Humanities and Sciences
Course of Study
Prerequisite: For acceptance into one of these minors, students must have taken Writing Studio or Writing Studio Intensive or have passed the writing placement exam.
Creative Writing Minor
| Narrative Strategies | 3 |
| Two creative writing courses such as: | |
| Short Story | 3 |
| Poetry Workshop | 3 |
| Screenwriting | 3 |
| Writing for Video Games | 3 |
| Children’s Literature | 3 |
| One literature course such as: | |
| Genre Literature | 3 |
| Greek Mythology | 3 |
| Immigrant/1st Generation American Literature | 3 |
| James Joyce’s Ulysses | 3 |
| Magical Realisms | 3 |
| Moby Dick | 3 |
| Queer Voices Across Literature | 3 |
| Shakespeare Plays and Films | 3 |
| Culminating with: | |
| Capstone Course | 3 |
| Certain creative writing-based Transdisciplinary Studio (TDS) courses, can substitute for a writing course. | |
Business Minor
| Business and Economics | 3 |
| Three of the following courses: | |
| Business of Licensing | 3 |
| Intellectual Property | 3 |
| Money Math for the Right Brain | 3 |
| Brand Strategies OR Brand Matters | 3 |
| Designing a Social Enterprise | 3 |
| Intro to Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| Global Economy | 3 |
| Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| Culminating with: | |
| Launch Prep | 3 |
Research Minor
| Two required classes: | |
| Intro to Research | 3 |
| Advanced Methods in Design Research | 3 |
| Two additional 3-credit courses from the following Humanities & Sciences offerings: | |
| Design Ethnography | 3 |
| Digital Ethnography | 3 |
| Insights | 3 |
| Art of Research for Fine Art | 3 |
| Life Without Objects | 3 |
| Fieldwork: Theory and Practice | 3 |
| One Research TDS: | |
| Designing Democracy (Research TDS) | 3 |
| Learning from Detroit (Research TDS / Study Away) | 3 |
| Or other by approval of minor director | 3 |
Material Science Minor
| Intro to Materials Science and Engineering | 3 |
| Three additional 3-credit courses from the following Humanities and Sciences offerings: | |
| Intro to Materials for ID | 3 |
| Theory of Structure | 3 |
| Properties of Artistic Materials | 3 |
| Nanotechnology and Design | 3 |
| Materials and Methods 1 | 3 |
| Science and Sustainability | 3 |
| Design for Sustainability | 3 |
| Light and Color | 3 |
| Manufacturing Technology | 3 |
| Culminating with: | |
| One capstone TDS course with materials emphasis | 3 |