BFA Industrial Design

Bachelor of Fine Arts 2023 through2024

Industrial Design

About the Program

Curriculum Requirements

First Year

  • Art 105
    OR GD 105
  • Art 106
    OR Art 206
    OR ILL 200
  • Art 113
    OR Art 115
    OR Art 117
    OR ANI 230
  • ID 100
  • ID 101
  • ID 104
  • MAT 130
Liberal Studies Requirements
  • LSP 110
    OR LSP 111
  • MAT 120
  • WRD 103
  • WRD 104
  • 1 Art & Literature
  • 1 Historical Inquiry

Note: 18 credit hours should be taken in two quarters this year

Second Year

  • CSC 241
  • EXP 210 (2 credit hours)
  • EXP 250 (2 credit hours)
  • GD 200
  • ID 105
  • ID 2101 (2 credit hours)
  • ID 2101 (2 credit hours)
  • ID 250
  • MAT 131
  • PHY 120
  • UXD 101
  • UXD 210
Liberal Studies Requirements
  • LSP 200
  • 1 Philosophical Inquiry
  • 1 Social, Cultural and Behavioral Inquiry

Note: 18 credit hours should be taken in two quarters this year


Third Year

  • CSC 242
  • ENV 151
  • EXP 350
  • ID 2101 (2 credit hours)
  • ID 2101 (2 credit hours)
  • ID 2101 (2 credit hours)
  • ID 300
  • ID 3912
  • ID 3912
  • ID 3912
  • PHY 110
  • Four (4) credit hours of Major Electives (see description below)
  • Two (2) credit hours of Open Electives (see description below)
Liberal Studies Requirements
  • 1 Religious Dimensions
  • Experiential Learning

Note: 18 credit hours should be taken in two quarters this year


Fourth Year

  • ID 3923
  • ID 3923
  • ID 3923
  • ID 395
  • ID 396
  • MGT 300
    OR MKT 301
  • MGT 370
    OR MGT 373
    OR MKT 352
    OR MGT 390
  • Eight (8) credit hours of Major Electives (see description below)
  • Eight (8) credit hours of Open Electives (see description below)
Liberal Studies Requirements
  • 1 Arts & Literature
  • 1 Scientific Inquiry Lab

Note: 18 credit hours should be taken in two quarters this year




1 ID 210 is a 2-credit hour repeatable course and must be taken 5 times total for this major (twice in the second year and 3 times in the third year)

2 ID 391 is a 4-credit hour repeatable course and must be taken 3 times total for this major (fall, winter and spring of the third year)

3 ID 392 is a 4-credit hour repeatable course and must be taken 3 times total for this major (fall, winter and spring of the fourth year)

Major Electives

12 major elective credit hours are required. Any ID, EXP, PHY, ANI, or ART class can be taken for major elective credit. Students must earn a grade of C- or higher in all major elective courses.

Open Electives

10 open elective credit hours are required and may be taken from any unit at DePaul. These are the only courses that may be taken under the pass/fail option. Students must earn a grade of D or higher in all open elective courses. Courses that satisfy a CDM minor or other minors are normally credited as open electives.

Liberal Studies

The Liberal Studies program is the general education portion of the curriculum at DePaul University. Students must earn a grade of D or better in all courses taken to satisfy these requirements. The only exception is the Capstone course which is considered also a major requirement and WRD 103 and WRD 104 in which students need to earn a C- or better.

Students may choose to take some CDM courses that carry Liberal Studies credit but they cannot double count them if they are part of the major requirements. A complete list of courses that carry Liberal Studies credit can be found on the Liberal Studies website along with an overview of the Liberal Studies requirements for this program. Students can search for courses that satisfy a particular Liberal Studies requirement on campusconnect.

Although students are free to take course requirements in any order they choose, provided they have mastered the course-specific prerequisites, it is strongly recommended that students follow these year-by-year suggestions, especially regarding the first-year major courses.

Courses offered in the student's primary major cannot be taken to fulfill LSP Domain requirements.

Degree Requirements

Students in this degree must meet the following requirements

  • complete a minimum of 208 credit hours (generally 54 courses)
  • Earn a grade of C- or higher in WRD 103, WRD 104, and all Major and Minor courses
  • Earn a grade of D or higher in all other Liberal Studies and Open Elective courses
  • maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher

Students who earn a cumulative DePaul University GPA

  • between 3.500 and 3.699 will graduate cum laude
  • between 3.700 and 3.849 will graduate magna cum laude
  • of at least 3.850 will graduate summa cum laude

For DePaul's policy on repeat courses and a complete list of academic policies see the DePaul Undergraduate Handbook in the Course Catalog.