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DHA 1101V - Honors: Introduction to Design Thinking [WI OH]
(4 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was DES 1101V until 16-JAN-18
Theories/processes that underpin design thinking. Interactions between humans and their natural, social, and designed environments where purposeful design helps determine quality of interaction. Design professions.
DHA 1101W - Introduction to Design Thinking [WI OH]
(4 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was DES 1101W until 16-JAN-18, was LA 1101W until 07-SEP-04, was LA 1101W until 05-SEP-00, was DHA 1101 until 05-SEP-00, was LA 1101 until 07-SEP-99
Theories/processes that underpin design thinking. Interactions between humans and their natural, social, and designed environments where purposeful design helps determine quality of interaction. Design professions.
DHA 1111 - Creative Problem Solving
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was DES 1111 until 03-SEP-19
Development of creative capability applicable to all fields of study. Problem solving techniques. Theory of creativity/innovation.
DHA 1111H - Honors: Creative Problem Solving
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was DES 1111H until 03-SEP-19
Development of creative capability applicable to all fields of study. Problem solving techniques. Theory of creativity/innovation.
DHA 1170 - Special Topics in Design, Housing, and Apparel (Topics course)
(1 cr [max 4]; A-F or Audit; may be repeated for 16 credits; may be repeated 4 times)
Equivalent courses: was DES 1170 until 06-SEP-22
In-depth investigation of specific topic, announced in advance.
DHA 1201 - Clothing Design, Merchandising, and the Consumer [C/PE]
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was RM 1201 until 16-JAN-18
An orientation to the apparel business covering the multiple steps in the process of creating and merchandising apparel, and the ethical positions reflected in decision making at each step.
DHA 1203 - Computer Literacy and Problem Solving (computer based)
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was RM 1203 until 06-SEP-16, CSCL 3220W, SCMC 3220W, RM 1203 (inactive, ending 20-JAN-09, was DHA 1203 until 07-SEP-10), CI 1871 (ending 08-SEP-09, starting 05-SEP-06, was PSTL 1571 until 06-SEP-16, was GC 1571 until 05-SEP-06)
Concepts/competencies in computer applications used to solve problems in social sciences and business.
DHA 1221 - Clothing Assembly Fundamentals
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was ADES 1221 until 05-SEP-23
Methods/applications of clothing assembly, from micro to macro perspective.
DHA 1311 - Foundations: Drawing and Design in Two and Three Dimensions
(4 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was DES 1311 until 03-SEP-24, was GDES 1311 until 03-SEP-24
Design elements/principles in context of observational drawing. Integrative approach to two-dimensional design, three-dimensional design, and drawing. Broad conceptual framework for design exploration. Emphasizes perceptual aspects of visual forms.
DHA 1312 - Foundations: Color and Design in Two and Three Dimensions
(4 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was GDES 1312 until 16-JAN-24
Color theory and its application in two- and three-dimensional design. Emphasizes effective use of color by studying traditional color systems, perception, and interaction. Lectures, demonstrations, extensive studio work, critiques.
DHA 1315 - Foundations: The Graphic Studio
(4 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was GDES 1315 until 20-JAN-15
Graphic design process. Creative procedure, terminology, technology. Computer applications. Digital illustration, page layouts, image scanning/manipulation.
DHA 1601 - Interior Design Studio I
(4 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was IDES 1601 until 21-JAN-20
Theories used to solve interior design problems related to human behavior. Design process. Communication skills that are required for interior design profession.
DHA 1602 - Interior Design Studio II
(4 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was IDES 1602 until 21-JAN-20
Introduction to interior design programming as method for understanding behaviors/requirements of humans in spaces. Use of color in three-dimensional environments. Developing communication skills. Problem-solving.
DHA 2101 - Design and Visual Presentation
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was DES 2101 until 16-JAN-24
Introduction to visual design. Development of visual design skills. Visual presentation methods. Lectures, design exercises, discussion.
DHA 2196 - Work Experience in DHA
(1 cr [max 4]; S-N only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 8 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Equivalent courses: was ADES 2196 until 20-JAN-15
Supervised work experience in business, industry, or government, related to student's area of study. Integrative paper or project.
