Fall 2024 Graduate Electives
School of Design - DES 520 Electives
DES 520: Temporary vs. Permanent, Value and Meaning in Design
Professor: Bridgette Buckley
Thursday, 4–6:40pm
CRNs: 36124, 36125
This course will take a critical look at how and why design is imbued with meaning. Using the diametric concepts of temporary versus permanent, we will start to create a framework of how value is assigned to design. We will look at how stories about design pieces are developed and for whom: is it about the designer, process, materials, user or greater society? We will ultimately work towards defining entry points to creating value in our own work. The class will culminate in a collaborative ephemeral artifact such as a book or website.
DES 520: Design, Ideology, History: Italy, 1922-1972
Professor: Jonathan Mekinda
Wednesday, 4–6:40pm
CRNs: 44133, 44134
This seminar will explore the complex tangle of relationships between design, ideology, and history through an examination of design in Italy during the middle decades of the twentieth century. Works and exhibitions to be considered include the Mostra della Rivoluzione Fascista (Rome, 1932-1934), the advertisements, products, and publications of Marcello Nizzoli and Gio Ponti, and Italy: The New Domestic Landscape (New York, 1972).
School of Art and Art History - ART 520 Electives, Art History courses, MUSE Courses
School of Architecture: (TBD)
Fall 2024 Undergraduate Electives
Please note that in order to register for either of these two undergraduate courses, gradaute students will need pre-approval.
DES 450 Form + Code
DES 450 UIUX/Figma
General Information
In order to be eligible to graduate you must complete 2 DES 520s and 4 other electives:
4 DES 520 Graduate Seminar A
4 DES 520 Graduate Seminar B
4 Elective A (400- 500-level CADA course)
4 Elective B (400- 500-level CADA course)
4 Elective C (400- 500-level UIC course)
4 Elective D (400- 500-level UIC course)
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24 credits needed
- You may take more than two DES 520s but you must take at least two.
- DES 520s may also count as electives and all of these six courses could be DES 520s.
- The other four electives must be 400-level or higher courses.
- Two of the four electives must be CADA classes.
- The other two can be any 400-level or higher class at UIC.
You will need approval to register for any 400-level course. Please remember that the School of Design cannot give approvals for any class that is not a Design (DES) class—not even if the class is in CADA. If you wish to take an elective outside the School of Design, you will need to contact the professor who teaches the class for permission.
Please also remember that when the School of Design submits approval for you to register for a class, that process does not actually register you for the class. Once you have approval, you still need to manually register yourself for the course. Receiving approval to register for a class does not reserve a seat in the class.