Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified and complete any additional courses needed beyond specific college and major requirements to satisfy graduation credit requirements.

Universitywide Requirements

All undergraduate students are required to complete the Universitywide Requirements.

NUpath Requirements

All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.

NUpath requirements Creative Expression/Innovation (EI), Interpreting Culture (IC), Formal and Quantitative Reasoning (FQ), Analyzing and Using Data (AD), and Societies and Institutions (SI) are met through the major course requirements.

NUpath requirements Natural and Designed World (ND), Differences and Diversity (DD), and Ethical Reasoning (ER) must be met through electives.

Design Requirements

Art + Design or Mathematics at Northeastern
ARTF 1000Art and Design at Northeastern1
or MATH 1000 Mathematics at Northeastern
Art + Design Fundamentals Required
ARTF 1220Elements of Visual Composition (with optional ARTF 1221)2
Art + Design Fundamentals Elective
Complete three of the following:6
Representational Drawing
Abstract Drawing
Making with Form and Materials
and Making with Form and Materials Tools
Making with Video, Sound, and Animation
and Making with Video, Sound, and Animation Tools
Designing Interactive Experiences
and Designing Interactive Experiences Tools
Design Required
ARTG 1001
and ARTG 1002
Design Perspectives: An Introduction to Design in the World
and Seminar for Design Perspectives
4
ARTG 1270
and ARTG 1271
Design: Process + Practices
and Studio for Design: Process + Practices
4
ARTG 1290
and ARTG 1291
Typographic Systems
and Studio for Typographic Systems
4
Design Elective
Complete any one ARTG course as long as prerequisites have been met and it has not used to fulfill other requirements of the program. ARTG 2262 and ARTG 2263 are recommended. 14
Art + Design History Elective
Complete any one ARTH course. ARTH 1001 Visual Intelligence and ARTH 1002 Seminar in Visual Intelligence are recommended.4
Art + Design Elective
Complete any one ARTD, ARTE, ARTF(4SH), ARTG, ARTH, ARTS, EXRE, or GAME course for which prerequisites have been met and it has not used to fulfill other requirements of the program. 4
If ARTG 5000 Topics in Design (or any other topics course in the subjects listed above) is completed more than once, the additional completions may be allowed toward the electives.
Degree Project
ARTG 4550Design Degree Project4
1

For students interested in the PlusOne in Information Design and Data Visualization, speak with an advisor about an alternative course option to Prototyping with Code (ARTG 2262) and Lab for ARTG 2262 (ARTG 2263).

 Design Option

Complete one of the following options:8
Experience Design Option
Experience Design Principles
Topics In Experience Design Inquiry
Graphic Design Option
Graphic Design Principles
Topics In Graphic Design Inquiry
Information Design Option
Information Design Principles
Topics in Information Design Inquiry
Interaction Design Option
Interaction Design Principles (with optional ARTG 2401)
Topics In Interaction Design Inquiry

Mathematics Requirements

Required Mathematics
MATH 1341Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering4
MATH 1342Calculus 2 for Science and Engineering4
MATH 1365Introduction to Mathematical Reasoning4
MATH 2321Calculus 3 for Science and Engineering4
MATH 2331Linear Algebra4
MATH 2341Differential Equations and Linear Algebra for Engineering4
MATH 3081Probability and Statistics4
Mathematics Electives
Complete two courses in the following range:8
MATH 3001 to MATH 4999

Integrative Requirement 

The following course is already required in the major:
Design Degree Project

Combined Major Credit Requirement

Complete 80 semester hours in the major.

Program Requirement

128 total semester hours required

Sample Plan of Study

Four Years, Two Co-ops in Spring/Summer 1

Year 1
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
ARTF 1000 or MATH 10001MATH 13424ARTF 1220 (with optional ARTF 1221)2A+D fundamentals elective2
ARTG 1001
and ARTG 1002
4ARTG 1270
and ARTG 1271
4A+D fundamentals elective2A+D fundamentals elective2
MATH 13654ARTG 1290
and ARTG 1291
4Elective4Elective4
MATH 13414Elective4  
ENGW 11114   
 17 16 8 8
Year 2
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
MATH 23214Co-opCo-opElective4
MATH 23414  Elective4
Design option level 14   
A+D history elective4   
EEAM 20001   
 17 0 0 8
Year 3
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
MATH 23314Co-opCo-opElective4
Design option level 24  Elective4
Math elective4   
Elective4   
 16 0 0 8
Year 4
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1Hours 
MATH 30814ARTG 45504Co-op 
Design elective4A+D elective4  
Mathematics advanced elective4Mathematics elective/capstone 4  
Elective4Elective4  
 16 16 0 
Total Hours: 130