DHA 2211 - Illustration for Clothing Design
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was ADES 2211 until 07-SEP-21
Development of illustration skills specific to garments/textiles. Exploration of various traditional media/CAD applications. Critique/analysis of visual communication of clothing design concepts.
DHA 2213 - Textile Analysis
(4 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was ADES 2213 until 05-SEP-23
Physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of fibers, yarns, textile structures, and finishes. Their effect on performance/appearance of textile products, including clothing, interior, and industrial textiles.
DHA 2214 - Softlines Analysis
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was ADES 2214 until 21-JAN-20
Physical characteristics of softline products related to function for target market. Class experiences based on methods of analysis, including visual inspection, quality, construction, costing, and fit/sizing.
DHA 2215 - Multichannel Retailing
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was RM 2215 until 05-SEP-23, was DHA 3245 until 08-SEP-09
Overview of retailing. Emphasizes issues related to multichannel options available to consumers. Features both store based (e.g., specialty store, department store) and non-store based (e.g., Internet, catalog) issues of retailing.
DHA 2221 - Clothing Design Studio I
(4 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was ADES 2221 until 16-JAN-24
Theories/methods in designing clothing for various user groups. Relation of a two-dimensional pattern shape to a three-dimensional body. Introduction to flat-pattern draping.
DHA 2222 - Clothing Design Studio II
(4 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was ADES 2222 until 03-SEP-24
Design process in developing clothing for a specific user group. Advanced principles/methods of developing patterns for the body, including advanced flat pattern, draping, fitting. Computer-aided design tools for illustration, patternmaking.
DHA 2311 - Drawing and Illustration
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was GDES 2311 until 04-SEP-12
Advanced drawing skills. Illustration concepts/techniques. Illustration assignments for concepts, stories, and ideas.
DHA 2334 - Computer Applications I: Digital Composition for Design
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was GDES 2334 until 04-SEP-12
Composition of visual elements in electronic realm. Use of computer to design for traditional media, digital environments.
DHA 2345 - Typographic Design
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was GDES 2345 until 03-SEP-24
History of typographic forms, principles of composition, expressive potential of type. Design process from problem-solving through exploration, experimentation, selection, critique, and refinement. Readings, research, exercises, design production.
DHA 2351 - Graphic Design I: Text and Image
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was GDES 3351 until 03-SEP-19, was GDES 2351 until 04-SEP-12
Composition of visual information using grid structures to integrate text/image. Informational/expressive aspects of graphic design, hierarchical relationships of text elements. Methods of text layout that enhance communication.
DHA 2385W - Design and Factors of Human Perception [WI]
(4 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was GDES 2385W until 04-SEP-12, was DHA 2385 until 05-SEP-00
Introduction to human-factor variables of design. Color perception, type legibility, and other aspects of the human interface with designed objects. Students develop design prototypes. Methods to evaluate effectiveness of designed projects.
DHA 2401 - Introduction to Housing
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was HSG 1461 until 21-JAN-20, was HSG 2401 until 02-SEP-14
Physical, social, economic, and psychological aspects of housing. Housing as process/product for the individual, family, and community. Impacts of federal, state, and local governmental policies and economic trends.
DHA 2463 - Housing and Community Development [C/PE]
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was HSG 3462 until 05-SEP-23, was HSG 2463 until 04-SEP-18
Meaning/significance of neighborhood/community, residential neighborhood change, impact of housing on neighborhood conditions. Gentrification, displacement, racial segregation, suburbanization, community-based revitalization.
DHA 2603 - Interior Design Studio III
(4 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was IDES 2603 until 20-JAN-15
Expanding presentation skills, visual communication of design process. Design of interior environment as influenced by neighborhood, adjacent structures, regional context, diverse cultures.
DHA 2604 - Interior Design Studio IV
(4 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was IDES 2604 until 21-JAN-20
Relationship between exterior/interior design as it pertains to building construction. Methods/materials, principles of structure, building systems, construction details. Interface of electrical, HVAC, and plumbing systems in buildings.
