- Concentrations and course offerings may vary by campus and/or by program modality. Please consult with your advisor or admissions coach for the course availability each term at your campus or within your program modality.
- Certain options within the program may be required at certain campuses or for certain program modalities. Please consult with your advisor or admissions coach for requirements at your campus or for your program modality.
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.
Design Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Art + Design Fundamentals Required | ||
| ARTF 1220 | Elements of Visual Composition (with optional ARTF 1221) | 2 |
| Art + Design Fundamentals Electives | ||
| 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 course has not been used to fulfill other requirements of the program. ARTG 2262 and ARTG 2263 are recommended. 1 | 4 | |
| Art + Design History Elective | ||
| Complete any one ARTH course. ARTH 1001 Visual Intelligence and ARTH 1002 Seminar in Visual Intelligence recommended. | 4 | |
| Art + Design Elective | ||
| Complete any one ARTD, ARTE, ARTF (4SH), ARTG, ARTH, ARTS, or GAME course as long as prerequisites have been met. | 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. | ||
| Design Project | ||
| ARTG 4550 | Design Degree Project | 4 |
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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
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Design Option | ||
| Complete one of the following options: | 8-9 | |
| 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 and Interaction Design Principles Tools | ||
| Topics In Interaction Design Inquiry | ||
Theatre Requirements
A minimum grade of C is required for all THTR and INAM courses.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Foundational Courses | ||
| THTR 1000 | Theatre at Northeastern | 1 |
| or ARTF 1000 | Art and Design at Northeastern | |
| THTR 1101 | Introduction to Theatre | 4 |
| THTR 1120 | Acting 1 | 4 |
| THTR 1131 | Introduction to Technical Theatre | 4 |
| THTR 3325 | Dramaturgical Inquiry | 4 |
| Making Theatre | ||
| THTR 1100 | Production Experience 1 | 1 |
| THTR 2000 | Production Experience 2 | 1 |
| Texts, Community, and Social Context | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| The Politics of Narrative in Theatre | ||
| Activism and Performance | ||
| Race, Power, and Performance | ||
| The American Black Theatre Experience | ||
| Theatre and Society | ||
| Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Women in Theatre | ||
| Topics in Theatre History and Culture | ||
| Creative Storytelling for Social Engagement | ||
| Queer Theatre and Performance | ||
| Performing Theory | ||
| Electives | ||
| Complete two of the following: | 8 | |
| The American Black Theatre Experience | ||
| History of Musical Theatre | ||
| Playwriting | ||
| Boston Theatre Experience | ||
| Theatre and Society | ||
| Acting 2 | ||
| Acting for the Camera | ||
| Viewpoints | ||
| Lighting Design | ||
| Costume Design | ||
| Scenic Design | ||
| Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Women in Theatre | ||
| Voice and Speech Training | ||
| Topics in Theatre History and Culture | ||
| Topics in Dance | ||
| Creative Storytelling for Social Engagement | ||
| Queer Theatre and Performance | ||
| Stage Combat | ||
| Directing for the Stage | ||
| Performing Theory | ||
| Mixed-Media Performance Lab | ||
| Topics in Performance Studies | ||
| Advanced Acting for the Camera | ||
| Devised Theatre Project | ||
| Acting 3 | ||
| Design for Immersive Performance | ||
Integrative Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Note: ARTG 4550 double counts with the specified requirements above. | ||
| ARTG 4550 | Design Degree Project | 4 |
| INAM 2000 | Ethics in Creativity | 4 |
| THTR 1270 | Introduction to Theatrical Design | 4 |
| THTR 4702 | Capstone: Creative Practice Research Project | 4 |
Design and Theatre Combined Major Credit Requirement
Complete 86 semester hours in the major.
Program Requirement
130 total semester hours required
Sample Plan of Study: Four Years, Two Co-ops in Spring/Summer 1
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| THTR 1000 or ARTF 1000 | 1 | THTR 1101 | 4 | ARTF elective | 2 | Elective | 4 |
| THTR 1120 | 4 | THTR 1131 | 4 | ARTF elective | 2 | Elective | 4 |
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | THTR 1100 | 1 | Elective | 4 | ||
| ARTF 1220 (with optional ARTF 1221) | 2 | ARTG 1270 and ARTG 1271 | 4 | ||||
| ARTF elective | 2 | ARTG 1290 and ARTG 1291 | 4 | ||||
| ARTG 1001 and ARTG 1002 | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 17 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| EEAM 2000 | 1 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | Elective | 4 |
| Design option course 1 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| ARTH elective | 4 | ||||||
| THTR 2000 | 1 | ||||||
| THTR 1270 | 4 | ||||||
| THTR 3325 | 4 | ||||||
| 18 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Design option course 2 | 4 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | Elective | 4 |
| ARTG elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| Texts, community, and social context course | 4 | ||||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| ARTG 2262 and ARTG 2263 | 4 | THTR 4702 | 4 | ||||
| THTR elective | 4 | THTR elective | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | ARTG 4550 | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 132 | |||||||