DESN 368 - History and Theory of Design

(3 units)

Prerequisite: Completion of GE Foundation requirements.
Surveys the development of design as an independent creative activity including a consideration of both pre-industrial and postindustrial culture. A study of the technologies, manufacturing methods, and underlying theories that define historical periods and current design trends.

Letter grade only (A-F). (3 hours lecture) Not open for credit to students with credit in ART 418.

General Education: Upper Division C - Arts and Humanities, Upper Division D - Social Sciences