DHA 2612 - Interior Materials and Specifications
(4 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was IDES 2612 until 21-JAN-20
Environmental issues, from global to interior spaces. Effect of building codes/legislation, social awareness. Functional/aesthetic relation of materials/resources to interior design.
DHA 2613 - Lighting Design and Life Safety Issues
(4 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was IDES 2613 until 06-SEP-22
Lighting design technology, aesthetics, and human factors for interior spaces. Codes, standards, and legislation related to built environment.
DHA 2621 - Computer Aided Design: Interior Design
(4 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was IDES 2621 until 06-SEP-16
Application of two- and three-dimensional computer drawing in design/visualization of interior space. AutoCAD software used on Windows-based system.
DHA 3170 - Special Topics in Design, Housing, and Apparel (Topics course)
(1 cr [max 4]; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 32 credits; may be repeated 8 times)
Equivalent courses: was DES 3170 until 06-SEP-22
In-depth investigation of specific topic.
DHA 3201 - Strategic Career Planning
(1 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was RM 3201 until 18-JAN-22
Students research career opportunities related to retail industry, set career objectives based on an assessment of individual skills/interests, and identify job search skills to implement a transition from college to employment.
DHA 3217 - Fashion Trends and Visual Analysis
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was ADES 3217 until 05-SEP-23
Relation of fashion trends to visual analysis of apparel. Application to design/retail.
DHA 3223 - Clothing Design Studio III
(4 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was ADES 3223 until 21-JAN-20
Study tailored/non-tailored clothing structures. Experiment with various materials/structures using traditional/innovative methods. Principles of manipulating materials/structures applied to series of garments.
DHA 3224 - Clothing Design Studio IV
(4 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was ADES 3224W until 05-SEP-23, was ADES 3224 until 17-JAN-17
Principles/theory of functional clothing design. Conduct/apply research in designing clothing for situations requiring thermal or impact protection, accommodation for mobility, or facilitation for bodily function.
DHA 3225 - Clothing Design Research
(1 cr; A-F only; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was ADES 3225 until 21-JAN-20
Market/visual research to support development of clothing line directed at specific audience.
DHA 3242 - Retail Buying
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was RM 3242 until 05-SEP-23, was DHA 4242 until 07-SEP-04, was DHA 3241 until 05-SEP-00
Principles/mathematics of merchandise inventory control, merchandise selection.
DHA 3243 - Visual Merchandising
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was RM 3243 until 05-SEP-23
Retail store environment. Physical/psychological effects that initiate/motivate consumer behavior. Merchandise display: creativity, department layout, fixturing, lighting, cross merchandising, visual resources, signing, maintenance.
DHA 3312 - Color and Form in Surface Design
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was GDES 3312 until 03-SEP-24
Use of color/form representation in two-dimensional surface applications. Historical use of color and of spatial representation in visual communication.
DHA 3352 - Graphic Design II: Identity and Symbols
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was GDES 3352 until 06-SEP-16
Representation of abstract ideas through symbols. Development of visual identity systems.
DHA 3353 - Graphic Design III: Packaging and Display
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was GDES 3353 until 17-JAN-17
Application of graphic design principles to three-dimensional projects. Principles of three-dimensional design/space applied to labeling/packaging.
DHA 3482 - Our Home, Our Environment
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Periodic Spring)
Equivalent courses: was HSG 3482 until 22-JAN-19, was DHA 4482 until 17-JAN-06, HSG 3482 (inactive, starting 07-SEP-99, was DHA 3482 until 07-SEP-10, was DHA 4482 until 17-JAN-06), ESPM 3601 (starting 28-MAY-02, was ENR 3601 until 05-SEP-06, was NRES 3601 until 07-SEP-04)
Effects of people and their homes on the environment. Energy/resource efficiency, environmental responsibility, occupant health. Affordability issues with respect to housing. Design, construction, renovation, retrofitting, landscaping. Consumer options for lighting, weatherization, water use, emissions, waste reduction, recycling, air quality, hazardous materials, and housing growth.
