350 Color In Metals
JE1230 Basic Stone Setting
JE1240 Connections: Chains, Clasps and More!
JE1220 Glass Bead Making
AH2200 History of Jewelry I

Credit certificates
Designed for individuals seeking professional development or a focused, sequential approach to a specific discipline, credit certificates from the Corcoran College of Art + Design may be completed through part-time study in one to three years. Certificate students fully participate in classes, often with Degree students, and are held to the same high standards.

Certificates in Design prepare students to enter one of several expanding technology-based fields, or advance their current design careers. Fine Arts Certificate students access the Corcoran’s well-equipped studios, extensive offerings, and outstanding faculty. Electives are chosen in consultation with an advisor who can also approve substitutions for required courses, based on students’ prior studies or experience.

Each certificate program is either 15.0 or 18.0 credits in length. With the exception of some Botanical Art and Illustration courses, each course carries 1.5 or 3.0 credits. For a certificate to be issued, the requirements must be completed within a three-year period with a grade of C or better in each course. Students must ensure that the Office of the Registrar receives notification of their completion of high school or the equivalent before submitting their certificate request form.

Drawing and painting are the building blocks of the art disciplines. They are not only incredible technical tools, but are also media with unbounded expressive virtues. In this certificateCertificate, students study the underpinnings of each medium, and then move on to more advanced instruction, exposing students to a sophisticated means of expression while developing a critical eye.

Seven (7) required courses:
DR1250 Design; or DR1260 Color Theory
Introductory 1000 Level Drawing
Intermediate 2000 Level Drawing
Advanced 3000 Level Drawing
Introductory 1000 Level Painting
Intermediate 2000 Level Painting
Advanced 3000 Level Painting

Three (3) elective courses for a total of 4.5 credits may be chosen from the following:

Painting and Drawing Elective
Elective
Elective

Electives may be taken in Drawing and Painting, Ceramics, Sculpture, Printmaking, Photography,Photography or Digital Media Design.

Credit certificates
Designed for individuals seeking professional development or a focused, sequential approach to a specific discipline, credit certificates from the Corcoran College of Art + Design may be completed through part-time study in one to three years. Certificate students fully participate in classes, often with Degree students, and are held to the same high standards.

Certificates in Design prepare students to enter one of several expanding technology-based fields, or advance their current design careers. Fine Arts Certificate students access the Corcoran’s well-equipped studios, extensive offerings, and outstanding faculty. Electives are chosen in consultation with an advisor who can also approve substitutions for required courses, based on students’ prior studies or experience.

Each certificate program is either 15.0 or 18.0 credits in length. With the exception of some Botanical Art and Illustration courses, each course carries 1.5 or 3.0 credits. For a certificate to be issued, the requirements must be completed within a three-year period with a grade of C or better in each course. Students must ensure that the Office of the Registrar receives notification of their completion of high school or the equivalent before submitting their certificate request form.

The Bachelor’s Programme in Interior Design provides the scientific-technical, artistic-creative and planning-organisational knowledge required for a professionally qualifying degree for independent work in all fields of interior design. The regular study course lasts six semesters. After a broadly-based initial course of study in creative and scientific-technical subjects, the main focus of the study involves practice-related projects in creative design of:

• spaces and buildings for living, working, leisure time, recreation, health and education;
• furniture, products, facilities and equipment for private and public areas;
• temporary spaces and facilities for fairs, exhibitions, parties, events and other public functions;
• the means and processes of communication and media design for agencies, galleries, museums, editorial offices and studios.

A thorough education in the methods and technologies of the application of digital media and programmes in planning, education and communications is mandatory. In addition, there is a wide range of elective courses for the enhancement of knowledge and skills in the artistic, technical, natural-scientific, liberal-arts and cultural fields, which are designed to personalise the students’ study profile.

Syllabus
The program’s syllabus is compiled of six divisions. Each student is required to accumulate 60 credits in total in order to receive a Master’s degree: 44 credits in Studio studies and 16 credits in theoretical courses, research and written assignments:

Syllabus Table
Total Fourth Semester Third Semester Second Semester First Semester Name of division

16 credits 4 credits 4 credits 4 credits 4 credits a. Design laboratories
8 credits 4 credits 4 credits b. Conceptual Workshops
12 credits 12 credits c. Conclusive Project
4 credits 1 credit 1 credit 1 credit 1 credit d. Guest Workshops
8 credits 8 credits e. Elective Courses
48 credits Total Studio studies
12 credits 16 credits f. Theoretical courses, research and written assignments

60 credits Total credits for degree

* Students who began their studies in the 2004 – 2007 academic years are asked to please refer to the program office to receive explanations on the changes in the syllabus table.

