History of Industrial Design

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Overview

Subject area

HUI

Catalog Number

113

Course Title

History of Industrial Design

Department(s)

Description

This course introduces the history of industrial design. It explores ways in which intentionally produced objects, environments and experiences both shape and reflect their historical moment. The course will investigate how design is expressed in society with emphasis on household objects. Students will examine the importance of social, political and cultural factors and the role they play in how objects are made and why they look the way they do.

Typically Offered

Fall, Spring

Academic Career

Undergraduate LaGuardia CC

Liberal Arts

No

Credits

Minimum Units

3

Maximum Units

3

Academic Progress Units

3

Repeat For Credit

No

Components

Name

Lecture

Hours

3

Requisites

033889

Course Schedule