DHA 3605 - Interior Design Studio V
(4 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was IDES 3605 until 07-SEP-21
Advanced interior design problems dealing with small to medium scale spaces. Emphasizes special-needs populations.
DHA 3606 - Interior Design Studio VI
(4 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was IDES 3606 until 07-SEP-21
Interior design problems dealing with medium-scale spaces. Focuses on medium office design.
DHA 3614 - Interior Design Ethics and Professional Practice [C/PE]
(4 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was IDES 3614 until 20-JAN-15
The business of interior design, professional ethics, and responsible design are emphasized. Students investigate their responsibility to their business, clients, colleagues, and the community at large. Professional portfolios and credentials will be discussed.
DHA 4117W - Retail Environments and Human Behavior [WI]
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was RM 4117W until 16-JAN-24
Theory/research related to designed environments across retail channels.
DHA 4121 - History of Costume
(4 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was ADES 3121 until 05-SEP-23, was ADES 4121 until 05-SEP-23
Survey of clothing/appearances in Western cultures, from 18th century to present. Role of gender, race, and class with respect to change in dress within historical moments and social contexts. Research approaches/methods in study/interpretation of dress.
DHA 4131W - History of Visual Communication [WI HP]
(4 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was GDES 4131W until 18-JAN-22, was DHA 4131 until 24-MAY-04
Historical analysis of visual communication with an emphasis on the technological, cultural, and aesthetic influences on graphic design. Examination of how historical events are communicated and perceived through graphic presentation and imagery.
DHA 4160H - Honors Capstone Project
(2 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 4 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Equivalent courses: was ADES 4160H until 20-JAN-15
Individualizes honors experience by connecting aspects of major program with special academic interests.
DHA 4161 - History of Interiors and Furnishings: Ancient to 1750 [IP]
(4 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was IDES 3161 until 17-JAN-23
European interiors/furnishings. Furniture, textiles, decorative objects.
DHA 4162 - History of Interiors and Furnishings: 1750 to Present [IP]
(4 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was IDES 3162 until 21-JAN-20
Study of European and American interiors and furnishings including furniture, textiles, and decorative objects.
DHA 4165 - Design and Globalization
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Spring Even Year)
Equivalent courses: was DES 4165 until 18-JAN-22, DES 5165, DES 4165
Movenment of people, products, and ideas. Challenges brought by differences among us.
DHA 4193 - Directed Study in Design, Housing, and Apparel (independent study)
(1 cr [max 4]; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 4 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Equivalent courses: was ADES 4193 until 20-JAN-15
Independent study in Design, Housing, and Apparel under tutorial guidance.
DHA 4196 - Internship in DHA
(1 cr [max 4]; S-N or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 4 credits)
Equivalent courses: was ADES 4196 until 20-JAN-15
Supervised work experience relating activity in business, industry, or government to the student's area of study. Integrative paper or project may be required.
DHA 4212W - Dress, Society, and Culture [WI CD]
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was RM 4212W until 03-SEP-19, was DHA 4212 until 05-SEP-00
Contemporary dress from diverse cultures within/outside USA analyzed using social science concepts. Dress as a nonverbal communication system.
DHA 4215 - Product Development: Softlines
(4 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was ADES 4215 until 05-SEP-23, was DHA 5215 until 20-JAN-09
Product development for apparel and other sewn products. Developing products in a lab studio for effectiveness, reliability, and marketability. Team approach using merchandising/design principles to develop products for specific markets.
DHA 4216 - Retail Promotion and Consumer Decision Making
(4 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was RM 4216 until 03-SEP-19, APST 5216 (inactive, starting 05-SEP-06, was DHA 5216 until 07-SEP-10), RM 4216
Consumer behavior theories/concepts as related to apparel. Application to understanding/developing retail promotional strategies: advertising/promotion.
DHA 4217 - International Developments in Textiles and Apparel [IP]
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was RM 4217 until 05-SEP-23
Production, labor, trade, and marketing in textile, apparel, and related goods in global setting.
DHA 4225 - Clothing Design Studio V
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was ADES 4225 until 05-SEP-23
Market research information/implementation. Designing for specific audience, market, user group. Applying market research to design line of clothing. Research of promotional methods for design project.