Syllabus Divisions
Design Laboratories
The goal of the design laboratories is to examine relevant questions in the traditional, current and experimental fields of design. The labs are conducted by senior designers and they integrate theoretical writing with practical work in design. Within the framework of the lab open discussions are held, as well as guest lectures, assignments and field trips, meetings with curators, theoreticians, design managers, people in the industry and senior designers from both Israel and abroad. The laboratories are conducted in a semestrial format. During the course of the study program, every student must participate in four design labs, in a total scope of 16 credits.

Every year these labs are updated and they cover topics that include:
Specialization in “About Design”

• “About Design”
• “About Beauty and Ugliness”
• “Israeli Design”
• “Curatorship, Design and the Museum”
• “Otherism”
Specialization in ‘Design Management’

• “Strategy and Design”
• “Research of Trends”
• “Brand Management”
• “Creative Direction”
• “International Strategy”

Conceptual Workshops
The workshops constitute a focal point for the discussion and practice of design. Within the framework of these workshops there are open discussions, lectures, presentations and trips. The workshops integrate theoretical writing with practical work in design. The workshops are conducted in a semestrial format. During the course of the study program, every student must participate in two workshops, in a total scope of 8 credits.

Every year these workshops are updated and they cover topics that include:

Every year these labs are updated and they cover topics that include:
Specialization in “About Design”
• “Still Life”
• “Blurring borders”
• “Undustrial Design”
• “Less but More”

Specialization in “Design Management”
• “Introduction to Design Management”
• “Sustainable Design Management – from Idea to Ecological Implementation”
• “Design Start-up”

Final Project
The final project is the academic frame guiding the student towards excellence. In the framework of the project, the students will be required to assimilate the knowledge and creative processes acquired in the program while making a personal statement and taking a personal stand. The project will deal with a topic that the student chooses to develop and will be accompanied by individual instructional meetings with a personal advisor and bi-weekly instructional and enrichment meetings with the project coordinators and guest lecturers. In the framework of the enrichment meetings the topics of research, criticism, design and management are discussed. There are also Instructional and critical meetings with the project advisors. In the course of his/ her studies, every student must submit one final project in a total scope of 12 credits.

Guest Workshops
Guest workshops will take place twice a year, for a period of one week. Key figures from the academic world and the local and international world of design are invited to conduct the workshops. In the course of his/ her studies, each student is obligated to participate in four guest workshops, in a total scope of 4 credits.

Elective courses
Elective courses enable the student to research and develop personal fields of interest in the framework of the program. In the course of his/ her studies, every student must accrue 8 credits within the framework of elective courses.

Following is a (partial) list of potential choices for students:
• Personal Project
• Touring design exhibitions abroad
• T- Experience
• Inter-departmental courses at Bezalel
• Courses from other departments

Theoretical courses, research and written assignments
The division of theoretical courses, research and written assignments was formed with the purpose to the provide the student with tools to develop his/ her skills in writing, research, management and marketing and to broaden his/ her horizons as an artist and a designer and to contribute to the building and development of a research oriented group in the field of Israeli design. The division’s courses are conducted in the framework of Bezalel’s Department of History and Theory. Every student in the program must accrue 12 credits (6 each year) in the course of his/ her studies in the framework of these courses.

The division’s courses are updated every year and the deal in topics that include:
• “Writing and research in a design environment”
• “Marketing management for designers”
• “Economics for designers”
• “Ethics for designers”
• “Design, culture, globalization”

Required Core Courses (12 cr.) PKG/INE570 Introduction to Packaging 3
PKG/INE572 Packaging Dynamics and Permeation 3
PKG/INE573 Packaging Types and Processes 3
PKG/INE580 Packaging Design 3

Elective Courses (6 cr.)
Design ElectivesPKG/INE582 Structural Packaging 3
PKG/INE584 Package Branding 3
PKG/INE586 Computer Graphics for Packaging 3
PKG/INE588 Packaging Applications 3
PKG/INE589 Special Topic Course in Packaging Design 3

Engineering ElectivesPKG/INE574 Paper and Paperboard Packaging 3
PKG/INE575 Corrugated Packaging 1
PKG/INE576 Rigid Plastic Packaging 3
PKG/INE577 Packaging for Food, Drug and Cosmetics 3
PKG/INE578 Food Preservation Packaging 3
PKG/INE579 Special Topic Course in Packaging Engineering 3

Introduction and teaching philosophy

A revised curriculum implemented in fall 2003 offers students two optional tracks of concentration. The opening of a dual track degree allows students to pursue one of two specializations: Print design and User Experience Design (kinetic and interactive). At the same time, the structure of the offerings allows students to use courses offered as requirements in one of the tracks as elective courses for their own track.

