May 09, 2024  
2023-2024 Academic Catalog 
    
2023-2024 Academic Catalog

Human-Centered Design Minor


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The human-centered design minor is a collaboration between the Department of Art, Architecture & Design  and the Department of Engineering & Physics . The purpose of this minor is to provide a coherent program to strengthen students who are 1) entering the profession of human-centered design or user experience research or 2) seeking to incorporate human-centered design mindsets in their chosen profession. Students may use select capstone courses in their engineering or interior design major for credit in this minor if they are developing a human-centered design project in such courses.

This minor allows courses to be shared with a major from the same department.

Requirements


18 hours, including:


One of the following (3 hours):


One of the following (2 hours):


Choose from the following courses (7-8 remaining hours to equal 18 hours in the minor):


The total hours for the minor must equal or exceed 18 hours to complete credit in the minor.

Note(s):


To receive credit for a capstone course sequence (CVLE 4201  and CVLE 4202 ENGR 4201  and ENGR 4202 ; or IDA 4770  and IDA 4780 ) the student must complete a project that is centered on meeting human needs and execute processes that involve interaction with design stakeholders.

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