DHA 4226 - Clothing Design Studio VI
(4 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was ADES 4226 until 06-SEP-11
Synthesis of clothing design work based on concepts examined in previous studio classes. Principles of mass production applied to design projects completed in 4225. Implementation of public promotion of a clothing line. Individual strategies for promoting career goals. Exhibition/portfolio presentations.
DHA 4247 - Advanced Buying and Sourcing
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was RM 4247 until 05-SEP-23
Technology application for buying/sourcing. Applications include six-month dollar merchandise planning, assortment planning, market purchase and sales promotions planning, inventory management, costing, markdowns, timing, and sourcing.
DHA 4330 - Surface Fabric Design Workshop
(4 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring; may be repeated for 8 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Equivalent courses: was GDES 4330 until 07-SEP-21
Studio experience in the development and production of surface design. Screen printing, batik, resist dying, shibori, cyanotypes, and dye transfers are included.
DHA 4334 - Computer Applications II: Design for the Digital Environment
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was GDES 4334 until 04-SEP-12
Design of visual communication for electronic environments. Use of software to manipulate/create digital images/animation. Sound/video input combined with graphic images.
DHA 4345 - Advanced Typographic Design
(4 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was GDES 4345 until 20-JAN-15
Expressive visual communication of words. Fundamental legibility of "invisible art," overt expression through type. Students complete extended typographic project.
DHA 4351 - Design Process: Photography
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was GDES 2361 until 18-JAN-22, was GDES 4351 until 03-SEP-13
Relationship between photography, design projects. Composition, developing of film, printing.
DHA 4352 - Design Process: Bookmaking
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was GDES 4352 until 06-SEP-16
Construction of traditional/non-traditional book forms. Emphasizes material aspects of handmade books.
DHA 4354 - Graphic Design IV: Integrative Campaign
(4 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was GDES 4354 until 23-MAY-16
Multi-faceted graphic communication campaign project involving substantial investigation and concept development. Project supports a unified concept for an identified client and is aimed at a specific market or interest group.
DHA 4355 - Graphic Design Portfolio
(3 cr; S-N or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was GDES 4363 until 19-JAN-21, was GDES 4355 until 20-JAN-15
Preparation of professional portfolio. Discussion of professional issues.
DHA 4365W - Graphic Design Senior Seminar [WI C/PE]
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was GDES 4365W until 04-SEP-12, was DHA 4365 until 05-SEP-00
Students complete senior research/design project involving social, conceptual, and technical aspects. Capstone course.
DHA 4461 - Housing Development and Management
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was HSG 4461 until 05-SEP-23
Housing development process/financing. Management of multifamily housing. Emphasizes housing for low-income families and special populations (e.g., elderly residients).
DHA 4465 - Housing in a Global Perspective [IP]
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Spring Odd Year)
Equivalent courses: was HSG 4465 until 05-SEP-23, was LAS 4465 until 05-SEP-00, was LAS 4465 until 07-SEP-99
Demographic changes, economic connections, and public policies for housing around the world. Sustainable development, rural-to-urban migration, land distribution, economic globalization, and civil conflict and war.
DHA 4607 - Interior Design Studio VII
(4 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was IDES 4607 until 07-SEP-21
Advanced interior design problems dealing with large scale spaces. Historic precedent, adaptive use, renovation.
DHA 4608 - Interior Design Thesis [WI]
(4 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was IDES 4608 until 21-JAN-20, was DHA 4608W until 07-SEP-04
Comprehensive independent interior design project developed from student-conducted research/program developed in 4615W.
DHA 4615W - Interior Design Research [WI]
(2 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was IDES 4615W until 21-JAN-20
Research methods for programming interior design solutions. Developing a comprehensive program. Issues that affect interior design research/practices.
DHA 5117 - Retail Environments and Human Behavior
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was APST 5117 until 16-JAN-24
Theory/research related to designed environment across retail channels.