The design curriculum is highly structured and sequential in order that a reservoir of ideas and skills can be built up through courses that provide theory and techniques applicable to many purposes. Professional production methods must also be developed.

Design classes consist of lectures, studio, and computer work. The course progression begins by introducing basic visual vocabulary in 2-D design and color. From there, technical skills are refined and used to communicate visual ideas. Third- and fourth-year students work on applied design problems in preparation for their entry into the profession. Courses in computer graphics, illustration, production, history of graphic design, and selected design topics round out the basic program.

The ability to explain design solutions in an articulate manner is critical. Along with the creative and technical skills taught in the design program, verbal and analytical abilities are developed through class critiques. In these discussions, students learn to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of design solutions.

Experience with designers working in the field may be gained through internships and co-ops. In these situations, students learn to balance the ideal creative solution with the reality of budget constraints, technical limitations, and very real deadlines.

Graduates of the design program have been very successful in entering careers in print and interactive design, advertising, or, they opt to continue their education at the graduate school of their choice. Design students take 54 credit hours of study (out of 120 total credit hours required for a B.A. degree) in their major and related areas.

Bachelor’s Programme in Interior Design

The Bachelor’s Programme in Interior Design provides the scientific-technical, artistic-creative and planning-organisational knowledge required for a professionally qualifying degree for independent work in all fields of interior design. The regular study course lasts six semesters. After a broadly-based initial course of study in creative and scientific-technical subjects, the main focus of the study involves practice-related projects in creative design of:
• spaces and buildings for living, working, leisure time, recreation, health and education;
• furniture, products, facilities and equipment for private and public areas;
• temporary spaces and facilities for fairs, exhibitions, parties, events and other public functions;
• the means and processes of communication and media design for agencies, galleries, museums, editorial offices and studios.
A thorough education in the methods and technologies of the application of digital media and programmes in planning, education and communications is mandatory. In addition, there is a wide range of elective courses for the enhancement of knowledge and skills in the artistic, technical, natural-scientific, liberal-arts and cultural fields, which are designed to personalise the students’ study profile.

Degree Requirements
These requirements apply to students entering this program in fall 2008 and thereafter. Students who enrolled earlier should consult the catalog in effect at the time they enrolled.

Prerequisites

Upon admission, if you have not passed the Hypermedia Proficiency Examination, you are expected to complete PBDS 660: Hypermedia: an Introduction with a grade of B or better before undertaking any other coursework; this course does not count toward the completion of the degree program.
You can complete this 42-credit master’s program through one of two plans:

36 credits of coursework and completion of a 6-credit thesis
36 credits of coursework and completion of a 6-credit project.

The coursework comprises:
Core Curriculum (21 credits)
Interaction and Interface Design (IDIA 612)
Sequential Visualization and Analysis (IDIA 614)
Information Culture (IDIA 620)
Information Architecture (IDIA 630)
Humans, Computers and Cognition (IDIA 640)
Research Methods (IDIA 642)

and one of the following:
Dynamic Web Sites (IDIA 618)

or
Interactive Multimedia (IDIA 619)
Elective Courses (15 credits)

With the approval of the program director, choose five courses from the following focus areas.

Technical Focus
Arts and Culture Focus
Cognitive and Ethnographic Focus
Management and Entrepreneurship Focus
Thesis (6 credits)

NAU’s interior design plan provides a wide range of educational opportunities based on an integrated approach to aesthetic, professional, and academic disciplines.

To earn this degree, complete at least 120 units of coursework, which we describe in the sections that follow:

at least 35 units of liberal studies requirements. Be aware that you may not use courses with an ID prefix to satisfy these liberal studies requirements.

at least 76 units of major requirements

elective courses, if needed, to reach an overall total of at least 120 units

Be aware that some courses required for your degree may have prerequisites that you must also take. Check the courses in the appropriate subject. (You may be able to count these prerequisites toward your liberal studies or general elective credit.)

Please note that you must complete NAU’s diversity requirements by taking two 3-unit courses, one in ethnic diversity and one in global awareness. These courses may be used to meet other requirements within your academic plan if you choose them carefully. Click here for a list of the available diversity courses.

Also note that NAU requires that at least 30 units of the courses you take for your degree must be upper-division courses (those numbered 300 and above).

You must also earn at least a C in all ID courses.

Finally, please note that you may be able to use some courses to meet more than one requirement; however, you must still meet the total of at least 120 units to graduate. Contact your advisor for details.