DHA 5123 - Living in a Consumer Society
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Fall Even Year)
Equivalent courses: was APST 5123 until 03-SEP-19
Consumerism within U.S. society. Commodification of health care, education, and production of news. Commercialization of public space/culture. What drives consumer society. How meaning is manufactured. What the lived experiences are of consumers today. Postmodern market. Alternatives to consumer society.
DHA 5124 - Consumers of Design
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was APST 5124 until 16-JAN-18
Contemporary approaches to consumer behavior.
DHA 5165 - Design and Globalization
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Spring Even Year)
Equivalent courses: was DES 5165 until 07-SEP-21, DES 5165, DES 4165
Movement of people, products, and ideas. Challenges brought by differences among us.
DHA 5170 - Special Topics in Design, Housing, and Apparel (Topics course)
(1 cr [max 4]; A-F or Audit; offered Every Summer; may be repeated for 8 credits; may be repeated 8 times)
Equivalent courses: was DES 5170 until 15-MAY-23
In-depth investigation of a single specific topic, announced in advance.
DHA 5185 - Human Factors in Design
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Fall Odd Year)
Equivalent courses: was DES 5185 until 05-SEP-23
Theories/methods that influence the assessment of physical, social, and psychological human factors. Development of user needs with application to designed products that interact with human body.
DHA 5193 - Directed Study in Design, Housing, and Apparel
(1 cr [max 4]; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 8 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Equivalent courses: was APST 5193 until 20-JAN-15
Independent study in design, housing, and apparel under tutorial guidance.
DHA 5196 - Field Study: National/International
(1 cr [max 10]; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 10 credits; may be repeated 3 times)
Equivalent courses: was DES 5196 until 07-SEP-10
Faculty-directed field study in a national or international setting.
DHA 5216 - Retail Promotion and Consumer Decision Making
(4 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was APST 5216 until 07-SEP-10, APST 5216 (inactive, starting 05-SEP-06, was DHA 5216 until 07-SEP-10), RM 4216
Consumer behavior theories/concepts as related to apparel. Application to understanding/developing retail promotional strategies: advertising/promotion.
DHA 5341 - Interactive Design I
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was GDES 5341 until 03-SEP-24, DHA 4384 (inactive), GDES 5341
Design of interactive multi-media projects. Experience developing interactive presentations and electronic publishing. Software includes hypermedia, scripting, digital output.
DHA 5342 - Interactive Design 2: Interface Design
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was GDES 5342 until 21-JAN-20
Introduction to design/usability of interface between humans and technology. Evaluation of visual elements that control/organize dealings with computers that are used to direct work. Students develop designs, evaluate their effectiveness through usability testing.
DHA 5383 - Digital Illustration and Animation
(4 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was GDES 5383 until 19-JAN-16
Advanced computer design. Focuses on integration of design knowledge with Macintosh computer applications. Students use software to create digital illustration, 2D/3D digital animations. Technical/aesthetic investigation of processes inherent to 2D/3D motion graphics. Adobe Illustrator, After Effects, Macromedia Flash, 3D animation software.
DHA 5386 - Fundamentals of Game Design
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was GDES 5386 until 20-JAN-15
Games of all kinds. Theoretical/practical aspects of making games. Investigation of design process. Rules, strategies, methodologies. Analysis of interactivity, choice, action, outcome, rules in game design. Social interaction, story telling, meaning/ideology, semiotics. Signs and cultural meaning.
DHA 5388 - Design Planning, Analysis, and Evaluation
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Periodic Spring)
Equivalent courses: was GDES 5388 until 05-SEP-23
Preliminary research, including theoretical, applied, and legal aspects. Planning/developmental models. Design prototyping, testing, and analysis.
DHA 5399W - Theory of Electronic Design [WI]
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Periodic Spring)
Equivalent courses: was GDES 4399W until 19-JAN-16, was DHA 5399 until 05-SEP-00
Theories, methodologies, histories of electronic design, its impact on visual communications. Digital artifacts, processes, paradigms.
DHA 5463 - Housing Policy
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was HSG 5463 until 20-JAN-15, was PA 5261 until 06-SEP-05, was PA 5261 until 18-JAN-05, HSG 5463 (starting 18-JAN-05, was DHA 5463 until 07-SEP-10, was PA 5261 until 06-SEP-05, was DHA 5463 until 18-JAN-05, was PA 5261 until 18-JAN-05, was DHA 5463 until 07-SEP-99), PA 5261
Explore the institutional and environmental settings that make up housing policy in the United States. Examine competing ideas about solving the nation's housing problems through public intervention in the market. Federal and local public sector responses to housing problems will be evaluated.
DHA 5467W - Housing and the Social Environment [WI]
(4 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was HSG 4467W until 17-JAN-23, was DHA 5467 until 05-SEP-00
Housing choices in context of social environment. Emphasizes special needs of elderly, disabled, minorities, large families, female-headed households, and low-income households. Students conduct a post-occupancy evaluation of housing.
DHA 5469 - Understanding Housing: Assessment and Analysis
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was HSG 5464 until 22-MAY-17
Analytical design applied to analysis/presentation of housing/housing-related data. Use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) to display, analyze, and communicate spatial data related to housing.
DHA 5471 - Housing Studies Certificate Seminar
(2 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Spring Odd Year)
Equivalent courses: was HSG 5471 until 18-JAN-22
Integrative seminar and "capstone" to Certificate program. Students prepare an individual career plan that focuses on application of housing studies to community/workplace.
DHA 5481 - Promoting Independence in Housing and Community
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Fall Odd Year)
Equivalent courses: was HSG 5481 until 21-JAN-20
Housing, work, and community environments as they relate to aging and managing disabilities. Principles of home modification, universal design, livable communities, and assistive technology to support individuals/families.
DHA 5484 - Rural Housing Issues
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Spring Even Year)
Equivalent courses: was HSG 5484 until 16-JAN-18
Housing issues for nonmetropolitan places, small towns, and rural areas. Housing needs and policy implications for rural residents. Economic development strategies for housing availability, adequacy, and affordability.
DHA 8101 - Philosophical Foundations of Design, Housing, and Apparel
(4 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was DES 8101 until 08-SEP-15
The nature of thought underlying and within professional areas of the field.
DHA 8102 - Quantitative Research Methods
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Fall Even Year)
Equivalent courses: was DES 8102 until 05-SEP-23
Quantitative research methods for issues related to humans, their behaviors, and everyday living in the designed environment.
DHA 8103 - Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Spring Odd Year)
Equivalent courses: was DES 8103 until 05-SEP-23
A scientific approach to qualitative research. Methods/strategies combined to explore complex research questions.
DHA 8112 - Design Theory and Criticism
(3 cr; A-F or Audit)
Equivalent courses: was DES 8112 until 05-SEP-23
Students establish a framework for criticism by examining various theories used in design disciplines, study existing designed environments to explain the designer's purpose, identify problem-solving processes, and describe interaction between humans and design. Field investigations.
DHA 8113 - Teaching and Assessment
(4 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was DES 8113 until 04-SEP-12
Educational processes/methods used in design studio/lecture courses. Learning styles, best practices for grading, alternative methods of critique, interacting with students, active learning strategies, teaching with technology. Lecture, practicum.
DHA 8114 - Design Studio
(4 cr; A-F or Audit)
Equivalent courses: was DES 8114 until 04-SEP-18, was DHA 8671 until 05-SEP-00
Advanced problem analysis, design solution.
DHA 8164 - Innovation Theory and Analysis
(3 cr; A-F or Audit)
Equivalent courses: was DES 8164 until 05-SEP-23
Theories and factors that influence adoption and diffusion of designed products. Methodologies used in analysis of diffusion process.
DHA 8166 - Material Culture and Design
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Periodic Spring)
Equivalent courses: was DES 8166 until 20-JAN-15
Artifacts, from Goldstein collections, as material culture.
DHA 8167 - Aesthetics of Design
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Periodic Fall)
Equivalent courses: was DES 8167 until 07-SEP-10, was DHA 8266 until 08-SEP-09
How we perceive, analyze, value, and evaluate design outcomes/results.
DHA 8170 - Topics in Design, Housing, and Apparel (Topics course)
(1 cr [max 3]; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 6 times)
Equivalent courses: was APST 8170 until 20-JAN-15
In-depth investigation of a topic announced in advance.
DHA 8180 - Professional Seminar in Design, Housing, and Apparel
(1 cr [max 2]; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring; may be repeated for 4 credits; may be repeated 4 times)
Equivalent courses: was APST 8180 until 28-MAY-13
Professional development issues and trends.
DHA 8181 - Ethics and Research
(1 cr; S-N or Audit; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was DES 8181 until 20-JAN-15
Overview of ethical concerns/questions in conducting/disseminating research. Mentoring relationships, use of human subjects, data handling, plagiarism, authorship, publishing, research funding, social responsibility of researchers, code of conduct.
DHA 8192 - Readings in Design, Housing, and Apparel
(1 cr [max 3]; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 8 credits; may be repeated 8 times)
Equivalent courses: was APST 8192 until 20-JAN-15
Independent study and review of books and periodicals under tutorial guidance.
DHA 8193 - Directed Study in Design, Housing, and Apparel
(1 cr [max 3]; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 8 credits; may be repeated 8 times)
Equivalent courses: was APST 8193 until 20-JAN-15
DHA 8222 - Plan B Master's Project
(3 cr; S-N or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was APST 8222 until 20-JAN-15
Plan B master's project.
DHA 8267 - Dress and Culture
(3 cr; A-F or Audit)
Equivalent courses: was APST 8267 until 08-SEP-20
Cultural factors of identity expressed through dress. Focuses on issues of cultural diversity through analysis of dress and textiles within a specific world region.
DHA 8268 - Behavioral Aspects of Dress
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Fall Odd Year)
Equivalent courses: was APST 8268 until 20-MAY-19
Research and social science theories as applied to appearance/dress as manifestations of human behavior.
DHA 8333 - FTE: Master's
(1 cr; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; 6 academic progress units; 6 financial aid progress units)
Equivalent courses: was DES 8333 until 20-JAN-15
DHA 8361 - Color, Design, and Human Perception
(3 cr; A-F or Audit)
Equivalent courses: was GDES 8361 until 16-JAN-18
Perceptual and psychological aspects of color and design. Human factors of color variables and design strategies that can enhance human experience of, and interaction with, color.
DHA 8362 - The Nature of Representation in Visual Communication
(3 cr; A-F or Audit)
Equivalent courses: was GDES 8362 until 16-JAN-18
Relationship of images to the design communication process. Aspects of representation and pictorial information modes. Human interaction with images and their role in increasing understanding, enhancing learning, and positively affecting human experience.
DHA 8444 - FTE: Doctoral
(1 cr; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; 6 academic progress units; 6 financial aid progress units)
Equivalent courses: was DES 8444 until 20-JAN-15
DHA 8463 - Housing: Race and Class
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Fall Even Year)
Equivalent courses: was HSG 8463 until 08-SEP-20
Intersections between housing, race, and class. How housing reflects and helps to constitute racial/class difference. Housing as spatial expression of race/class. Case studies.
DHA 8467 - Theoretical Perspectives in Housing Studies
(3 cr; A-F or Audit)
Equivalent courses: was HSG 8467 until 07-SEP-21
Investigation/evaluation of theories applied to study of housing. Levels of analysis. Links between theory, research questions, and methodological approaches.
DHA 8666 - Doctoral Pre-Thesis Credits
(1 cr [max 6]; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 12 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Equivalent courses: was DES 8666 until 20-JAN-15
DHA 8777 - Thesis Credits: Master's
(1 cr [max 18]; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 50 credits; may be repeated 10 times)
Equivalent courses: was DES 8777 until 20-JAN-15
(No description)
DHA 8888 - Thesis Credit: Doctoral
(1 cr [max 24]; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 100 credits; may be repeated 10 times)
Equivalent courses: was DES 8888 until 08-SEP-15
(No description)
DHA 8990 - MFA Creative Thesis
(6 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 12 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Equivalent courses: was GDES 8990 until 20-JAN-15
MFA project.

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